Sam Ott game 4.
Diane Wing — a product management director from East Lansing, Michigan
Kierre Daniels — an announcer and stay-at-home dad from Schenectady, New York
Sam Ott — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $44,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $600 | $1,200 | $11,600 |
$23,100
4-day champion: $67,102 |
$11,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Kierre | $4,200 | $7,400 | $19,800 |
$14,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Diane | $800 | $3,100 | $5,500 |
$5,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| BOOKS & AUTHORS | SHE'S CANADIAN, EH? | EATING OUT | HOME BOYS | EDUCATION | "BIG" & "LITTLE" |
|
$200
[6]
In 2003 he returned with a new legal thriller, "The King of Torts"
John Grisham
Sam
|
$200
[16]
This Windsor native's 2002 CD "Up!" offers pop & country versions of the same 19 songs
Shania Twain
Kierre
|
$200
[1]
Grimaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge is often voted No. 1 for this; try a slice!
pizza
Kierre
|
$200
[11]
Bay Staters
Massachusetts
Sam
|
$200
[21]
The New England Primer used in colonial America included this, which begins, "Our Father, which art in heaven"
"The Lord's Prayer"
Sam
|
$200
[26]
At 8'2", he's over a foot taller than his best friend Snuffleupagus
Big Bird
Diane
|
|
$400
[7]
His 1994 novel "White Shark" didn't have quite the same bite as his "Jaws"
Peter Benchley
Kierre
|
$400
[17]
We've got a hankering for this singer from Consort, Alberta
k.d. lang
Sam
|
$400
[2]
At any of the Marie Callender's, top off your meal with this type of dessert; it's what they're famous for
pie
Diane
|
$400
[12]
Jayhawkers
Kansas
Kierre
|
$400
[22]
At the urging of this president, the Department of Education became a cabinet department in 1979
(Jimmy) Carter
Sam
|
$400
[27]
"I think I can--I think I can--I think I can" name this classic children's tale by Watty Piper
The Little Engine That Could
Kierre
|
|
$600
[8]
In the U.S. Ian Fleming took a gamble & published this first novel of his under the title "You Asked For It"
Casino Royale
|
$600
[18]
As a kid, this angry alt-rocker from Ottawa starred on Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That on Television"
Alanis Morissette
Sam
|
$600
[3]
This fast food chicken chain offers red beans & rice & mashed potatoes & cajun gravy, but no spinach
Popeyes
Diane
|
$600
[13]
Gophers
Minnesota
Kierre
|
$600
[23]
The NRTA, formerly the National Retired Teachers Association, is one of this huge organization's divisions
AARP
Kierre
|
$600
[28]
Your kids might enjoy a visit to S. Williamsport, PA. where there's a museum devoted to this sports program
Little League
Kierre
Diane
|
|
$800
[9]
An actress is recruited to infiltrate a terrorist group in this John le Carre bestseller--pa rum pum pum pum
The Little Drummer Girl
Kierre
|
$800
[19]
This jazz vocalist from British Columbia lists Carmen McRae & Nat King Cole as her biggest influences
Diana Krall
|
$800
[4]
This chain famous for its "Girls" & chicken wings calls itself "Delightfully Tacky Yet Unrefined"
Hooters
Sam
Diane
|
$800
[14]
Granite Boys
New Hampshire
Kierre
|
$800
[24]
Vanderbilt in this state capital was chartered as Central University in 1872; the name was changed the next year
Nashville, Tennessee
Kierre
|
$1,000
[30]
(Hi, I'm Brenda Lee) The title of one of my first records gave me this "explosive" nickname
"Little Miss Dynamite"
Sam
Kierre
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In the beginning was this Barbara Kingsolver saga of a Southern missionary & his family in the Belgian Congo
The Poisonwood Bible
|
$1,000
[20]
This teen from Ontario sang about a "Sk8er Boi"
Avril Lavigne
Kierre
|
$1,000
[5]
At State & Rush Streets, you can dine at the original one of these steakhouses "of Chicago"
Morton's
Sam
Diane
|
$1,000
[15]
Terrapins
Maryland
Kierre
|
$1,000
[25]
The Model Secondary School for the Deaf is a part of this Washington, D.C. college
Gallaudet
Kierre
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
British lawyer & horologist Edmund Beckett had a hand in designing this famous attraction
Big Ben
Diane
|
| CRIMEA RIVER | SOCCER'S WORLD CUP | "C" IN SCIENCE | WORLDWIDE PANTS | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[26]
Simferopol, on the Salgir River, is one of Crimea's top producers of this ancient fermented beverage
wine
Sam
Kierre
|
$400
[8]
England won in 1966 when the final game went into this, but not as far as penalty kicks
a shootout
Sam
|
$400
[1]
Amphibians & fish are described as being poikilothermic, more popularly called this
cold-blooded
Sam
|
$400
[13]
Swinging '60s attire included "huggers" of this body part
hips
Kierre
|
$400
[21]
He composed "The Well-Tempered Clavier" while employed as a conductor at the court of Anhalt-Cothen
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sam
|
$400
[3]
Hitch a ride, or an opposable digit
thumb
Kierre
|
|
$800
[27]
The Chernaya River Valley was the "Valley of Death" for "The Six Hundred" of this valiant title group
the Light Brigade
Kierre
|
$800
[9]
2 of its last 3 World Cup wins were over Italy in the finals
Brazil
Kierre
|
$800
[2]
The Gutenberg Discontinuity is the boundary that separates the Earth's mantle from this part
the core
Sam
Diane
|
$800
[14]
Joan Didion described Jim Morrison as "A 24-year-old...who wore" this color "vinyl pants and no underwear"
black
Sam
|
$800
[22]
Many think that Josephine von Brunswick was the recipient of his "Immortal Beloved" letter
Beethoven
Sam
|
$800
[4]
A large wing or tail feather, or one of the spines of a porcupine
quill
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In the 1991 coup, this Soviet pres. was held under house arrest in Foros, not far from the Uchan-Su waterfall
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kierre
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1994, the year this country hosted, 147 nations participated
the United States
Kierre
|
$1,200
[15]
The one named for Max Planck is 6.6260755 X 10 (to the negative 34) joule-second, symbolized simply h
constant
Sam
|
$1,200
[18]
The name of Jack Tar trousers, popular in the 19th century, is a term for someone in this profession
sailor
|
$1,200
[23]
Part of this composer's "Requiem" is heard here
Mozart
Sam
|
DD
$1,600
[5]
From the Latin word for "time", it's the speed at which a musical piece is played
tempo
Sam
|
|
$1,600
[29]
This resort straddling the Bystra River was the site of a historic meeting of the Big 3 in February 1945
Yalta
Sam
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1938 it became the first host country not to make it to the finals; it didn't make that mistake in 1998 (it won!)
France
Kierre
|
$1,600
[16]
Simple ones are classified as monosaccharides
carbohydrates
Sam
|
$1,600
[19]
One of Lee Jeans' brand names is Lee these, meaning sturdy denim trousers
dungarees
Kierre
|
$1,600
[24]
"From the New World" was his 9th symphony, but it's also known as his 5th since they were renumbered later
Dvorak
|
$1,600
[6]
It's a length of yarn wound in a coil, or a flock of geese in flight
skein
Diane
|
| — |
DD
$2,000
[12]
This country that no longer exists made it to the finals 6 times, winning in 1954, 1974 & 1990
West Germany
Kierre
|
$2,000
[17]
In order to duplicate itself in cell division, one of these splits into 2 identical strands called chromatids
chromosomes
Sam
|
$2,000
[20]
In the '50s you could wear these pants to go with & rhyme with your white bucks
white ducks
|
$2,000
[25]
A 1901 piano concerto by this Russian-born composer & virtuoso is heard here
Rachmaninoff
Sam
|
$2,000
[7]
Your eyelashes, or tiny hairlike structures that help certain protozoans move about
cilia
Kierre
|
After landing in Paris in 1927 Lindbergh filed an exclusive report to newspapers in 2 cities, New York & this
St. Louis