Sam Ott game 5.
Aimee deLaricheliere — a paraeducator from Burlington, Vermont
Alan Bjerga — a journalist from Wichita, Kansas
Sam Ott — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $67,102)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $3,200 | $3,400 | $6,600 |
$6,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
19 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Alan | $2,600 | $4,000 | $6,800 |
$13,267
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Aimee | $2,000 | $4,000 | $17,600 |
$17,200
New champion: $17,200 |
$17,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| AROUND ASIA | BASEBALL NICKNAMES | COLORS | HERE PIG | SIOUX | "EE" |
|
$200
[26]
In this country, beware of food dishes with prik in their names--they contain chile peppers
Thailand
Sam
|
$200
[7]
"Charlie Hustle"
Pete Rose
Alan
|
$200
[1]
"Khaki" comes from the Hindi for the color of this; it's also what the "bunnies" under the bed are made of
dust
Aimee
|
$200
[17]
It's not good when you "let the cat out of the bag" when you were expecting a "pig in" this
a poke
Sam
|
$200
[13]
Like your typical Plains Indians, the Sioux in the Tetons lived in these
tepees
Sam
|
$200
[6]
A superfluous person is a "fifth" one
wheel
Alan
|
|
$400
[27]
Take a look, it's the city where the woman seen here did the work that made her famous
Calcutta
Sam
|
$400
[8]
"Big Mac"
Mark McGwire
Aimee
|
$400
[2]
In a poem, the color of the boat in which the owl & the pussycat went to sea
pea green
|
$400
[18]
In April 1961 a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles landed here in Cuba
the Bay of Pigs
Aimee
|
$400
[22]
It was the Sioux writer Vine Deloria, Jr. who wrote this man "died for your sins"
Custer
Sam
Alan
|
$400
[9]
During this growth process a baby may be given a wet washcloth to gnaw on
teething
Alan
|
|
$600
[28]
Japan's westernmost main island, it's second to Honshu in population
Kyushu
Sam
|
$600
[10]
"Catfish"
Jim Hunter
Aimee
|
$600
[3]
Some tubers in the Andes have meat this color that's also featured on a heart-shaped U.S. medal
purple
Sam
|
$600
[19]
As these smell like male pigs, sows are used in the forests of France to root them out
truffles
Sam
|
$600
[23]
This Oglala Sioux chief is the subject of what will be when it's done, the world's largest sculpture
Crazy Horse
Aimee
|
$600
[14]
As opposed to the woofer, this speaker reproduces the high-pitch sounds
tweeter
Sam
|
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
Somewhat appropriately, this country has the largest Persian Gulf coastline
Iran
Sam
|
$800
[11]
"Doctor K"
Dwight Gooden
Alan
|
$800
[4]
This reddish-brown color shares its name with a region in southeast France known for red wines
Burgundy
Sam
|
$800
[20]
In the 2nd century Galen used pigs to show veins carried blood, not this as many believed
air
|
$800
[24]
Tetons call themselves Lakota; Yankton & Yanktonai use Nakota; & the Santee use this name
Dakota
Sam
|
$800
[15]
A civil one might design dams
engineer
Aimee
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Peking means "northern capital" & this Yangtze River city's name means "southern capital"
Nanking
Sam
Aimee
|
$1,000
[12]
"The Rocket"
Roger Clemens
Alan
|
$1,000
[5]
This 1 of the 8 colors in original Crayola boxes is also the color of the rainbow with the shortest wavelength
violet
Sam
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1916 Clarence Saunders founded this grocery chain in Memphis
Piggly Wiggly
Sam
|
$1,000
[25]
The last armed conflict of the Sioux Wars was at this creek in 1890
Wounded Knee
Alan
|
$1,000
[16]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California) The shape of the Oval Office may go back to this type of 18th century formal reception, where guests formed a circle
levee
|
| GEOLOGY | ANIMAL-TITLED MOVIES | OVERNIGHT DELIVERY | L'HOMME | I'M IN CHARGE! | IF THEY MARRIED... |
|
$400
[6]
This molten volcanic rock was given its name by those who lived around Mount Vesuvius
lava
Sam
Alan
|
$400
[1]
Kevin Costner played Civil War vet Lt. John Dunbar in this film
Dances with Wolves
Sam
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from FedEx headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee) In this month in 1986, FedEx first handled over one million packages in a single night
December
Alan
|
$400
[21]
One of Louis Malle's first jobs in filmmaking was an assistant to this marine explorer
Jacques Cousteau
Alan
|
$400
[8]
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
Germany
Aimee
|
$400
[14]
If Oscar- & Tony-winning actress Ruehl married "XXX" star Vin, she'd have this souped-up name
Mercedes Diesel
Aimee
|
|
$800
[7]
The oxbow type of this is formed when a meander or stream is cut off from the principal channel
lake
Sam
Alan
|
$800
[2]
Forest Whitaker played bop legend Charlie Parker in this 1988 biopic
Bird
Sam
|
$800
[27]
2-word name for solid carbon dioxide, useful for shipping perishables like fish
dry ice
Sam
|
$800
[22]
Colette once wrote a libretto for this "Bolero" composer
(Maurice) Ravel
Alan
|
$800
[9]
President Tran Duc Luong
Vietnam
Sam
|
$800
[15]
Actress Driver opens up her "Circle of Friends" to include "Adaptation" actor Chris to drive away as...
Minnie Cooper
Sam
|
|
DD
$1,200
[13]
A sonar transducer is used by hydrographers to obtain knowledge about earthquake activity here
under the ocean
Alan
|
$1,200
[3]
Tatum O'Neal is a girl pitching ace on a boys' Little League team in this 1976 comedy
The Bad News Bears
Alan
|
$1,200
[28]
(Sarah) Every FedEx package is looked over by at least 12 of these
(laser) scanners
Aimee
|
$1,200
[23]
This explorer established the trading post that became the city of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
Aimee
|
$1,200
[10]
President Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan
Aimee
|
$1,200
[17]
If actress Givens wed Confederate general John, she'd make out like a bandit with this name
Robin Hood
Sam
|
|
$1,600
[16]
This "old" scientist's 37-volume "Historia Naturalis" covered all Roman knowledge of rocks & minerals
Pliny the Elder
Aimee
|
$1,600
[4]
War is fabricated to cover up a presidential sex scandal in this 1997 film starring Dustin Hoffman & Robert De Niro
Wag the Dog
Aimee
|
$1,600
[29]
Also done by hunters, it's what you do to follow the progress of a package you sent
tracking
Sam
|
$1,600
[24]
Not fisherman, but this was the trade of Nicolas Poussin
artist
|
$1,600
[11]
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
the Philippines
Alan
|
$1,600
[18]
If lady outlaw Starr married jazz saxophonist Art, she'd have this spicy name
Belle Pepper
|
|
$2,000
[20]
It's believed that a land mass called Pangaea later split into 2: Laurasia & this one
Gondwanaland
Sam
|
$2,000
[5]
The name of this 2001 film about a weekend aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht is '20s slang for something great
The Cat's Meow
Sam
|
$2,000
[30]
Spring for overnight delivery when sending tissue samples to this government agency based in Atlanta
the Centers for Disease Control
Sam
Alan
Aimee
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
A unit of pressure & a computer programming language are named for this mathematician
(Blaise) Pascal
Aimee
|
$2,000
[12]
President Bashar Al-Assad
Syria
Alan
|
$2,000
[19]
No joke, "Golden Girl" Arthur's marriage to Australian actor Yahoo would make her...
Bea Serious
Aimee
|
The subject of this 1879 work may have been inspired by unauthorized productions of the creators' original works
The Pirates of Penzance