Sarah Rubin — a clinical research coordinator from Somerville, Massachusetts
Robert Knecht Schmidt — a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
Cyd Musni — a customer care representative from Orlando, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,398)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyd | $3,200 | $4,600 | $11,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Robert | $4,000 | $10,600 | $17,400 |
$12,799
New champion: $12,799 |
$16,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Sarah | $0 | $600 | $2,600 |
$2,577
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
7 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| 1961 | SONG VERBS | STOCK SYMBOLS | YOU'VE GOT YOUR BORDERS | FOUND IN THEJEOPARDY!ATTIC | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS |
|
$200
[6]
On August 4 he was born in Honolulu, & he has the papers to prove it
Obama
Cyd
|
$200
[16]
Dionne Warwick:"I ____ A Little Prayer"
Say
Robert
|
$200
[30]
Oreos, Jell-O & Planters peanuts are treats from this company, KFT
Kraft
Robert
|
$200
[21]
It better stay neutral--France, Italy, Austria & Germany have it surrounded
Switzerland
Cyd
|
$200
[1]
On his last trip to Greece, Johnny picked up this wind instrument; someday, I'll take lessons
a pan flute
Robert
|
$200
[11]
From the Greek for "thief", it's someone who suffers from an irresistible impulse to steal
a kleptomaniac
Robert
|
|
$400
[7]
On January 3 the U.S. severed diplomatic relations with this nation
Cuba
Cyd
|
$400
[17]
Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee:"____ Ya Tailfeather"
Shake
Cyd
|
$400
[29]
If you're in the market for a backhoe loader (& who isn't?), CAT, this company, may have what you need
Caterpillar
Robert
|
$400
[22]
To the west, Louisiana; to the east, Alabama
Mississippi
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
If the heat goes out, we could always burn our piece of this hard, high-carbon type of coal
anthracite
Cyd
|
$400
[12]
As an adjective, this word can refer to a document drawn up in 1787; as a noun, it means a healthy walk
a constitutional
Robert
|
|
$600
[8]
In his January 17 farewell address, he warned about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex"
Eisenhower
Cyd
|
$600
[18]
Young M.C.:"____ A Move"
Bust
Robert
|
$600
[28]
This company's symbol is MMM; don't overthink it
3M
Robert
|
$600
[23]
To the east, Argentina; to the west, the Pacific
Chile
Robert
|
$600
[3]
Home run--the bobblehead seenhereof this former national league manager will get something on eBay, right?
(Tommy) Lasorda
Cyd
|
$600
[13]
Adjective for a condition not suitable for surgery
inoperable
Robert
|
|
$800
[9]
On February 9 they made their first appearance at the Cavern Club
The Beatles
Robert
|
$800
[19]
Crowded House:"Don't ____ It's Over"
Dream
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
Can you hear me now? VZ is this company
Verizon
Cyd
|
$1,000
[25]
To the west, Thailand; to the east, Vietnam; to the south, Cambodia
Laos
Robert
|
$800
[4]
Mmm, apecan log roll from this chain of restaurants with over 200 interstate locations--anyone hungry?
Stuckey's
|
$800
[14]
Traditionally, these waters are within 3 miles of a country's coast
territorial
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[10]
While in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, this dancer requested asylum in France
Rudolf Nureyev
|
$1,000
[20]
Sheryl Crow:"____ Up The Sun"
Soak
Sarah
|
$1,000
[26]
This energy company, XOM, gives me gas
Exxon Mobil
Robert
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
To the south, Israel; to the east, Syria; to the west, the Mediterranean
Lebanon
Robert
|
$1,000
[5]
Some diehard "Jeopardy!" Democrat still has the pin seen here from this election year
1988
Robert
|
$1,000
[15]
This type of physics uses mathematical models & abstractions rather than experimentation
theoretical
Cyd
|
| GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | POP CULTURE | LUTHER | "BUR" BANK | CALIFORNIA | YOU SAY POTATO |
|
$400
[29]
More than 542,000 complaints flooded this agency after the 2004 broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show
the FCC
Cyd
|
$400
[1]
Olivia Colewas one of the 9 Emmy winners for this '70s broadcasting phenomenon
Roots
Cyd
|
$400
[30]
Martin Luther contradicted Clement VI's "Unigentus Dei Filius", this 4-letter type of document
a bull
Cyd
|
$400
[6]
On its southwest this nation borders the Bay of Bengal
Burma
Robert
|
$400
[25]
The first Spanish mission in California was established in 1769 in what is now this city near the Mexican border
San Diego
Cyd
|
$400
[11]
Presbyterian Minister Henry Spalding planted the first potatoes in this state in 1837
Idaho
Robert
|
|
$800
[28]
In 2008 this agency issued a warning against eating certain frozen mussel products imported from Ireland
the FDA
Cyd
|
$800
[2]
In "Pillow Talk" to romance Doris Day he pretends to be a Texan named Rex Stetson
Rock Hudson
Cyd
|
$800
[27]
Martin Luther spoke of Aristotle & this man of Ockham as "his teachers"
William (of Ockham)
|
$800
[7]
A plain-woven fabric of jute or hemp
burlap
Sarah
|
$800
[24]
The "Almanac of Famous People" lists 1 person born in this desert resort, 56 who died there, including Zeppo Marx
Palm Springs
Robert
|
$800
[12]
On average a potato contains 3 grams of protein, 23 grams of carbohydrates & this many grams of fat
zero
Robert
|
|
$1,200
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookhaven National Laboratory.) Department of Energy scientists at Brookhaven are prepping cell samples for a lab that simulates the environment of space in partnership with this government agency
NASA
Sarah
|
$1,200
[3]
AKA Mr. Gwen Stefani, this former singer for Bush put out a solo CD in 2008 called "Wanderlust"
Gavin Rossdale
Sarah
|
$1,600
[19]
Luther responded to claims of heresy at a diet held in this German city in 1521
Worms
Cyd
|
$1,200
[8]
In this ordinal type of injury, only the epidermis is affected
a first-degree burn
Sarah
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1926 Zane Grey built a home on this island off Los Angeles where he spent most of the rest of his life
Catalina Island
Robert
|
$1,200
[14]
Use red spuds & leave the skin on & you get this dish that adds 1 letter to a classic comfort food
smashed potatoes
Sarah
|
|
$1,600
[17]
Things got more explosive at this bureau: though still abbreviated ATF, its full name includes "Explosives"
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Robert
|
$1,600
[4]
This 2008 movie with Ed Harris & Viggo Mortensen as lawmen is a real horse opera
Appaloosa
|
$2,000
[20]
The 95 Theses were partly inspired by anger at the attempts to get the faithful to buy these, freeing them from punishment
indulgences
Robert
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
This adventure author penned "Beyond the Farthest Star"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sarah
|
$1,600
[21]
The California poppy is the state's official flower & this tough critter is the official state animal
the grizzly bear
Cyd
Robert
Sarah
|
$1,600
[15]
Potatoes arrived in North America in 1621 when 2 chests of them were sent from Bermuda to this Virginia colony
Jamestown
Robert
|
|
$2,000
[18]
The Department of the Interior administers the BLM, the Bureau of this
Land Management
Robert
|
$2,000
[5]
During WWII this "All-American Boy" of radio drama helped track down Nazi spies & traitors
Jack Armstrong
|
DD
$4,000
[26]
After deeming his writings heretical, Pope Leo X gave Luther 60 days to do this, from the Latin for "sing again"
recant
Cyd
|
$2,000
[10]
He surrendered at Saratoga on October 17, 1777
John Burgoyne
|
$2,000
[22]
This 10,400-foot peak in Shasta County is one of the few active volcanoes in the U.S. outside of Alaska
Lassen Peak
|
$2,000
[16]
More than a million died in the Irish Potato Famine that started in this 19th Century decade
1840s
|
His only competitive Oscar win was for Best Score in 1973 for a 1952 film in which he had starred as a washed-up comic
Charlie Chaplin