Brian Chang — a pathologist from Oak Park, Illinois
Andrea Saenz — an immigration attorney from Boston, Massachusetts
Lysette Tidwell — a dog rescuer from Escondido, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lysette | $2,800 | $3,600 | $10,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 1 W |
| Andrea | $0 | $4,200 | $16,200 |
$32,200
New champion: $32,200 |
$18,800
25 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brian | $1,000 | $4,000 | $21,600 |
$10,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| THE STATE OF THE STATE | MOVIE ROLES | AROUND THE COURTROOM | I'M GETTING THE SHAKES(PEARE) | HAND ME A BOTTLE | YOU'LL NEED "ONE" |
|
$200
[24]
Underwater--or 80% of its largest city anyway, in August 2005
Louisiana
Brian
|
$200
[19]
2009:Austrian fashionista Bruno
Sacha Baron Cohen
Andrea
|
$200
[1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The judge might not literally sit on one, but his predecessors did, as in the Shakespeare line, "To pluck down justice from your awful" this
the bench
Lysette
|
$200
[17]
A history of Denmark by Saxo Grammaticus was one source of this 5-act tragedy
Hamlet
Lysette
|
$200
[6]
It's a soft rubber container with a stopper, filled with warmed liquid & used when you're ill
a hot water bottle
Andrea
Brian
|
$200
[7]
This is "under god" in the Pledge of Allegiance
one nation
Lysette
|
|
$400
[25]
Confused--in Nov. 2008 this state was unsure who got elected as its new senator, Mark Begich or Ted Stevens
Alaska
Andrea
|
$400
[20]
2009:Zed, who lives in "Year One"
Jack Black
Andrea
|
$400
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) To plead a case before the court, attorneys must literally do this 3-word phrase; many just out of law school struggle to do it
pass the bar
Andrea
|
$400
[13]
Bassanio gets some skin in the game & asks to borrow some money from his pal Antonio to woo a woman in this play
The Merchant of Venice
Andrea
|
$400
[12]
Fractional term for a bottle of liquor that holds 750 milliliters
a fifth
Andrea
|
$400
[8]
The three musketeers' motto
all for one and one for all
Brian
|
|
$600
[26]
On fire--on Oct. 8, 1871, 90,000 people in a major city were left homeless in this state
Illinois
Lysette
|
$600
[21]
2009:Skynet fighter John Connor
Christian Bale
|
$600
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) Rather than have the jurors choose this person, some states automatically appoint the juror who's in the seat I'm in
the foreman
Andrea
|
$600
[14]
"You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, and bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst" is spoken in this play
The Taming of the Shrew
Andrea
|
$600
[18]
Perhaps from the Arabic for "drinking cup", it's used for serving wine in a restaurant
a carafe
Andrea
|
$600
[9]
Proverbially, to double your efficiency is to kill 2 birds with this
one stone
Lysette
|
|
$800
[27]
Frozen--specifically at Mt. Washington in this New England state, where it was around -47 degrees on Jan. 29, 1934
New Hampshire
Brian
|
$800
[22]
2009:Public enemy John Dillinger
Johnny Depp
Andrea
|
$800
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The officer of the court is responsible for maintaining security, guarding juries &, in most courts, giving this 2-word order when the judge enters
all rise
Lysette
|
$1,000
[16]
This title guy dies of a broken heart as he kneels over the body of his youngest daughter
King Lear
Brian
|
$800
[29]
This brand name is also a generic term for what technically are vacuum bottles that maintain temperature
Thermos
Andrea
|
$800
[10]
Slang for a slot machine in Vegas
a one-armed bandit
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Extremely windy, seenhereis the April 11, 1965 double tornado in Elkhart in this state
Indiana
Brian
|
$1,000
[23]
2008:Mary, "The Other Boleyn Girl"
Scarlett Johansson
|
$1,000
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The court reporter who sits here must record up to 250 words per minute for CVR certification, the "V" standing for this exact adjective
verbatim
|
DD
$2,600
[15]
Menteith, Caithness & Angus are among the noblemen in this tragedy
Macbeth
Andrea
|
$1,000
[30]
4-letter name for a small glass bottle used to hold medicine
a vial
Andrea
|
$1,000
[11]
4-word term meaning the garment is suitable for all body types
one size fits all
Lysette
|
| PHILOSOPHERS | MUSIC MAKERS | FOLDING THE NEWSPAPER--& MAGAZINE | THEY RULED! | "RED" SCIENCE | RHYME SCHEME |
|
$400
[6]
Alfred Whitehead said that Europe's philosophical tradition "consists of a series of footnotes to" this Greek
Plato
Lysette
Andrea
Brian
|
$400
[7]
This "Double Fantasy" songwriter was said to be legally blind without his glasses
John Lennon
Lysette
|
$400
[23]
2009:This Denver paper
The Rocky Mountain News
Andrea
|
$400
[18]
At one time, hewas first secretary of the Sverdlovsk Party Committee
Yeltsin
Brian
|
$400
[9]
Found in warm coastal waters, it's an explosion of fish-killing, toxin-secreting dinoflagellates
red tide
Andrea
|
$400
[1]
Favorable regard, often high
esteem
Andrea
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In the 19th century he attacked Denmark's Lutheran church, questioning its true Christianity
Kierkegaard
Brian
|
$800
[8]
Earl Scruggs, once a member of the Foggy Mountain Boys, gained fame playing this instrument
a banjo
Andrea
|
$800
[24]
2008:This New Mexico city's Pulitzer-winning Tribune
Albuquerque
Brian
|
$800
[19]
In 1979, this leader had to flee his own country
the Shah
Brian
|
$800
[10]
An erythrocyte
a red blood cell
Andrea
|
$800
[2]
A steady flow, as "of consciousness"
stream
Andrea
|
|
$1,600
[15]
The first years of the life of this 5th c. philosopher are mostly known from his autobiographical "Confessions"
Saint Augustine
Andrea
|
$1,200
[26]
"Walk On By", made famous by Dionne Warwick, was written by Hal David & him
Burt Bacharach
Lysette
|
$1,200
[25]
2009:This hyphenated Seattle paper (it survives online)
the Post-Intelligencer
|
$1,600
[21]
Thisking of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his nephew in 1975
King Faisal
|
$1,200
[11]
This salad ingredient, Capsicum annuum grossum, has been allowed to ripen on the vine
a red pepper
Brian
|
$1,200
[3]
A topic or motif
theme
Andrea
|
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
Ralph Waldo Emerson once employed this thinker as a gardener & handyman
Thoreau
Brian
|
$1,600
[27]
This jazz singer & pianist is Mrs. Elvis Costello
Diana Krall
Lysette
|
$1,600
[29]
2008:This revived newspaper that once brightened up New York City
The Sun
Andrea
|
$2,000
[22]
Thisformer law professor was prime minister of his country for parts of three decades
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
|
$1,600
[12]
A small, dim star; Proxima Centauri is one
a red dwarf
Andrea
Brian
|
$1,600
[4]
To use a coupon, or to make up for
redeem
Lysette
|
|
$2,000
[16]
According to his "razor"-sharp philosophy, a problem should be stated in its simplest & most basic terms
(William of) Occam
Andrea
|
$2,000
[28]
Known as a jazz Renaissance man, he screamed up the '80s charts with tunes like "Rockit"
Herbie Hancock
Lysette
|
$2,000
[30]
2009:This Conde Nast foodie magazine (Bon Appetit is staying around ...for now)
Gourmet
Andrea
|
DD
$8,000
[20]
He was the longest serving prime minister of his country & is seenherein his trademark outfit
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Brian
|
$2,000
[17]
Due to the Doppler effect, it's an increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a moving celestial body
redshift
Brian
|
$2,000
[5]
This monetary unit was 1/100th of a French Franc
a centime
Andrea
|
When this animated TV show premiered, it was sponsored by One-A-Day vitamins & Winston cigarettes
The Flintstones