Susan Poliniak — an educational music director from Flushing, New York
Vaughn Sandman — a professional poker player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andrea Saenz — an immigration attorney from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea | $1,200 | $3,600 | $9,500 |
$6,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
23 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vaughn | $4,000 | $4,000 | $12,000 |
$4,998
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Susan | $1,000 | $1,800 | $3,800 |
$7,600
New champion: $7,600 |
$3,800
5 R, 1 W |
| THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF 1906 | OH, THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD! | DUAL BIOGRAPHIES | ITALIAN COOKING | A TRIP TO CENTRAL AMERICA | "G"-5 |
|
$200
[23]
Estimates are that it would have measured 8.25 on the scale named for this man
Richter
Andrea
|
$200
[11]
In Wembley stadium at Live Aid, this band performed "We Will Rock You"
Queen
Andrea
|
$200
[12]
Put on your beret & pick up the 2009 book "Fidel &" him: "A Revolutionary Friendship"
Che Guevara
Andrea
|
$200
[1]
You can use Arborio rice to make this dish; let each addition of broth be absorbed before adding the next
risotto
Andrea
|
$200
[16]
The strangler type of this fruit tree, genus Ficus, grows massive roots that envelop its host tree
a fig
|
$200
[5]
It's the third letter of the Greek alphabet
gamma
Vaughn
|
|
$400
[24]
Most of the destruction came from these that followed the quake
fires
Vaughn
|
$400
[18]
On June 23, 2007 this reunited band wasn't "So Lonely" playing Dodger Stadium; every little thing they did was magic
The Police
Andrea
|
$400
[13]
"Two Lives", about Gertrude Stein & this partner, investigates how they survived in Nazi Europe
Alice B. Toklas
Andrea
|
$400
[2]
To make a basic version of this Italian staple, gradually add cornmeal to boiling water; stir constantly
polenta
Andrea
|
$400
[17]
Thethree-toed slo this so sedentary that these organisms, that include seaweed, grow on its fur, providing camouflage
algae
|
$400
[6]
A small valley or ravine
a gully (gorge accepted)
Andrea
|
|
$600
[25]
The quake was this fault's fault
San Andreas
Andrea
|
$600
[19]
On Sept. 2, 1978 this band grooved in Giants Stadium, playing tunes like "Jack Straw" & "Sugar Magnolia"; killer set, Jerry!
The Grateful Dead
Andrea
|
$600
[14]
Leonard Baker wrote a joint bio of Louis Brandeis & this other Jewish justice a generation younger
Frankfurter
Andrea
|
$600
[3]
This no-cook sauce blends basil, pine nuts & garlic: add oil slowly so the sauce emulsifies fully
pesto
Andrea
|
$600
[28]
Because it lives high up in the trees and can fly 35 mph, the scarlet type of this parrot is a rare sight
a macaw
Andrea
Vaughn
|
$600
[8]
The name of this tropical lizard is imitative of its call
a gecko
Vaughn
|
|
$800
[26]
This Italian tenor was in town to perform when the earthquake struck
Enrico Caruso
Susan
|
$800
[20]
The "Beginning" of moving stage lights was a 1981 show in a Barcelona bullring on this band's "Abacab" tour
Genesis
|
$800
[15]
2008's "Giants" pairs Lincoln with this man who first visited him in 1863 to discuss treatment of black soldiers
Frederick Douglass
Andrea
Vaughn
|
$800
[4]
You can use leftovers to make one of these Italian-named egg dishes that's similar to an omelet
a frittata
Vaughn
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
A clumsy social error
a gaffe
Susan
|
|
$1,000
[27]
This author from nearby Oakland surveyed the damage & declared, "San Francisco is gone"
Jack London
|
$1,000
[21]
In October 1982 this "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" band supported The Who at L.A.'s Coliseum
The Clash
Vaughn
Susan
|
$1,000
[22]
Michael Ainger wrote a dual biography of these 2 Victorians known for their Savoy fare
Gilbert and Sullivan
Susan
|
$1,000
[7]
Cut a baguette, brush with olive oil & bake until golden; now you've got this appetizer, Italian for "little toasts"
crostini
Andrea
|
— |
DD
$1,600
[9]
The bulk of a person, especially around the middle
girth
Vaughn
|
| RON HOWARD FILMS | ANGELS & DEMONS | FAR AND AWAY | A BEAUTIFUL MIND | "NIGHT" SHIFT | FROST/NIXON |
|
$400
[14]
He reprised the role of Robert Langdon in "Angels & Demons"
Tom Hanks
Vaughn
|
$400
[1]
Mormons believe that the angel Gabriel & this sailor of Genesis are the same person
Noah
Andrea
|
$400
[20]
A company called Happy Camel offers "The Secrets of" this desert, a 15-day tour of remote areas of Mongolia
the Gobi desert
Andrea
|
$400
[6]
Logician Saul Kripke said he refused a job offer from this Camb, Mass. Univ,: his mom wanted him to finish H.S.
Harvard
Andrea
|
$400
[9]
I ate curry at bedtime & had one of these in which Richard Simmons & my grandmother chased me through a circus
a nightmare
Andrea
|
$800
[25]
John Nixon commanded a company of minutemen at this inaugural battle of the Revolutionary War
Lexington
Vaughn
|
|
$800
[15]
He played math genius John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind"
Russell Crowe
Andrea
|
$800
[2]
In Jewish mythology, this demon & child-killer was the first wife of Adam; then came Eve
Lilith
Susan
|
DD
$500
[23]
One way to reach this remote British island in the South Pacific is via a research vessel, the Bounty Bay
Pitcairn island
Andrea
|
$800
[7]
Future geneticist J.B.S. Haldane began research in his teens on his sister's 300 of these rodents
guinea pigs
Andrea
Vaughn
|
$800
[10]
A traditional police weapon
a nightstick
Andrea
|
$1,600
[26]
From 1777 to 1779 George Frost of New Hampshire was a delegate to the second edition of this legislative body
the Continental Congress
Vaughn
|
|
$1,200
[16]
He's worked with Ron Howard twice, playing astronaut Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13" & Jack Brennan in "Frost/Nixon"
Kevin Bacon
Vaughn
|
$1,200
[3]
In the book of Tobit, this archangel who shares his name with a renaissance artist saves Sarah from a demon
Raphael
Andrea
|
$800
[22]
Alice Springs in the Australian Outback is the starting point for the 5-hour drive to see this remote monolith
Ayers Rock
|
$1,200
[8]
Paul Morphy so dominated chess in the 1850s, he offered to play anyone using only 7 of these
pawns
Vaughn
|
$1,200
[11]
Warren Burger got his law degree at one of these & rose to be Chief Justice of the United States
a night school
Susan
|
$2,000
[27]
In November 2008 Jefferson county native Jay Nixon was elected this state's governor
Missouri
|
|
$1,600
[17]
Ron Howard was on fire with this film in which Kurt Russell & William Baldwin starred as firefighting brothers
Backdraft
Andrea
|
$1,600
[4]
In art, cherubim have 4 wings; these highest-ranking angels, guardians of god's throne, have 6 wings
seraphim
Andrea
|
$1,600
[24]
The inhabitants of this remote British dependency in the south Atlantic call themselves "saints"
St. Helena
Vaughn
|
$1,600
[19]
On Sept. 19, 1952 he was working on compound helixes & a character with his same first name joined "Peanuts"
Linus Pauling
Vaughn
|
$1,600
[12]
In Manhattan this series of arraignments at 100 Centre St. from 5:30 P.M. to 1 A.M. has become a tourist attraction
a night court
Vaughn
|
— |
|
$2,000
[18]
This actor & Nicole Kidman light out for the Oklahoma territory in 1992's "Far and Away"
Tom Cruise
Andrea
|
$2,000
[5]
"Well-known" term for a demon who aids a witch & assumes an animal form, like a cat
a familiar
Andrea
|
— |
$2,000
[21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Communication satellites orbit in a belt 22,300 miles above the Earth; the belt is named for this science fiction writer who proposed geostationary orbits in 1945
Arthur C. Clarke
Andrea
|
$2,000
[13]
ATN Corporation recommends its Cougar model of these for nocturnal crime prevention, security & fishing
night vision goggles
Vaughn
|
— |
In "Comics Review" in 1965, "I was a Teenage Grave Robber" was his first published work; he's still going strong
Stephen King