First show of the 2010s.
Megan Langhoff — a graduate student from New Orleans, Louisiana
Neel Varde — a food scientist from St. Charles, Illinois
Jessica Stapp — an administrative assistant from Tucson, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica | $600 | $3,200 | $6,000 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
12 R, 4 W |
| Neel | $2,000 | $3,800 | $21,600 |
$30,001
New champion: $30,001 |
$19,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Megan | $4,600 | $9,700 | $15,000 |
$15,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE NEW TESTAMENT | NAME THE FILM | SKIRTING THE ISSUE | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS | FOOD & DRINK | TIME TO "EAT" |
|
$200
[26]
On Pentecost the Apostles amazed people when they "began to speak with other" these
tongues
Jessica
|
$200
[1]
1939:"I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
The Wizard Of Oz
Neel
|
$200
[11]
Originally worn by highlanders in various tartans, these are also worn by women as skirts
kilts
Megan
|
$200
[18]
We're mostly 4,000 feet above sea level & Idi Amin doesn't run us anymore. Isn't that enough?
Uganda
Neel
|
$200
[2]
They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet
curds & whey
Megan
|
$200
[14]
To practice trickery or fraud in game play
cheat
Neel
|
|
$400
[27]
Always mentioned last in the list of Jesus' 12 Disciples, he was the treasurer of the group
Judas Iscariot
Neel
|
$400
[7]
1972:"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"
The Godfather
Megan
|
$400
[12]
The silhouette of a slightly flared skirt looks like a certain letter, giving it this name
an A-line
Megan
|
$400
[19]
Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere
Iceland
Neel
|
$400
[3]
When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this
fat
Megan
|
$400
[15]
A spike on the bottom of an athletic shoe
a cleat
Megan
|
|
$600
[28]
This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born
Elizabeth
Jessica
|
$600
[8]
1976:"You talking to me?"
Taxi Driver
Neel
|
$600
[13]
This loose-fitting garment often worn as a beach coverup was copied from Indonesian native dress
a sarong
Jessica
Neel
|
$600
[20]
Our Andes are dandy! Only Brazil has more people in South America, but they don't have our coffee. Hail...
Colombia
Neel
Megan
|
$600
[4]
In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish
foie gras
Megan
|
$600
[23]
Bartender's adjective for a cocktail served without water
neat
Megan
|
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On his fourth & final missionary journey, Saint Paul sailed from Caesarea to Crete & was then shipwrecked on this island the Bible calls Melita
Malta
Megan
|
$800
[9]
1995:"To infinity, and beyond!"
Toy Story
Neel
|
$800
[16]
On the original "90210":, Donna wore this type of skirt to the prom; she couldn't sit down all night
a hoop skirt
|
$800
[21]
From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
Poland
Megan
|
$800
[5]
Thailand's best-known dish, it's stir-fried noodles, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts & seasonings
pad thai
Neel
|
$800
[24]
Moss type used as fuel
peat
Jessica
|
|
DD
$2,500
[30]
In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"
(Pontius) Pilate
Megan
|
$1,000
[10]
2007:"I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"
There Will Be Blood
Megan
|
$1,000
[17]
The sunburst-pleated skirt is also called this for the pleats' resemblance to the bellows of a musical instrument
an accordion skirt
Jessica
|
$1,000
[22]
We're one big island! (& several small ones); lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you)
Madagascar
Megan
|
$1,000
[6]
This rum drink hailing from New Orleans' French Quarter has its own glass of the same name
the Hurricane
Megan
|
$1,000
[25]
The administrative metropolis in a U.S. county
the seat
Neel
|
| 20th CENTURY ARTISTS | RED SOX IT TO ME | BEYOND .COM | PICK A PLANET | THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN | B.C. & AFTER |
|
$400
[12]
In 1936 he showed up for a Surrealist exhibition dressed in a diving suit
(Salvador) Dali
Neel
|
$400
[11]
On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win
Fenway Park
Neel
|
$400
[23]
It indicates a website about employment, not about a founder of Apple
.jobs
Jessica
Neel
|
$400
[1]
Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes
Mars
Neel
|
$400
[17]
One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack
Mary Todd Lincoln
Jessica
|
$400
[4]
Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system
Alexander the Great Barrier Reef
Megan
|
|
$1,200
[14]
This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them
Magritte
Neel
|
$800
[10]
With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this
the Triple Crown
Neel
|
$800
[24]
It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief
TV
Jessica
|
$800
[2]
It's the third largest in our solar system
Neptune (Uranus also accepted)
Neel
Megan
|
$800
[18]
In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator
(John T.) Ford
Jessica
|
$800
[5]
Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era
the Bronze Age of Aquarius
Jessica
|
|
$1,600
[15]
In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags"
(Jasper) Johns
Neel
|
$1,200
[7]
Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch
the knuckleball
Neel
|
$1,200
[28]
If disseminating facts, knowledge, the 411, try this 4-letter domain, used by New York State's MTA
info
Jessica
|
DD
$1,500
[3]
It's never observable when the sky is fully dark
Mercury
Megan
|
$1,200
[19]
Dirty Harry could tell you it's also the caliber of the Derringer used by John Wilkes Booth to shoot Lincoln
.44
Jessica
Megan
|
$1,200
[21]
"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford
The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship
Megan
|
|
$2,000
[16]
"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist
Kandinsky
Jessica
|
$1,600
[8]
In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league
Babe Ruth
Neel
|
$1,600
[29]
It follows dot in a domain for companies & "That's show" in a familiar phrase
.biz
Neel
|
$1,600
[6]
It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope
Uranus
Jessica
Neel
|
$1,600
[20]
The 3-word Latin phrase yelled out by John Wilkes Booth while making his escape
sic semper tyrannis
Megan
|
$1,600
[22]
Sophoclean tragedy about the killing of a father & his friend, the actor who portrayed Henry Higgins on film
Oedipus Rex Harrison
Neel
|
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work
Frida Kahlo
Neel
|
$2,000
[9]
In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965
(Hideo) Nomo
Neel
|
$2,000
[30]
As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this
.org (.net accepted)
Jessica
|
$2,000
[27]
Leda is its 13th moon
Jupiter
Megan
|
$2,000
[25]
Attempts on the lives of VP Andrew Johnson & this Secretary of State were also part of the plot
Seward
Megan
|
$2,000
[26]
Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer
Java Man Ray
Jessica
|
The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one
Pearl Harbor