Jordan Piel — a speech language pathologist from Boston, Massachusetts
Francie Futterman — a consumerologist and writer from St. Louis, Missouri
Rebecca Dixon — a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca | $3,600 | $8,200 | $12,600 |
$24,600
2-day champion: $53,002 |
$12,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Francie | $2,600 | $4,000 | $12,800 |
$10,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Jordan | $0 | $-400 | $-2,800 |
$-2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-2,800
5 R, 6 W |
| RELIGIOUS LEADERS | THEY ALL RHYME | ANIMAL YOUTH | SHAME ON YOU | THE GRAMMYS | THE ROCKETTES' RED GLARE |
|
$200
[16]
After coming to America in 1620, William Brewster served as religious leader for this colony
Plymouth
Rebecca
|
$200
[1]
To deliberately delay an action or event
stall
Francie
|
$200
[6]
Baby blue whales are about 7 months old & 50 feet long when this process that ends suckling takes place
weaning
Rebecca
|
$200
[21]
"Painting is my shame", said this guy, but the pope ordered him back to Rome to paint a ceiling anyway
Michelangelo
Francie
|
$200
[7]
This singer's win at the 51st Grammys was an emotional moment"Everybody, thank you all. Thank you."
Jennifer Hudson
Jordan
|
$800
[27]
In 2001 the Rockettes took part in the inauguration & danced down the steps of this memorial
the Lincoln Memorial
Rebecca
|
|
$400
[17]
On the holiday called Vesak, observers celebrate his birth, enlightenment & death
the Buddha
Jordan
|
$400
[2]
To remove an elected official by special petition
to recall
Francie
|
$400
[12]
Starting at about 5 months, chimps are carried by their mothers this way that contains the name of another animal
piggyback
Francie
|
$400
[22]
This newsman who took on McCarthy also covered the plight of migrant workers in "Harvest of Shame"
Edward R. Murrow
Francie
|
$400
[8]
In 2007 this ex-Mouseketeer not named Britney was honored for her song "Ain't No Other Man"
Christina Aguilera
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[26]
Every December the Rockettes perform at this "illuminating" ceremony held at Rockefeller center
the lighting of the Christmas tree
Rebecca
|
|
$600
[18]
In 1975 this future Nobel Prize winner became the first black Anglican dean of Johannesburg
Desmond Tutu
Rebecca
|
$600
[3]
A sudden, violent windstorm
a squall
Francie
|
$600
[13]
Baby pelicans don't stick their heads into the fridge for something to eat but into here
their mother's beak
Rebecca
|
$600
[23]
In 1983 he wrote "Shame"; 5 years later "The Satanic Verses" would make a bigger splash
Salman Rushdie
Rebecca
|
$600
[9]
He had something simple & eloquent to say in 2009 when he won for "Say""I just--I love making music, and I hope you all do, too. It's the best thing in the world. Thank you very much. Thank you."
John Mayer
Rebecca
|
— |
|
$800
[19]
During the 1500s under his leadership, Geneva became a major center of Protestantism
Calvin
Rebecca
Jordan
|
$800
[4]
To fish by dragging a net through deep water behind a boat
trawl
Rebecca
|
$800
[14]
National Geographic profiled a leopard teaching her cub, called Legadema, the skills & stealth to do this
hunt
Jordan
|
$800
[24]
The shame this French "fils" felt over his illegitimate birth in 1824 didn't stop him from writing "Camille" in 1852
Dumas
Francie
|
$800
[10]
Kristian Bush & Jennifer Nettles make sweet music as this country duo, Grammy winners in 2009
Sugarland
|
— |
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
In 2002 Rowan Williams was appointed by Elizabeth II the 104th person in this position
Archbishop of Canterbury
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[5]
Poorly planned expansion of urban areas, leading to long commutes & pollution
sprawl
Francie
Jordan
|
$1,000
[15]
"Don't be cruel" to these postlarval young eels
elvers
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[25]
Spoiler alert! In "Oedipus Rex", ol' Oedi blinds himself, while this woman hangs herself in shame
Jocasta (his mother accepted)
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[11]
No one buthertook home the Female R&B Vocal award at the 50th Grammys
Alicia Keys
|
— |
| GERMAN LITERATURE | HOLLYWOOD REMAKES | LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW | THE U.S. SENATE | ROMAN EMPERORS | "O" POURRI |
|
$400
[23]
Many of the fairy tales compiled by them came from Dorthea Viehmann, a widow who came to town to sell produce
the Brothers Grimm
Francie
|
$400
[13]
This 1960 Rat Pack film was remade in 2001
Ocean's Eleven
Rebecca
|
$400
[18]
Shatt Al Arab River(a gulf)
the Persian Gulf
Rebecca
Jordan
|
$400
[1]
Generally the Senate starts the day with 10-minute speeches by these 2 people or those they designate
the majority leader & minority leader
Rebecca
|
$400
[5]
This Emperor's wall was completed around 126 A.D.
Hadrian
Francie
|
$400
[7]
This Japanese craft involves folding paper into shapes
origami
Francie
|
| — |
$800
[14]
This waterlogged 1935 movie with Charles Laughton & Clark Gable was remade in 1962 & 1984
Mutiny on the Bounty
Jordan
|
$800
[19]
Brahmaputra River(a bay)
Bengal Bay
Rebecca
|
$800
[2]
Generally the Senate ends the day by doing this, rather than adjourning
recessing
Rebecca
|
$800
[6]
This Roman Emperor appears to grow fatter on coins minted during his reign from 54 to 68 A.D.
Nero
Francie
|
$800
[8]
A 1990 Federal law defining crops grown this way says they can't be produced using arsenic or synthetic fertilizer
organically
Rebecca
|
| — |
$1,200
[15]
This 1974 Walter Matthau-Robert Shaw movie came through the station again in 2009
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Francie
|
$1,200
[20]
Colorado River (a gulf or sea, before a dam dried things up)
the Sea of Cortez (or the Gulf of California)
Rebecca
Jordan
|
$1,200
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the deck of the USSJohn C. Stennis.) Several aircraft carriers are named for presidents; this one's named for John C. Stennis, who chaired this defense-oriented U.S. Senate committee from 1969 to 1980
the Armed Services Committee
|
DD
$1,400
[24]
In 41 A.D., this Emperor remarked, "Would that the Roman people had a single neck" to cut in a single stroke
Caligula
Francie
|
$1,200
[9]
It's often the highest gear in a motor vehicle transmission
overdrive
Rebecca
|
| — |
$2,000
[17]
This 1960 Jack Nicholson-Jonathan Haze movie was remade as a musical in 1986
Little Shop of Horrors
Jordan
|
$1,600
[21]
Garonne River(a bay)
the Bay of Biscay
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[4]
The Senate has to advise & consent to these, & did so on a 2007 taxation one with Belgium
treaties
Francie
|
$1,600
[25]
Reigning from 14 to 37 A.D., he was emperor when Jesus was crucified
Tiberius
Rebecca
Jordan
|
$1,600
[10]
Jack London was a 2-time Socialist Party candidate for Mayor of this city near San Francisco
Oakland
Rebecca
|
| — |
DD
$2,600
[16]
This 1957 Glenn Ford-Van Heflin western was remade in 2007
3:10 to Yuma
Francie
|
$2,000
[22]
Tagus River
the Atlantic Ocean
|
$2,000
[12]
The 9 honored with Reception Room portraits include the "Great Triumvirate": Clay, Calhoun & this Massachusetts man
Daniel Webster
|
— |
$2,000
[11]
It's a military term for armaments
ordnance
Jordan
|
The official address of the Atlanta Braves is No. 755 on the drive named for this man
Hank Aaron