Vijay Balse game 1.
Ann Rusthoven — a housewife from Florence, South Carolina
Vijay Balse — a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India
Jordan Brand — an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,405)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | $4,000 | $7,400 | $14,400 |
$24,405
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vijay | $800 | $3,800 | $14,600 |
$28,801
New champion: $28,801 |
$14,600
16 R, 0 W |
| Ann | $600 | $800 | $8,800 |
$8,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| GOD BLESS NEBRASKA | 21st CENTURY CINEMA | BUSINESS PEOPLE | THE BELOVED OSTRICH | GARMENT PARTS | 4-LETTER "F" WORDS |
|
$200
[22]
This Nebraska city of 251,000 was named for a man who died in 1865
Lincoln
Ann
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$200
[6]
Southern matron Sandra Bullock takes a future NFL lineman into her home in this film
The Blind Side
Jordan
|
$200
[16]
"Nobody doesn't like" this food corporation of which Brenda Barnes became CEO in 2005
Sara Lee
Jordan
|
$200
[11]
A great aid in identifying predators, these ostrich body parts are the largest of any land animal's
their eyes
Jordan
|
$200
[15]
A fraternity pin is generally worn on this 5-letter part of a jacket
the lapel
Jordan
|
$200
[1]
A young deer, or Ms. Hall
a fawn
Jordan
|
|
$400
[23]
In 1950 Omaha became the home of this sport's men's college championship
baseball
|
$400
[7]
This 2008 drama features the line Clint Eastwood was born to say: "Get off my lawn!"
Gran Torino
Vijay
|
$400
[17]
Thank you Akio Morita, who didn't take over the family sake biz but co-founded this electronics giant instead
Sony
Vijay
|
$400
[12]
We have Pliny the Elder to thank for the legend about ostriches doing this when frightened, but it's just not true
hiding their head in the sand
Jordan
|
$800
[28]
"All aboard" this length of material at the back of a gown
a train
Jordan
|
$400
[2]
The small, bloodsucking wingless insect lives in a dog-eat-dog world
a flea
Vijay
|
|
$600
[24]
Nebraska's state insect is this industrious one
the honey bee
Vijay
|
$600
[8]
Kid: "You just killed a helicopter with a car"; John McClane: "I was out of bullets" in this 2007 film with a 5-word title
Live Free or Die Hard
Jordan
|
$600
[18]
In 1985 this Aussie-born mogul became a U.S. citizen to meet requirements for owning TV stations
(Rupert) Murdoch
Jordan
|
$600
[13]
The 2 main colors of an adult male ostrich's feathers are these
black and white
Ann
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$1,000
[27]
This type of cuff formed from a single band of material sounds perfect for a cooper
a barrel cuff
Jordan
|
$600
[3]
Stick this point where a river divides into branches in him, he's done
a fork
Jordan
|
|
$800
[26]
In 1945 the state nickname was changed from "The Tree Planter State" to this
the Cornhusker State
Jordan
|
$800
[9]
Here's a Rorschach test: Jackie Earle Haley said, "Politicians will... shout 'Save us!' & I'll whisper 'No'" in this film
Watchmen
Jordan
|
$800
[19]
In 2008 this Texas oilman introduced a plan promoting oil alternatives such as natural gas & wind power
(T. Boone) Pickens
Jordan
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
In a tradition stretching back millennia, residents of this desert in Botswana use ostrich eggs as water jugs
the Kalahari
Ann
|
— |
$800
[4]
A flexible, 4-sided weapon having a blunt point
a foil
|
|
$1,000
[25]
The name Nebraska comes from an Oto native American word meaning "flat water", referring to this river
the Platte
Vijay
|
$1,000
[10]
Frozone, Bomb Voyage & Edna Mode were characters in this 2004 animated film
The Incredibles
Ann
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1901 this Hartford-born man financed the creation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company
J.P. Morgan
Jordan
|
$1,000
[21]
They can't fly, but ostriches still belong to the bird class with this Latin name
Aves
Vijay
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
Securely fixed in place, or a law business
firm
Jordan
|
| SLOVAKIAN HISTORY | TOP 40 DUETS | MATH-POURRI | WRITTEN BEHIND BARS | HOME OF THE BRAVE | THE "USA" |
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$400
[13]
A Slovak state was nominally independent during WWII, but collapsed when this army arrived in April 1945
the Red Army
Jordan
|
$400
[17]
"You're the one that I want, oo oo oo"
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
Jordan
|
$400
[7]
Total number of days in March, April & May
92
Vijay
|
$400
[22]
Cervantes is believed to have begun writing this classic in 1597 or 1598 while confined to a Seville jail
Don Quixote
Jordan
|
$400
[6]
The Silver Star
the U.S.
Vijay
|
$400
[1]
A legal charge that someone is guilty of an offense
an accusation
Jordan
|
|
$800
[27]
Regiomontanus, the 1st scientific student of comets, taught at the Academia Istropolitana, Slovakia's 1st this
university
Vijay
|
$800
[18]
"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?"
McCartney & Wonder
Ann
|
$800
[8]
It's the square root of the square root of 81
3
Jordan
|
$800
[23]
He wrote about his imprisonment in Rome in 2 Timothy, saying, "I have fought the good fight...I have kept the faith"
(Saint) Paul
Vijay
|
$800
[9]
The Fighter against Nazis Medal
Israel
Vijay
|
$800
[2]
As in bratwurst or liverwurst, it's what "wurst" is in English
sausage
Ann
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In 2007 socialist PM Robert Fico pulled Slovakia's troops out of Iraq; they'd mainly been busy clearing these 2-word items
land mines
Jordan
Ann
|
$1,200
[19]
"Well I don't know if all that's true, 'cause you got me, and baby I got you"
Sonny & Cher
Ann
|
$1,200
[10]
It's the branch of math that deals with the relationships between the sides & angles of triangles
trigonometry
Vijay
|
$1,200
[24]
His first story, "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking", was written in prison; "The Gift of the Magi" wasn't
O. Henry
Ann
|
$1,200
[14]
The Order of Leopold
Belgium
Vijay
|
$1,200
[3]
A free-swimming stage in the life of a jellyfish, or a snake-coiffed hag of myth
medusa
Jordan
|
|
$1,600
[29]
These people looked down on the Slovaks until around 1910 Karel Kalal insisted the 2 peoples' futures were entwined
the Czechs
Ann
|
$1,600
[20]
"You don't sing me love songs, you don't bring me flowers anymore"
(Barbra) Streisand & (Neil) Diamond
Ann
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$1,600
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of a board with numbers.) The highest number that divides evenly into two different numbers is called this, also known as GCF; for 40 & 100, the GCF is 20
the greatest common factor
Vijay
|
$1,600
[25]
While imprisoned in the Tower of London, this Elizabethan courtier began writing a "History of the World"
(Walter) Raleigh
Vijay
|
$1,600
[15]
The Military Order of William
the Netherlands
Jordan
|
$1,600
[4]
It's South Korea's chief port & second-largest city
Pusan
Jordan
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Slovakia was conquered by the Magyars in 907 & this country proceeded to rule it for 1,000 years
Hungary
Ann
|
$2,000
[21]
"Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry on a mountain high"
Jennifer Warnes & Joe Cocker
|
$2,000
[12]
It's -5 x -5 x -5
-125
Vijay
|
$2,000
[26]
Thomas Paine began part 1 of this work in a French prison, with "I believe in one god, and no more..."
The Age of Reason
Jordan
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross
Norway
Jordan
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
A document might be submitted for this, your close attention & scrutiny
perusal
Jordan
|
1-word name of the committee that sets the spending priorities that the Finance & Appropriation committees carry out
budget