Ryan Swaim — a vacation rental manager from Garden City Beach, South Carolina
Shawna Brandle — a Ph.D. candidate from Rockville Centre, New York
Kimberly Jantz — an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly | $1,800 | $7,800 | $12,000 |
$4,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shawna | $3,000 | $3,000 | $9,800 |
$19,600
New champion: $19,600 |
$9,800
13 R, 1 W |
| Ryan | $1,000 | $2,800 | $8,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| CHESS | NIGHTS | CASTLING | KING TAKES QUEEN | PRAWNS | "CHECK" MATE |
|
$200
[20]
World champ Garry Kasparov lost a 1997 match to a computer program from this company
IBM
Ryan
|
$200
[10]
In 2009 this actor spent a second "Night at the Museum" as Larry Daley
Ben Stiller
Shawna
|
$200
[25]
No castle is complete without this deep trench that prevents access from the surrounding land
a moat
Ryan
|
$200
[1]
Valladolid, Spain, October 1469
Ferdinand & Isabella
Kimberly
|
$200
[15]
The Americanized slogan "Throw another" one of these "on the barbie" irritated Aussies, who call these prawns
shrimp
Kimberly
|
$200
[5]
The deadline by which a hotel room must be vacated
checkout
Shawna
|
|
$400
[21]
Like the knight, this chess piece is worth about 3 pawns
a bishop
Ryan
|
$400
[11]
He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for "Saturday Night Fever"
John Travolta
Shawna
|
$400
[26]
Naturally, the name of this type of small tower comes from a word for "tower"
a turret
Kimberly
|
$400
[2]
London, England, January 25, 1533
Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
|
$400
[16]
Prawns a la Monza is a specialty of Tadich Grill, an institution in this California city since 1849
San Francisco
|
$400
[6]
It's given by a store as a price guarantee when it runs out of a sale item
a rain check
Shawna
|
|
$600
[22]
This late champ patented a now-standard chess clock that gives a player added time after each move
Bobby Fischer
Kimberly
|
$600
[12]
M. Night Shyamalan had a cameo as Dr. Hill in this 1999 film where a young boy chatted up dead folks
The Sixth Sense
Kimberly
|
$600
[27]
Horace Walpole's 1764 novel "The Castle of Otranto" is regarded as the first in this spooky genre
Gothic
Kimberly
|
$600
[3]
St. Petersburg, Russia, November 26, 1894
Nicholas II & Alexandra
Kimberly
|
$600
[17]
Vietnamese prawn crackers are purchased flat; you take them home & cook them this way to make them puff up
deep fry
|
$600
[7]
A banner waved at the finish line of a car race
a checkered flag
Kimberly
|
|
$800
[23]
Viswanathan Anand won a 2007 supertournament, making him the first world champ from this country
India
Ryan
|
$800
[13]
This 1964 Beatles film was made for $500,000 & shot in a little over 6 weeks (they were working like dogs!)
A Hard Day's Night
Kimberly
|
$800
[28]
Vaduz Castle overlooks the town of Vaduz in this principality
Liechtenstein
Ryan
|
$800
[4]
Paris, France, May 16, 1770
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
Kimberly
Shawna
|
$800
[18]
"Iron Chef" Chen Kenichi of prawns in chili sauce fame is the son of the man who brought this spicy Chinese style to Japan
Szechuan
Kimberly
|
$800
[8]
Game using a 6-pointed star board, marbles & holes
Chinese checkers
Kimberly
|
|
$1,000
[24]
You can always learn a few moves in this square's park at 5th Ave. & 4th St. in Greenwich Village
Washington Square Park
Ryan
|
$1,000
[14]
David Strathairn, as him: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. Good night, and good luck"
(Edward R.) Murrow
Ryan
|
$1,000
[29]
It's the 10-letter word for the grille seen here
portcullis
|
$1,000
[30]
A Dutchman & an Englishwoman, London, England, November 4, 1677
William & Mary
Kimberly
|
DD
$2,600
[19]
If you're enjoying king prawns puri in Dhaka, they probably came from this large bay
the Bay of Bengal
Kimberly
|
$1,000
[9]
2-word term for what the winner of "Survivor" gets, or a reminder of the way things actually are
a reality check
Shawna
|
| T.S. ELIOT | RELATIONSHIPS | THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID | RIVER CITY | "TU" MUCH | POLAR OBSESSION |
|
$400
[4]
"The Waste Land" gives us the line this "is the cruellest month"
April
Kimberly
|
$400
[6]
Confidentiality between these 2 goes back to Hippocrates
doctor & patient
Kimberly
|
$400
[3]
"I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand"
Helen Keller
Kimberly
|
$400
[1]
Baghdad is on the Tigris; Fallujah is on this
the Euphrates
Shawna
|
$400
[18]
In his biggest hit, Tiny Tim wanted you to "Tip-Toe Thru"' these
tulips
Ryan
|
$400
[14]
(Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) Walruses use ice as a safe place to rest & save energy; mom puts her pup on herbackto protect against this species, Ursus maritimus, a major predator
a polar bear
Shawna
|
|
$800
[5]
A book of verse for children, "Old Possum's Book of Practical" these found new life when adapted for Broadway
Cats
Shawna
|
$800
[7]
Take this pair of male relatives, add 2 "like"s & you've got a proverb
father & son
Kimberly
|
$800
[11]
"When caught between two evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried"
Mae West
Ryan
|
$800
[2]
Bismarck, North Dakota is on this river
the Missouri
|
$800
[19]
On U.S. aircraft carriers, power comes from nuclear reactors & these steam-powered rotary engines
turbines
Kimberly
|
$800
[15]
(Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) Called oakum boys because their brown downlooks like the frayed rope fiber used to caulk ships, king penguin chicksundergo this shedding process that gives them their waterproof feathers
molting
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[29]
This "Love" poem by T.S. Eliot says, "Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky"
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Shawna
|
$1,200
[8]
Psalm 23 compares the divine-human relationship to this one
shepherd & his flock
Kimberly
Shawna
|
$1,600
[26]
"Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions"
(Coco) Chanel
Shawna
|
$1,200
[23]
Fargo, North Dakota is on this river that rose to over 20 feet above flood level in 2009
the Red River
|
$1,200
[20]
Catching these is the main economic activity of Clipperton Island, a French Pacific atoll
tuna
Shawna
|
$1,200
[16]
(Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) Known for itsferocity, these alnamed for this big cat shows vast intelligence & is the only seal known to eat other species of seals
a leopard
Ryan
|
|
DD
$2,600
[28]
Appropriately, this verse drama was first produced at the 1935 Canterbury Festival
Murder in the Cathedral
Kimberly
|
$1,600
[9]
Relationship of aphids & plants (the aphids get the better of it)
parasite & host
Kimberly
|
$2,000
[27]
"Children need not be born into the world unless they are wanted and have a place provided for them"
(Margaret) Sanger
Kimberly
|
$1,600
[24]
The city of Kazan is on this river where it joins the Kazanka
the Volga
|
$1,600
[21]
Mentioned over & over in a popular Christmas song, these animals take their name from their call, not from a reptile
turtledoves
Ryan
|
$1,600
[17]
(Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) It's easy to see why these mammals are called unicorns of the sea; that's not a horn, though--it's actually a grooved tooth
a narwhal
Kimberly
|
| — |
$2,000
[10]
In "Treasure Island", it's the relationship of the seafaring Smollett & Arrow
captain & first mate
|
DD
$3,600
[12]
"I'll paint (the flower) big and they'll be surprised into taking time to look at it"
Georgia O'Keeffe
Ryan
|
$2,000
[25]
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay is on this rio
(Rio) de la Plata
Ryan
|
$2,000
[22]
Ashgabat is the capital city of this central Asian nation
Turkmenistan
Shawna
|
$2,000
[13]
(Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) Cliff-nesting birds, like the thousands seen here, play an important part in Arctic ecology; their guano falls before the icy water's surface to provide nutrients to these flowery invertebrates
sea anemones
Ryan
|
The subtitle of this influential 1762 treatise is "Principes du droit politique" ("Principles of Political Right")
The Social Contract (by Jean-Jacques Rousseau)