Barbara Pfouts — a writer from Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania
Ben Davis — a law student from Chicago, Illinois
Jarret Izzo — a musician from East Amherst, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarret | $-600 | $3,200 | $10,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ben | $4,400 | $6,400 | $17,600 |
$20,801
New champion: $20,801 |
$18,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Barbara | $2,400 | $3,600 | $6,800 |
$1,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
11 R, 0 W |
| IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER | INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE | BOOK NAMES | WHAT ARE YOU DOING? | COVER ME! | I'M GOING "INN" |
|
$200
[11]
Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes
the Gettysburg Address
Jarret
|
$200
[16]
Reed all about it:ARC INLET
clarinet
Barbara
|
$200
[1]
Charles Dickens:"Little ____"
Dorrit
Barbara
|
$200
[17]
Making one of these with a few people; a frame holds it taut; we'll back it with muslin & fill it with batting
making a quilt
|
$200
[19]
In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1
Aretha Franklin
Jarret
|
$200
[6]
It's the third word in the first book of the Bible
beginning
Ben
Barbara
|
|
$400
[12]
18-year-old Will Shakespeare married her in November 1582; their daughter was born 6 months later
Anne Hathaway
Ben
|
$400
[26]
It's a brass wind instrument:OH OX ASPEN
saxophone
Jarret
|
$400
[2]
Theodore Dreiser:"Sister ____"
Carrie
Ben
|
$400
[18]
Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child
the Epiphany
Jarret
|
$400
[20]
A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner
Marilyn Manson
Barbara
|
$400
[7]
2-word term for a tuxedo
dinner jacket
|
|
$600
[13]
He stepped out of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, & hasn't been seen since
D.B. Cooper
Ben
|
$600
[27]
Blow in & out:NO CHAIR MA
harmonica
Jarret
|
DD
$400
[5]
Alexander Solzhenitsyn:"One Day in the Life of ____ ____"
Ivan Denisovich
Ben
|
$600
[24]
Heading to Valparaiso, a seaport in this South American country
Chile
Barbara
|
$600
[21]
This Van Halen frontman re-did Louis Prima's "Just A Gigolo" in 1985
David Lee Roth
Jarret
|
$600
[8]
Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)
innards
Barbara
|
|
$800
[14]
The start of his reign in Spain falls mainly on the 22nd of November, 1975
(King) Juan Carlos
Jarret
Barbara
|
$800
[28]
Oh, it bellows:RANCID COO
accordion
|
$600
[3]
George Bernard Shaw:"Major ____"
Barbara
Barbara
|
$800
[25]
Learning this Bantu language whose name comes from a word meaning "of the coast"
Swahili
Jarret
|
$800
[22]
In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way
Sid Vicious
Jarret
|
$800
[9]
It's the type of sail seenherein red, white & blue
the spinnaker
|
|
$1,000
[15]
In Nov. 1922, after years of searching, Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter made this discovery
Tutankhamen's tomb
Ben
|
$1,000
[29]
Pear-shaped? Abso-lute-ly:NIL NOMAD
mandolin
Ben
|
$800
[4]
Nietzsche:"Thus Spoke ____"
Zarathustra
Ben
|
$1,000
[30]
Giving a room visual interest with this trim aka a dado rail; it protects plaster walls from the item in its name
a chair rail
|
$1,000
[23]
"Are We Not Men? We Are" this '80s group who covered the Stones' "Satisfaction"
Devo
Ben
|
$1,000
[10]
An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature
innuendo
Ben
|
| ASIAN CAPITALS | I LOVE L.A. KERS | COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD | INTERNATIONAL NAMES | MYTHICAL CREATURES | THE "CO"-CATEGORY |
|
$400
[1]
Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital
Tokyo
Jarret
|
$400
[21]
Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate
Shaquille O'Neal
Jarret
|
$400
[26]
Go to logcabinsyrups.com & you'll immediately see a stack of them
pancakes
Jarret
|
$400
[6]
As a boy Bolivia's president Evo Morales herded these pack animals
llamas
Barbara
|
$400
[11]
This bird was said to embalm the ashes of its predecessor & then fly to Heliopolis
the phoenix
Jarret
|
$400
[14]
It's the smallest armed service of the United States
the Coast Guard
Ben
|
|
$800
[2]
This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River
Jakarta
Ben
|
$800
[22]
A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game
Magic Johnson
Ben
|
$800
[30]
They're the Asian restaurant items seen here
pot stickers
Jarret
|
$800
[7]
Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom
Scotland
Barbara
|
$800
[12]
Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws
the roc
Ben
|
$800
[17]
A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium
codeine
|
|
DD
$800
[3]
Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country
Hanoi (Vietnam)
Ben
|
$1,200
[23]
This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways
Wilt Chamberlain
Jarret
Ben
|
$1,200
[27]
Made with cornmeal, it comes out of the oven so soft you have to eat it with the utensil in its name
spoon bread
|
$1,200
[8]
4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these
rings
Jarret
|
$1,200
[13]
The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature
a satyr
Jarret
|
$1,200
[18]
It's a coop for sheep or pigeons
a cote
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Inhabitants of this Armenian capital can see Mount Ararat, which is 35 miles to the south in Turkey
Yerevan
Ben
|
$1,600
[24]
This Hall-of-Fame guard & former Lakers GM is said to be the model for the player depicted in the NBA's logo
Jerry West
Ben
|
$1,600
[28]
Orville Redenbacher sells this sweet & salty treat as well as its more famous cousin
kettle corn
Ben
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat
Ban Ki-moon
Jarret
|
$1,600
[15]
This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her
Pegasus
Ben
|
$1,600
[19]
In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California
Coachella
Jarret
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The name of this capital is Mongol for "City of the Red Hero"
Ulan Bator
Barbara
|
$2,000
[25]
This flashy Lakers forward was nicknamed "Big Game" for his clutch playoff performances
James Worthy
|
$2,000
[29]
Bobby Flay's recipe for this includes as special equipment a rod to skewer the bird with
rotisserie chicken
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president
Medvedev
Ben
|
$2,000
[16]
If you know that a Kirin is the Japanese type of this mythological creature, pour yourself a beer
unicorn
|
$2,000
[20]
It's an exclusive group or clique
a coterie
Ben
|
He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College
William Howard Taft