Darryl Konter — a public relations executive from Dunwoody, Georgia
Gila Stadler — a molecular epidemiologist from New York, New York
Ted Ahern — a health care application consultant from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted | $4,400 | $6,400 | $13,200 |
$2,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
20 R, 0 W |
| Gila | $800 | $600 | $2,000 |
$3,000
New champion: $3,000 |
$5,000
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Darryl | $3,000 | $8,400 | $12,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| WYATT EARP | CLASSIC SITCOM EPISODES | "RACE" TO THE ANSWER | BIOGRAPHIES | SIGNS & SYMBOLS | POP QUIZ |
|
$200
[26]
In 1878 Wyatt Earp was an assistant marshal in this city in Kansas; today, the city has a boulevard named for him
Dodge City
Darryl
|
$200
[1]
"Lucy & Ethel Buy the Same Dress"
I Love Lucy
Gila
|
$200
[16]
This jewelry item can be tennis or ankle
a bracelet
Ted
|
$200
[14]
A book about this author is called "The Far Side of Paradise", a reference to his 1920 novel
Fitzgerald
Darryl
|
$200
[11]
Athena is a goddess of wisdom, as symbolized by this creature
an owl
Ted
|
$200
[6]
This soda was introduced in 1886 & patented in 1887
Coca-Cola
Gila
|
|
$400
[27]
Wyatt was working as a railroad detective when John Shanssey introduced him to this sometime dentist
Doc Holliday
Darryl
|
$400
[2]
"There's No Witch Like an Old Witch"
Bewitched
Ted
|
$400
[17]
To clasp in one's arms, or to include
to embrace
Ted
|
$400
[15]
The cleverly titled "Milestones" is a biography of this jazz trumpeter
(Miles) Davis
Ted
|
$400
[12]
The shofar is this animal's horn & is a reminder of the one that Abraham sacrificed instead of Isaac
a ram
Darryl
|
$400
[7]
www.rootbeer.com is the website of this brand with initial success
A&W
Gila
|
|
$600
[28]
Wyatt Earp worked as a guard for this companythat was founded to handle the banking business of the California gold rush
Wells Fargo
Darryl
|
$600
[3]
"They Call It Potsie Love"
Happy Days
Ted
|
$600
[18]
A bullet whose flight can be visually observed
a tracer
Ted
|
$600
[23]
Historian & senator Albert Beveridge wrote a 4-volume Pulitzer-winning bio of this fourth Chief Justice
John Marshall
Darryl
|
$800
[21]
Gabriel, angel of the Annunciation, is usually portrayed holding this flower, a Christian symbol of virginal love
a lily
Gila
|
$600
[8]
An early label for this soda showed a hillbilly shooting at a revenuer running from an outhouse
Mountain Dew
Darryl
|
|
$800
[29]
A feud between the Earps & these brothers, Ike & Billy, resulted in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
the Clantons
Darryl
|
$800
[4]
"The Rise & Fall of Sergeant Schultz"
Hogan's Heroes
Darryl
|
$800
[19]
Following a stormy trip aboard a ship at sea, Reverend John Newton wrote the words to this popular hymn
"Amazing Grace"
Ted
|
$800
[24]
Sadly, in 1997 Andrew Morton had a new ending to add to his commemorative edition tell-all bio of her
Princess Diana
Darryl
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Because of its color, the ruby is associated symbolically with this planet
Mars
Darryl
|
$800
[9]
In 1963 the U.S. Fifth District Court in Dallas ruled that this, with 23 flavors, was not a cola
Dr Pepper
Ted
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In the late 1870s Wyatt Earp headed for the gold rush in this mountain region in the Dakota Territory
the Black Hills
Darryl
|
$1,000
[5]
"Granny's Spring Tonic"
The Beverly Hillbillies
Ted
|
$1,000
[20]
Once part of the Ottoman Empire, this Greek island is where the "Winged Victory" statue was discovered
Samothrace
Gila
|
$1,000
[25]
This man who laid the groundwork for modern genetics is the subject of "The Monk in the Garden"
Gregor Mendel
Darryl
|
$1,000
[22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Santiago de Compostela in Spain.) Pilgrims can find Santiago de Compostela by these shells, the symbol of St. James; one theory is that the converging lines represent pilgrims coming from all over
scallops
|
$1,000
[10]
The logo of this ginger ale brand once featured the outline of North America
Canada Dry
Ted
|
| THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS | MELON-CHOLY | THE SCIENCE BUG | IT'S GEOGRAPHIC | OVERLAPPING WORDS | POP QUIZ |
|
$400
[3]
If you're in the South Pacific on July 11, you can get a good look at a total one of these
an eclipse
Ted
|
$400
[9]
One food book says, "There are those who wouldn't trade a slice of" this "on a hot summer day for anything"
watermelon
Darryl
|
$400
[1]
Karl von Frisch won a Nobel Prize for work on animal behavior patterns, largely using the "dance' of this insect
bees
Gila
|
$400
[13]
In Hungary this river is known as the Duna
the Danube
Ted
|
$400
[26]
A large animal, as any of those "one for all and all for one" guys
a hippopotamusketeer
Ted
|
$400
[19]
After a 5-year hiatus from touring, this Gwen Stafani band hit the road in 2009 on a summer tour
No Doubt
Ted
|
|
$800
[4]
The July 2009 sit-down among President Obama, a Harvard prof & a Cambridge cop was dubbed this sudsy summit
the Beer Summit
Darryl
|
$800
[12]
Americans call an orange-fleshed melon with a netted rind this; charentais is a variety of the true one
a cantaloupe
Darryl
|
$800
[2]
Charles Ellington tethered a moth to this type of tunnel to divine the mechanics of insect flight
a wind tunnel
Darryl
|
$800
[14]
Calexico, California lies opposite this aptly named Mexican city
Mexicali
|
$800
[27]
Balloon-filling element No. 2 rain protector
a heliumbrella
Ted
|
$800
[20]
This band's official fan club is called Idiot Club (fans don't have to be American)
Green Day
Ted
|
|
$1,200
[5]
160 square rods equals 1 of this square measure (that one was in the '09 book too)
an acre
Gila
|
$1,200
[18]
This melon that was prized by ancient Egyptians has a name that tells you how juicy & sweet it is
honeydew
Ted
|
$1,200
[6]
Researchers are basing robots' sensors on these compound organs on flies
eyes
Gila
|
$1,200
[15]
Darien is both a mountain range & a province of this country; it's also the former name of the whole isthmus
Panama
Ted
|
$1,200
[28]
A famous European American born with the Apache name Goyathlay
Kissingeronimo
Ted
|
$1,200
[21]
Katy Perry sang "I Kissed A Girl"; this country guy sang "Kiss A Girl" (perhaps Nicole Kidman?)
Keith Urban
Darryl
|
|
$1,600
[10]
This state is big, it's fiercely independent & it has the highest percentage of people without health insurance
Texas
Gila
Darryl
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
This melon with a yellow rind is named for a Turkish town
a casaba
Darryl
|
$1,600
[7]
Fossil beetles near the South Pole suggest that the Antarctic was once this type of flat area, cold but with life
a tundra
Gila
|
$1,600
[16]
North America's deepest lake is this Canadian one with a servile-sounding name
the Great Slave Lake
Gila
|
— |
$1,600
[24]
He performed "We Made You" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, but his encounter with Bruno was more memorable
Eminem
|
|
$2,000
[11]
With over 30 million tons, China leads the world in this, a 1-word equivalent of fish farming
aquaculture
|
$2,000
[23]
A type of melon with a yellow skin has this name, like that of a finch
a canary melon
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
Ants sacrificing individual good for the group is what zoologists call this -ism, from the Latin for "other"
altruism
Gila
|
$2,000
[17]
Much of this tiny, "serene", landlocked nation stands on Mount Titano
San Marino
Darryl
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
In June 2009, listeners went crazy for this singer seen here, putting 2 of her songs in the top 10 at the same time
Lady Gaga
Darryl
|
Created by the Continental Congress in 1775, this officer joined the Cabinet in 1829 but was removed from it in 1971
the Postmaster General