Kim McShane — a freelance business writer from Tallahassee, Florida
David Johnston — a radiological technician from Harahan, Louisiana
Marianne Henderson — a retired communications executive from Merry Point, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marianne | $800 | $800 | $7,200 |
$7,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
9 R, 2 W |
| David | $2,400 | $7,400 | $22,200 |
$23,400
New champion: $23,400 |
$20,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Kim | $2,000 | $5,000 | $1,000 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| ANIMAL LORE | CITY FOLKS | BACH, BEETHOVEN OR BRAHMS | LETHAL WEAPONS | JULIUS | 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[26]
The Inuit call it Nanuk & say it can take off its fur & enter an igloo as a man
a polar bear
Marianne
|
$200
[10]
Her 1860 "Notes on Nursing" was the first textbook for nurses
Florence Nightingale
David
|
$200
[1]
His last words reportedly were "I shall hear in heaven"
Beethoven
Kim
|
$200
[7]
Also called a scattergun, this smooth-bored weapon is designed to shoot at short ranges
a shotgun
David
|
$200
[21]
You bet your life he was born Julius Henry Marx
Groucho Marx
Marianne
David
|
$200
[3]
In a song title it precedes "Rattle and Roll"
Shake
Marianne
|
|
$400
[27]
Native Americans called it "Night Eagle" & often dreamed about it
the owl
|
$400
[14]
He's the city singer shining in the following Sunshine on my shoulders...
John Denver
Kim
|
$400
[2]
He fathered 20 children
Bach
Kim
|
$400
[8]
This large knife bears the name of a man who died at the Alamo
Bowie knife
Kim
|
$400
[22]
Dairy Queen owns this drink created by Julius Freed back in 1926
Orange Julius
David
|
$400
[4]
It's a horse race for 3-year-olds, or the stiff hat with a rounded crown that you might wear there
derby
Kim
|
|
$600
[28]
Encyclopedias tell us that this ability of the porcupine is a myth, so you're safe at a distance
the ability to shoot its quills
David
|
$600
[15]
In 1911 he established his reputation as a songwriter with "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Irving Berlin
Marianne
David
|
$600
[16]
His death marked the end of the Baroque period
Bach
Kim
|
$600
[11]
These weapons are divided into "dumb" ones, which just use gravity, & "smart" ones, which are guided
bombs
Kim
|
$800
[24]
"Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home" is its first line
Julius Caesar
Kim
|
$600
[5]
Trivial or worthless, or singer-guitarist Tom
Petty
Kim
|
|
$800
[29]
A camel's hump stores not water but this, & if the camel starves, the hump may slip off to the side
fat
David
|
$800
[17]
River's brother, this co-star of "Gladiator" once went by the first name Leaf
Joaquin Phoenix
Kim
|
$800
[19]
He originally dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon
Beethoven
Kim
|
$800
[12]
A combination of nap thenic & palmitic acids resulting in a flammable substance
napalm
David
|
$1,000
[25]
The "J." in the name of this director of the A-bomb project at Los Alamos was short for, you guessed it, Julius
J. Robert Oppenheimer
David
|
$800
[6]
Kasdoop is a Dutch version of fondue, made with this kind of cheese
Gouda
David
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In Indian legend, the Aquinnah Cliffs' red is the blood of these mammals which a giant caught in the sea and ate
the whale
Marianne
David
|
$1,000
[18]
This humorist & animal rights activist wrote the bestseller "The Cat and the Curmudgeon"
Cleveland Amory
David
|
$1,000
[20]
The only one of the 3 who could have met Teddy Roosevelt
Brahms
Marianne
|
$1,000
[13]
Taking the first part of its name from the Dutch for thunder, it was a type of old-fashioned musket
blunderbuss
David
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Sears president Julius Rosenwald donated millions to found this city's Museum of Science & Industry
Chicago
David
|
$1,000
[9]
It's a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo swords
kendo
Kim
|
| QUEENS OF ENGLAND | BUILDING WOOD | DOUBLE TALK | IOWA | FULL "MOON" | WHERE WOLF? |
|
$400
[1]
In 1559 she signed the Act of Supremacy establishing the monarch as head of the Church of England
Elizabeth I
David
|
$400
[21]
End-matched lumber has ends that are tongue & this
groove
David
|
$400
[16]
It means neither very good nor very bad; with "and" in the middle, it means someone you may think is very bad
so-so
Kim
|
$400
[30]
This "yummy" red apple, the USA's top seller, was developed in the 1880s in Jesse Hiatt's orchard near East Peru
the Red Delicious
Kim
|
$400
[11]
Mercer & Mancini composed this 1961 classic
"Moon River"
Kim
|
$400
[6]
Wolf Blitzer reports the latest news for this network
CNN
David
|
|
$800
[2]
Because her husband took an active rol in the management of her affairs, some called her "Queen Albertine"
Victoria
Marianne
|
$800
[22]
This softwood may be clear, jack, white, sugar or Ponderosa
pine
David
Kim
|
$800
[17]
This term for something flashy, like jewelry, has recently gained currency
bling-bling
Kim
|
$800
[26]
Each May since 1935 the town of Pella has celebrated its heritage from this country with its Tulip Time Festival
the Netherlands (Holland)
Kim
|
$800
[12]
She was, like totally, featured on the Top 40 hit "Valley Girl"
Moon Unit Zappa
Kim
|
$800
[7]
Wolf, Bobcat & Bear are ranks in this youth organization
the Cub Scouts
David
Kim
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1137, at the age of 15, she inherited the independent state of Aquitaine for her father William X
Eleanor
Marianne
|
$1,200
[23]
You'll smile big if you know this 4-letter word for a long, thick piece of lumber used to support a roof
beam
Marianne
|
$1,200
[18]
It can precede "O'Riley" & "au Rhum" as well as "Wawa"
Baba
Marianne
|
$1,600
[29]
Republican Chuck Grassley has represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate since 1981; this Democrat, since 1985
Tom Harkin
|
$1,200
[13]
1980s odd job for Bruce Willis & Cybill Shepherd
Moonlighting
David
|
$1,200
[8]
If you're looking for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, head to this capital where he died & is buried (somewhere)
Vienna
David
|
|
$1,600
[4]
On Feb. 12, 1554 this 9-day queen & her husband were beheaded for their involvement in Wyatt's Rebellion
Lady Jane Grey
David
|
$1,600
[24]
a/d denotes air-dried wood; k/d indicates this
kiln-dried
David
|
$1,600
[19]
This Asian-sounding breath freshener was developed in Rochester, N.Y. in the late 1800s
Sen-Sen
Kim
|
$2,000
[28]
In 1673 these 2 Frenchmen, one a priest, became the first whites to set foot in what is now Iowa
Marquette & Joliet
David
|
$1,600
[14]
Jim Carrey played Andy Kaufman in this 1999 biopic
Man on the Moon
David
Kim
|
$1,600
[9]
Climb aboard! He's the captain of the Ghost in a 1904 Jack London story
Wolf Larsen
David
|
|
DD
$2,400
[5]
Queen Anne was the last member of this British house that included James I & Charles II
the Stuarts
David
|
$2,000
[25]
This standard measure of lumber equals 144 cubic inches or 1X12X12 inches
board foot
|
$2,000
[20]
The "Macbeth" witches' recipe calls for nose of turk & lips of this fierce Asiatic type of person
Tartar
|
DD
$6,000
[27]
With a circulation of over 150,000, this capital city newspaper is Iowa's largest daily
the Des Moines Register
Kim
|
$2,000
[15]
This 1987 movie comedy begins with Dean Martin's 1953 hit "That's Amore"
Moonstruck
David
|
$2,000
[10]
You can also look under the name of wolfram to find this metallic chemical element
tungsten
Marianne
|
In 1994 his alma mater, Sam Houston State University, named its journalism & communications building in his honor
Dan Rather