Ryan Chaffee game 4.
Matt Green — a systems engineer from Indialantic, Florida
Abby Collins — a news researcher from New York, New York
Ryan Chaffee — a tutor from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $50,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $1,400 | $6,400 | $20,800 |
$41,600
4-day champion: $91,900 |
$20,800
25 R, 2 W |
| Abby | $2,000 | $3,400 | $9,800 |
$800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
11 R, 0 W |
| Matt | $4,400 | $7,000 | $21,600 |
$1,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$21,000
22 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| THE FIRST CHRISTMAS: LUKE REPORTING | MOVIES BY QUOTE | A RICH STEW | BALLET | 2009 HEADLINES IN THE CITY'S NEWSPAPER | "B" FORE "N" AFTER |
|
$200
[6]
Breaking news--this Caesar has spread panic with his decree that "all the world should be taxed"
Augustus
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Captain Oveur:"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?" & "Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"
Airplane!
Ryan
|
$200
[24]
This company's Centurion Card has a $5,000 initiation fee & annual membership is $2,500
American Express
Abby
|
$200
[16]
This ballet concludes with Pat Garrett leading pioneers, marching west
Billy the Kid
Ryan
|
$200
[21]
From its Times-Picayune:"Basin Street sampler benefits Louis Armstrong... Jazz Camp"
New Orleans
Abby
|
$200
[11]
A legume, maybe a green one
a bean
Ryan
|
|
$400
[7]
Joseph's current whereabouts are unknown; he went "out of the city of Nazareth", "up from" this region
Galilee
Ryan
|
$400
[2]
A band manager:"The Boston gig has been canceled... I wouldn't worry about it, though, it's not a big college town"
This Is Spinal Tap
|
$400
[27]
Since 1898 Mrs. Hunt's Agency has provided staff including this, the manservant to the gentleman of the house
a valet
Ryan
|
$400
[17]
Twyla Tharp used the music of this group for the ballet "Deuce Coupe"
The Beach Boys
Ryan
|
$400
[22]
From its Sun-Times:"Former Blagojevich fund-raiser gets 37 months in prison"
Chicago
Ryan
|
$400
[12]
A prohibition
ban
Matt
|
|
$600
[8]
Eyewitnesses confirm the babe was "lying in" this--we'll be uploading video to our website soon
a manger
Abby
|
$600
[3]
Hans Gruber, reading a message:"Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho"
Die Hard
Ryan
|
$600
[28]
If there's ever a "Gilligan's Island" feature film, we hope the theme song will change 1 letter & upgrade Mr. Howell to this
a billionaire
Ryan
|
$600
[18]
Facing the evil Kastchei, Prince Ivan summons this title creature with a red feather
the Firebird
Ryan
|
$600
[23]
From its Herald:"Broward teachers are losing hope as layoffs loom"
Miami
Ryan
|
$600
[13]
Ship's officer who summons the crew with a whistle
a boatswain
Abby
|
|
$800
[9]
We've got expert analysis of the heavenly host's words "and on Earth" this & "good will toward men"
peace
Matt
|
$800
[4]
Crash:"Man, that ball got out of here in a hurry... anything that travels that far ought to have a... stewardess on it"
Bull Durham
Ryan
|
$800
[29]
In 2009 Gordon Brown created a 50% one of these in Britain; still better than the '70s, when there was an 83% one
a tax bracket
Matt
|
$800
[19]
Jerome Robbins choreographed a ballet to these Bach "Variations"
Goldberg Variations
Ryan
|
$800
[25]
From its Morning News:"arrest warrant for Plano man in sucker punch attack"
Dallas
Matt
|
$800
[14]
Maine college that was Nat Hawthorne's alma mater
Bowdoin
Abby
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
From Jerusalem, also called "the city of" this king, Luke signing off
David
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
Jack:"I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4,000 Cubans who are trained to kill me"
A Few Good Men
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
Generally it's the well-off who use this as a verb, meaning "to pass the time (in a certain place) from June to September"
summer
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
A maiden is chosen for a sacrifice, the title act of this 1913 ballet
The Rite of Spring
Ryan
|
$1,000
[26]
From this northwestern city's Times:"Stone tools turned up at Snohomish County site"
Seattle
Abby
|
$1,000
[15]
Seaside Sussex town where the pinball wizard played
Brighton (England)
Matt
|
| CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK | TOP O' THE CHARTS | BEVERAGES | HEADLESS & SHOULDERS | LEGAL MATTERS | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New York with a bell ringer.) A familiar sight on New York City streets is the holiday appeal of this organization that each year provides 3 million meals & 900,000 nights of lodging to those in need
the Salvation Army
Matt
|
$400
[3]
"Sexy Back" by this former member of 'N Sync spent 7 weeks at the top spot in 2006
(Justin) Timberlake
Matt
|
$400
[2]
The names of both aqua vitae & eau de vie literally mean water of this
life
Ryan
|
$400
[16]
It is believed that 2 different men known as this saint were martyred on Feb. 14 by beheading
Saint Valentine
Abby
|
$400
[21]
During the 1870s a new method of teaching law, the case method, was developed at this Cambridge, Mass. university
Harvard
Ryan
|
$400
[1]
Classic candy bar that's a female Supreme Court justice
Baby Ruth Ginsburg
Matt
|
|
$800
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a festive shopping display in New York.) During the holiday season, more than a quarter of a million people visit Santaland at this famous store on Herald Square
Macy's
Abby
|
$800
[4]
This subtitle of a 1993 Meat Loaf chart-topper follows "I'd Do Anything For Love..."
"(But I Won't Do That)"
Matt
|
$800
[15]
Gunpowder is a green China type of this beverage
tea
Ryan
|
$800
[17]
"Teach" your kids that on Nov. 22, 1718 this pirate took 25 wounds before someone said, "Heads up!"
Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
Matt
|
$800
[22]
This form of homicide is the unlawful killing of a human being, committed without malice
manslaughter
Ryan
|
$800
[9]
Woody Allen romantic comedy about a student who patrols the corridors of a school
Annie Hall Monitor
Ryan
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Since 1933 this hall has dazzled NYC with its Christmas Spectacular, featuring precision choreography & a living nativity
Radio City Music Hall
Ryan
Matt
|
$1,200
[5]
His Grammy-winning "Gold Digger" featured Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx
Kanye West
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
The portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn seenherewas bought by a distiller of this & put on bottles of it
scotch
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
On Feb. 12, 1554 this teen & her husband topped out; hope those 9 days were worth it
Lady Jane Grey
Ryan
|
$1,200
[23]
"Lacy's Law" in Colorado cracks down on impersonating one of these, & on having red & blue lights on your car
a police officer
Matt
|
$1,200
[10]
This president made a "clean sweep" of the White House from 1929 to 1933 (including the carpets)
Herbert Hoover Vacuum Cleaner
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew rides up an escalator at a toy store in New York.) Part of many New York City holiday memories, this store opened in Manhattan in 1870, calling itself a toy bazaar & has been a wonderland for kids at Christmastime ever since
FAO Schwarz
Abby
|
$1,600
[6]
In 1986 he topped the charts with "Glory Of Love" as a solo artist & "The Next Time I Fall" in a duet with Amy Grant
Peter Cetera
Abby
|
$1,600
[29]
This fitness water, from the makers of Gatorade, may "drive" you to drink--more water
Propel
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In myth, the winged horse Pegasus sprang from this female monster's beheaded body
Medusa
Matt
|
DD
$1,400
[24]
(I'm legal analyst Nancy Grace.) From the Latin for "twisted", it's the branch of civil law dealing with injuries to one's body, property, business, reputation or privacy
tort
Matt
|
$1,600
[11]
John Donne poem that's "rolling, rolling, rolling on the river"
"Death Be Not Proud Mary"
Ryan
|
|
$2,000
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gets a whiff of a holiday treat sold at a hot dog vendor's sidewalk stand in New York.) The aroma reminds me of one of the most popular holiday songs; written in 1946, it's simply called "The Christmas Song", but is better known by this first line
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"
Matt
|
$2,000
[8]
In 1998 this "nude" Toronto-based group reached No. 1 for 1 week with "One Week"
Barenaked Ladies
Ryan
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1928 Thomas Hargreaves Geddes & Eugene Desnoes began brewing this lager in Jamaica
Red Stripe
Ryan
|
$2,000
[20]
On Feb. 13, 1542 she became the second of Henry VIII's wives to lose her head over the man (literally)
(Catherine) Howard
Ryan
|
$2,000
[25]
Contractors can have a mechanic's type of this placed against a property, assuring that they'll get paid for their work
a lien
Ryan
|
$2,000
[12]
Ingredient in the witches' potion in "Macbeth" that's a body part of a 1990s House speaker
eye of Newt Gingrich
Abby
|
This term for an economic system first appeared in English in Thackeray's "The Newcomes", about the rise of a family
capitalism