Melisa Paye-Mose — a proposal writer from Woodbine, Maryland
Scott Wells — a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
Chris Rodrigues — a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $3,200 | $5,600 | $7,400 |
$14,799
2-day champion: $22,798 |
$10,000
19 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Scott | $3,200 | $4,400 | $13,200 |
$11,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
22 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Melisa | $2,000 | $4,200 | $5,800 |
$11,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
11 R, 3 W |
| GIVING BLOOD | MADDEN-LESS NFL 09 | SPACE SHUTTLE NAMES | ECCLESIASTES | A FORD IN YOUR PAST | THINGS ARE LOOKING "UP" |
|
$200
[16]
The Red Cross' "Top 10 reasons to give blood" run from "It's the right thing to do" to "Free juice and" these
cookies
Scott
|
$200
[1]
This former wide receiver took over for John Madden on "Sunday Night Football"
(Cris) Collinsworth
Chris
|
$200
[6]
Plato was the first to mention this legendary island
Atlantis
Chris
|
$200
[23]
The authorship of Ecclesiastes is attributed to this "son of David, king in Jerusalem"
Solomon
Melisa
|
$200
[11]
He was Rick Deckard in "Blade Runner"
Harrison Ford
Melisa
|
$200
[18]
Theater term meaning to draw attention away from someone else
upstage
Chris
|
|
$400
[17]
The Red Cross blood donation hotline is at 1-800-GIVE-this
LIFE
Chris
Melisa
|
$400
[2]
Maybe this team's new, fiercer logo helped it break its 0-19 streak
the (Detroit) Lions
Chris
|
$400
[7]
This river runs along the boundary between Washington & Oregon
Columbia
Scott
|
$400
[27]
The Book of Ecclesiastes was written in this language but included 2 words from Persian
Hebrew
Scott
|
$400
[12]
In 1915 this industrialist headed the American Peace Ship delegation
Henry Ford
Scott
|
$400
[19]
The American flag should be hung this way only as a distress signal
upside down
Melisa
|
|
$600
[24]
Per a rule in place since 1996, you can't donate if you've lived since 1977 in certain countries on this continent
Africa
Melisa
|
$600
[3]
In beating Miami, Peyton Manning broke the Colts team record for victories he had shared with this quarterback
(Johnny) Unitas
Chris
|
$600
[8]
The boxer who fights the champ for the title
Challenger
Chris
Scott
|
$600
[28]
Chapter 3 begins, "To every thing there is" this, "and a time to every purpose under the heaven"
a season
Scott
|
$600
[13]
This lefty is the all-time leading pitcher in World Series wins
Whitey Ford
Chris
|
$600
[20]
Happy & expectant of a positive outcome, or a final unaccented musical note
upbeat
Melisa
|
|
$800
[25]
The nurse will take 1 of this unit; your body will replace the fluids in 24 hours
a pint
Chris
|
$800
[4]
This ex-Chief who holds the record for catches by a tight end began the 2009 season with the Falcons
(Tony) Gonzalez
Chris
|
$800
[9]
A strenuous effort
Endeavour
Melisa
|
$1,000
[30]
Ecclesiastes is traditionally read during this Jewish harvest festival to remind one that life is fleeting
Sukkoth
Chris
|
$800
[14]
Writer who used the same first & last names & was the subject of a poem by William Carlos Williams
Ford Madox Ford
Scott
|
$800
[21]
6-letter word for a disturbance, especially a noisy one
uproar
Melisa
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Apheresis, in which you get your blood back, lets you donate these clotting blood cells to help those in need
platelets
Scott
|
$1,000
[5]
This former USC QB is a Jet all the way & the team's glad it traded up to draft him
(Mark) Sanchez
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
In law, the compulsory disclosure of facts or documents
Discovery
Scott
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
"That which is done is that which shall be done, and there is no new thing" here
under the sun
Scott
|
$1,000
[15]
He earned everlasting infamy by killing Jesse James
Robert Ford
Melisa
|
$1,000
[22]
It can be a lifting of the earth's crust or a sudden change in political or social conditions
an upheaval
Scott
|
| TV REVEILLE | PROVINCES | NEED HELP WITH PRONUNCIATION? | THEY SHOT THE SHERIFF | IN THE BOOKSTORE | HEART-FELT WORDS |
|
$400
[6]
1972:Loretta Swit as Major Margaret Houlihan
M*A*S*H
Chris
|
$400
[24]
Kenya's Nyanza province includes 1,400 miles of this lake
Lake Victoria
Chris
Scott
|
$400
[1]
Ghanaian ex-U.N. Secretary-General:Long O in the first name, not like the drink
Kofi Annan
Chris
|
$400
[13]
He & 5 accomplices ambushed Lincoln, N.M. sheriff William Brady in 1878, 3 years before Pat Garrett caught up with him
Billy the Kid
Chris
|
$400
[16]
This actor's memoir "Always Looking Up" recounts his optimism in the face of his struggles with Parkinson's disease
Michael J. Fox
Scott
|
$400
[9]
In Greek myth Eris was the goddess of this, meaning "heart apart"
discord
Scott
|
|
$800
[7]
1981:Eileen Brennan as Captain Doreen Lewis
Private Benjamin
Scott
|
$800
[25]
Punjab & Sindh are 2 of its 4 provinces
Pakistan
Chris
Scott
|
$800
[2]
Welsh name, as of author Richard:Kind of aspirate the first "L" sound around both sides of your tongue--try it if you can!
Llewellyn
Scott
|
$800
[14]
Dodge City marshal Ed Masterson, brother of this sheriff, was shot to death by Jack Wagner in 1878
Bat Masterson
Melisa
|
$800
[17]
Seth Grahame-Smith rewrote this beloved Jane Austen novel, adding ultraviolent zombie mayhem
Pride and Prejudice
Scott
|
$800
[10]
This medical type of "arrest" is sudden loss of heart function
cardiac
Chris
|
|
$1,200
[8]
2007:Kim Delaney as Claudia Joy Holden (spouse of Colonel Michael Holden)
Army Wives
Scott
|
$1,200
[26]
Also a gulf, it's Panama's largest province in area (silence, Mr. Keats)
Darien
Scott
Melisa
|
$1,200
[3]
Mexican state bordering Chiapas:The "X" sounds like "H"
Oaxaca
Chris
Scott
|
$1,200
[15]
In 1876 Jack McCall shot this former Abilene marshal in the back of the head during a poker game in Deadwood
Wild Bill Hickok
Melisa
|
$1,200
[18]
Curtis Sittenfeld based "American Wife" on her, about to be a former First Lady when the novel came out in 2008
Laura Bush
Scott
Melisa
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
As an adjective, this word means "friendly"; as a noun, it's a strong drink
cordial
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[11]
1962:Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker
McHale's Navy
Chris
|
$1,600
[27]
This former province at the southern tip of Africa took up half the area of South Africa
Cape Province
Scott
|
$1,600
[4]
Vietnamese imperial city:A homophone of curds' partner
Huế
Scott
|
$1,600
[22]
Billy Clanton shot & wounded these 2 lawmen, Wyatt's brothers, during a pretty famous fight--but they got him
Virgil & Morgan
Chris
|
$1,600
[19]
A 2009 book by David Cullen looks at the myths surrounding the April 1999 shootings at this high school
Columbine
Chris
|
$1,600
[29]
This word refers to an alphabetical index of words in a book, like the Bible
concordance
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[12]
1976:Robert Conrad as Major Gregory Boyington
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Chris
|
$2,000
[28]
In 2008 a devastating earthquake was centered near this capital of China's Sichuan Province
Chengdu
|
$2,000
[5]
Last name of Iran's controversial president:Just like it looks
Ahmadinejad
Melisa
|
$2,000
[23]
On his 21st birthday, this 3-named gunman shot & killed Deputy Charles Webb in Brown County, Texas
John Wesley Hardin
Chris
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
A 2009 bio called this Labor Secretary "The Woman Behind the New Deal"
Frances Perkins
Chris
|
$2,000
[30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some leaves on the monitor.) Leaves that are shaped like hearts are referred to by this 7-letter term, a homophone for a word describing a true vertebrate
cordate
Scott
|
6-word title of the song that says, "For the house fell on her head & the coroner pronounced her dead"
"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"