Ryan Chaffee game 3.
Dan Troha — a business system analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
Allison Brown — a law student originally from Louisville, Kentucky
Ryan Chaffee — a tutor from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $4,600 | $7,700 | $17,100 |
$17,100
3-day champion: $50,300 |
$20,600
27 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Allison | $2,200 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
$6,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
12 R, 2 W |
| Dan | $1,200 | $1,600 | $5,600 |
$3,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 2 W |
| CURSES | I'LL BE DOGGONE | DAD, GUM IT | DOUGH! | FOR PETE'S SAKE | "CON"SARNIT |
|
$200
[11]
The "Cover Curse" of this Time, Inc. magazine is notable for athletes; appear & your career may soon disappear
Sports Illustrated
Ryan
|
$200
[25]
As a pet, the border type of this may have to learn to relax & stop herding everything in sight
a collie
Dan
|
$200
[16]
Nicorette is a gum designed to help your dad stop doing this
smoking
Dan
|
$200
[1]
Some suggest eliminating this coin; the mint spends $134 million a year to produce $80 million worth
the penny
Allison
|
$200
[18]
In 1682 he came to the throne at the age of 10, along with his weak-minded half-brother, Ivan V
Peter the Great
Ryan
|
$200
[6]
It means to yield or admit, perhaps to a point of argument
concede
Allison
|
|
$400
[12]
The Madden video game cover curse claimed this QB; first he got hurt & we won't even get into the dog thing
Michael Vick
Dan
|
$400
[27]
Yes, comrade, the Borzoi is also known as the Russian this
wolfhound
|
$400
[17]
Born Frances Gumm, she made her singing debut at age 2 in her dad's theater & then went on to visit Oz
(Judy) Garland
Ryan
|
$400
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) I'm at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing with a replica of the current $2 bill, which has an engraving of this event on the back; limited space on the note meant five guys got left out
the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Ryan
|
$400
[19]
The last name of this Peter, a British navy man, is on a Columbia River island & a Washington sound
Puget
Allison
|
$400
[7]
Let's take a pregnant pause for this 8-letter verb, meaning to construct an image or idea
conceive
Ryan
|
|
$600
[13]
Curse averted! The Yankees dug up a buried jersey of this rival team out of the concrete of the new stadium in 2008
the Boston Red Sox
Allison
|
$600
[28]
Appropriately, the mountain pass with this dog's name is in the Alps, between Italy & Switzerland
Saint Bernard
Ryan
|
$600
[23]
When a man with this last name offered gum with his dad's soap, it started a chewing gum empire
Wrigley
Ryan
|
$600
[3]
From the 1970s, some quarters commemorating this featured a Colonial drummer
the Bicentennial
Allison
|
DD
$500
[22]
World Book says it, flat out: this man "was the greatest Flemish painter of the 1600s"
(Peter Paul) Rubens
Ryan
|
$600
[8]
Exclusive attention to one object, or a game that requires memory skills
concentration
Allison
|
|
$800
[14]
A black cat in 1969 & a fan's try for a foul ball (let him be, folks!) have been blamed for this team's woes
the Cubs
Dan
|
$800
[29]
This prestigious dog show was first held in New York City in 1877 & showcased 1,201 pooches
the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Allison
|
$800
[24]
Gumby's father has this name, also a Bantu word for "okra"
Gumbo
|
$800
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) Defacement of currency is a criminal offense, punishable by a fine up to this much, also the largest denomination the U.S. now issues
$100
Ryan
|
$600
[20]
Last name of the Peter whose hall in Boston was completed in 1742
Faneuil
Allison
|
$800
[9]
If I'm holding this spiral shell of a gastropod, a fabled trumpet of the Tritons, I get to speak
a conch (shell)
Ryan
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Norm Van Lier was so upset this NBA team didn't retire his No. 2, he put a hex on anyone who wore it; lucky it wasn't 23
the (Chicago) Bulls
Dan
|
$1,000
[30]
For 10 years after his master's death, a dog of this breed waited daily for his return at a Tokyo train station
Akita
Ryan
|
$1,000
[26]
This "colorful" gum-chewing girl has a golden ticket that gets her & her dad in to see Willy Wonka
Violet Beauregarde
Ryan
|
$1,000
[5]
The dime known as this "Head" was designed by Charles Barber, the Mint's chief engraver from 1879 to 1917
the Liberty Head
Ryan
|
$800
[21]
In 1626 this Colonial gov. spent the best 60 Dutch guilders of his life when he bought Manhattan Island
Minuit
Ryan
|
$1,000
[10]
From the Latin for "to run together", it means existing simultaneously or side by side
concurrent (concurrently accepted)
Ryan
Dan
|
| "U" COUNTRIES | GREAT DAMES | WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES | INDULGE YOURSELF | MUSIC & MUSICIANS | SET THE COMPOUND FRACTURE |
|
DD
$300
[5]
Islam Karimov has been the president of this Central Asian nation since 1991
Uzbekistan
Ryan
|
$400
[15]
"I've always been a broad, now it's a great honor to be a dame", said this violet-eyed actress in 1999
(Elizabeth) Taylor
Ryan
|
$400
[10]
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet:St. Vincent
(Edna St. Vincent) Millay
Ryan
|
$400
[22]
Eat twice as much of this English dessert that features berries & vanilla custard--its name means "a trivial matter"
a trifle
Allison
|
DD
$300
[9]
The ballet "Pulcinella" has music by this Russian-born composer who dominated early 20th c. ballet music
Stravinsky
Ryan
|
$400
[18]
An area for playing racquetball & a seagoing vessel
a courtship
Allison
|
|
$400
[1]
Kharkov is the second-most populous city in this republic of 46 million
the Ukraine
Ryan
|
$800
[16]
In 1995 she was "Victor/Victoria" onstage; maybe she could get a knighthood, as well
Julie Andrews
Dan
|
$800
[11]
He wrote "O.T.: A Danish Romance" & lived a fairy tale life:Christian
Hans Christian Andersen
Ryan
|
$1,600
[24]
Mmm... ladyfingers soaked in brandy & espresso! Quite a "pick me up", as the name of this Italian dessert says
tiramisu
Dan
|
$400
[6]
Most orchestral scores place this group of instruments, which includes the oboe, at the top of the page
woodwinds
Dan
|
$800
[19]
Obstructing a defensive player in football & silent film's Mr. Keaton
a blockbuster
Allison
|
|
$800
[2]
This country's president Museveni, seen as a godsend after leaders like Idi Amin, has been in power since 1986
Uganda
Dan
|
$1,200
[17]
This Helen was in 2004's "Raising Helen"; she plays queens pretty well, too
(Helen) Mirren
Ryan
|
$1,200
[12]
A poet & a 6-year member of the Irish Senate:Butler
(William Butler) Yeats
Ryan
|
$2,000
[25]
The name of this caramel-like mixture is Spanish for "sweet milk"
dulce de leche
Allison
|
$800
[7]
Joseph Haydn's brother Michael succeeded Mozart as this city's cathedral organist
Salzburg
Ryan
|
$1,200
[20]
The heart of downtown Chicago & an animal's burrow
a loophole
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Its national team won soccer's World Cup in 1930 & 1950
Uruguay
Ryan
|
$1,600
[28]
This actress now portrays James Bond's M; she plays queens pretty well, too
(Judi) Dench
Ryan
|
$1,600
[13]
A Polish-born writer of short stories:Bashevis
Singer
Ryan
|
— |
$1,200
[8]
Berlioz never intended "The Damnation of" him to be staged, but damned if opera companies don't do it anyway
Faust
Ryan
|
$1,600
[21]
To fit together 2 corresponding items & to fight with gloves in a ring
matchbox
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Part of the Soviet space mission Project Juno, Helen Sharman was this country's first astronaut
the United Kingdom
Allison
|
$2,000
[27]
Hello, possums! In 2006 her (?) face was on Australian stamps as an "Australian Legend"; so was Barry Humphries'
Dame Edna
|
$2,000
[14]
"Cross Creek" chronicler:Kinnan
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Ryan
|
— |
$2,000
[26]
Austrian writer Franz Grillparzer was among the few who saw the genius of this fellow Franz' music
(Franz) Schubert
Allison
Dan
|
$2,000
[23]
A gymnastics trestle & a drama
horseplay
|
In a policy begun in 2002 as a symbol of the War on Terrorism, U.S. Navy ships fly the 18th c. flag with this 4-word motto
Dont tread on me