Robert Bethune — a middle school science teacher from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Jen Jacobsen — a wellness coordinator from Grinnell, Iowa
Ben Davis — a law student from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $1,800 | $4,000 | $9,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$18,000
25 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jen | $600 | $2,400 | $4,400 |
$5
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,400
6 R, 1 W |
| Robert | $3,900 | $5,500 | $12,700 |
$20,700
New champion: $20,700 |
$12,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SCIENCE & NATURE | RUN, RUN, RUN | MILITARY SLANG | SCULPTURE | BUSINESS BUDDIES | COMMON SIMILES |
|
$200
[2]
In June 1991 weightlessness experiments were conducted on about 2,500 jellyfish aboard this
the space shuttle
Ben
Robert
|
$200
[16]
If you want to hit this type of "contained" home run, you probably will need to run really fast
an inside-the-park home run
Ben
|
$200
[11]
This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School
Top Gun
Robert
|
$200
[26]
In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic
the Mayo Clinic
Ben
|
$200
[21]
S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914
Decker
Ben
|
$200
[1]
If you're scared, you might be "shaking like" this botanical item
a leaf
Robert
|
|
$400
[3]
The ARS, an agency of this U.S. government department, is looking to develop better bio-insecticides
the Department of Agriculture
|
$400
[17]
In 1925 N.Y. Journal-American writer Bill Corum first called the Kentucky Derby the "Run for" these
the Roses
Robert
|
$400
[12]
"Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet
altitude
Robert
|
$400
[27]
This country's 12th century sculptor Unkei is known for his wooden statues carved for Buddhist temples
Japan
Ben
|
$400
[22]
This maker of optical products borrowed money from his good friend Henry Lomb, but it turned out okay
Bausch
Ben
|
$400
[7]
Adjective found before "as leather" & "as nails"
tough
Ben
|
|
$600
[4]
Despite the fierce appearance of this plated beast, scientists believe it to have been an herbivore
a Stegosaurus
Ben
|
$600
[18]
Due to an increase of endorphins in the brain, it's a state of euphoria experienced by exercisers
runner's high
Jen
|
$800
[14]
A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship
the equator
Robert
|
$600
[28]
Bartolommeo Ammannati designed this city's Fountain of Neptune & the courtyard of the Pitti Palace
Florence
|
$600
[23]
Book publisher Henry Houghton made this guy his partner
(George) Mifflin
Robert
|
$600
[8]
This ichthyological simile might apply to someone spending too much time at the bar
drinking like a fish
Jen
|
|
$800
[5]
Platinum, atomic number 78, is worth more than this other metal, atomic number 79
gold
Robert
|
$800
[19]
This 2-word hoops term is an offensive rush to beat the defense to the hoop
a fast break
Ben
|
$1,000
[15]
A "ROAD" scholar is "retired on" this (coasting until actual retirement)
active duty
Jen
|
$800
[29]
An art museum on Madison Avenue is named for this sculptress who created the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Jen
|
$800
[24]
Postage meter inventor Arthur Pitney merged his company with that of this entrepreneur
(Walter) Bowes
Robert
|
$800
[9]
Ironically, something incomprehensible is said to be "as clear as" this 3-letter word
mud
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In 2009 a new hominid skeleton dubbed Ardi was aged at 4.4 million years, predating this other "girly" find by 1 mil. years
Lucy
Ben
|
$1,000
[20]
In the modern pentathlon, athletes go 3,000 meters in this hyphenated type of running
cross-country
Jen
Robert
|
DD
$1,300
[13]
"SAR" stands for this, the effort to extract a downed aircrew in a combat zone
search and rescue
Robert
|
$1,000
[30]
This English sculptor made one of his reclining figures for the 1951 Festival of Britain
Henry Moore
Robert
|
$1,000
[25]
A crossword puzzle book started it all for Richard L. Simon & this publishing partner
Schuster
Robert
|
$1,000
[10]
(Here's Jimmy.) He is depicting this common simile about a criminal who's been at it a long time & isn't good at not getting caught
a rap sheet as long as your arm
|
| WORLD CAPITALS | LYRICS FROM MUSICALS | THE NEW YORK TIMES2009 FICTION BESTSELLERS | THE NEWSEUM | PAPAL NAMES | "PH"UN WORDS |
|
$400
[2]
It's located about 30 miles south of the DMZ
Seoul
Ben
|
$400
[13]
"Beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you"
Grease
Ben
|
$400
[1]
Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling an autopsy in Kathy Reichs' "206" these body parts
Bones
Ben
|
$400
[11]
(Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.)Thisis the microphone used for World War II English-language broadcasts by this woman, broadcasts that earned her a treason conviction; many years later, President Ford pardoned her
Tokyo Rose
Ben
|
$400
[18]
The constellation between Cancer & Virgo
Leo
Ben
|
$400
[6]
From the Greek for "shape", it means to transform an image into something else by computer
morph
Robert
|
|
$800
[3]
Until 1918 & the collapse of the dynasty, it was home base for the Hapsburgs
Vienna
Ben
|
$800
[14]
"A boy like that who'd kill your brother, forget that boy & find another, one of your own kind"
West Side Story
Jen
|
$800
[30]
Hey, y'all, this CNN legal analyst made the list with her novel "The Eleventh Victim"
Nancy Grace
Ben
|
$800
[26]
(Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) In a sensational 1930s trial, the New York Journal paid for Bruno Hauptmann's defense in exchange for his wife's story; Hauptmann was later executed in this electric chair for the murder of this child
the Lindbergh baby
Ben
|
$800
[19]
Not guilty
Innocent
Ben
|
$800
[7]
In the scientific classification of animals, it's Chordata for a domesticated dog
phylum
Robert
|
|
$1,200
[4]
It's the largest English-speaking city in the Caribbean, mon
Kingston (Jamaica)
Ben
|
$1,200
[15]
"Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. Lucky are we to be having him"
Damn Yankees
Ben
|
$1,200
[29]
In "Dead and Gone" by Charlaine Harris, this "True Blood" waitress searches for the killer of a were panther
Sookie Stackhouse
Robert
|
$1,200
[27]
(Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum is also home to the studio from which ABC's "This Week" is broadcast, hosted by this former Clinton administration advisor; I'm in hisseat
(George) Stephanopoulos
Ben
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
From the Latin for "blessed"
Benedict
Ben
|
$1,200
[8]
The bar type is one common form of this chart
graph
Jen
|
|
$1,600
[5]
This South American capital's original longer name translated to "Saint Mary of the Fair Winds"
Buenos Aires
Robert
|
$1,600
[16]
"Once I'm with the Wizard my whole life will change, 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange"
Wicked
Ben
|
$1,600
[28]
"Homer & Langley" by this author of "Ragtime" details the lives of the reclusive Collyer Brothers
(E.L.) Doctorow
Ben
|
$1,600
[25]
(Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) After a great deal of debate, newspapers published this man's angry manifesto; it led to his being tracked to Montana & captured in this very cabin
(Ted) Kaczynski (the Unabomber)
Robert
|
$1,600
[21]
The winner of a contest
Victor
|
$1,600
[9]
Now meaning those who are hostile to the arts, in biblical times it was a people subdued by King David
a Philistine
Robert
|
|
DD
$7,200
[12]
On a plane trip to this capital, you'd likely land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Jakarta
Ben
|
$2,000
[17]
"Suddenly Seymour is standing beside me, he don't give me orders, he don't condescend"
Little Shop of Horrors
Ben
|
$2,000
[23]
Richard DiLallo & this author teamed to write "Alex Cross's 'Trial"', a novel about the detective's great-uncle
(James) Patterson
Ben
|
$2,000
[24]
(Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) A key moment in the Civil Rights era was a sit-in protest after four black students were refused service at an all-white F.W. Woolworthlunch counterin this North Carolina city
Greensboro, North Carolina
|
$2,000
[22]
From a Latin word for "doer of good"
Boniface
Ben
|
$2,000
[10]
Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"
Phoebe
|
In 1928, the 100th anniversary of his death, a $10,000 prize was offered for the completion of his 8th Symphony
(Franz) Schubert