Jim Banks — a stockbroker and branch manager from Suffield, Connecticut
Jessica Shafer — a graduate student of English literature from Austin, Texas
Amanda Baber — a project assistant originally from Edmond, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda | $1,200 | $5,400 | $13,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,800
14 R, 0 W |
| Jessica | $2,600 | $4,200 | $8,600 |
$17,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
19 R, 2 W |
| Jim | $1,400 | $5,200 | $23,600 |
$19,599
New champion: $19,599 |
$19,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| PATRICK'S DAY | THE NATURE OF THINGS | IN THE STATE CAPITAL | ABBREV. | HARDWARE | SOFTWARE |
|
$200
[7]
Feb. 1, 2007:Cuts the cords as his twin sons are born; simpler than the brain surgery he performs on TV
Patrick Dempsey
Jessica
|
$200
[19]
This "colorful" whale can grow up to 100 feet long & weigh more than 150 tons
a blue whale
Jim
|
$200
[2]
The 3-mile-long Freedom Trail (& a few other Revolutionary War bits of history, here & there)
Boston
Jim
|
$200
[12]
On a tombstone:RIP
rest in peace
Amanda
|
$200
[24]
A flat, thin metal ring used between a bolt & a nut to increase tightness
a washer
Amanda
|
$200
[1]
Simaquarium is a great one of these for your monitor when you go AFK
a screensaver
Jessica
|
|
$400
[8]
July 17, 1999:Appears in the official premiere of his pal SpongeBob's show (type of creature only)
(Patrick the) Starfish
Jessica
|
$400
[20]
It's been said only Keith Richards & this 350-mil.-year-old insect of the suborder Blattaria would survive a nuclear war
a cockroach
Jessica
|
$400
[3]
The Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library
Austin, Texas
Jessica
|
$400
[13]
A political group:GOP
the Grand Old Party
Jessica
|
$400
[26]
I've got a latch, now I need this part that rhymes with "latch" to hold it in place
a catch
Amanda
|
$400
[15]
As its name implies, W2mate 2008 from Real Business Solutions aids those trying to prepare these
their taxes
Jessica
|
|
$600
[9]
Dec. 8, 2009:Says she'll move to NASCAR as part of the JR Motorsports team
Danica Patrick
Jim
|
$600
[21]
This "crustacean" lawn weed has tricky stems that can make the plant shed more seed as you mow
crab grass
Jessica
|
$600
[4]
The city-operated Margaret Mitchell House
Atlanta
Jim
|
$600
[14]
Found in some Catholic churches:Msgr
a monsignor
Jessica
|
$600
[27]
Emery wheel is another name for this circular sharpening device
a grinding wheel
Jim
|
$600
[16]
Browsers are software too, like this bushy-tailed hottie from Mozilla
Firefox
Jessica
Jim
|
|
$800
[10]
Aug. 17, 2007:Signs off for good after 18 years at ESPN
Dan Patrick
Jim
|
$800
[22]
Wolverines feed on this rodent of Norway, known for its periodic mass migrations that can lead to mass drownings
lemmings
Amanda
|
$800
[5]
Aetna Insurance corporate headquarters
Hartford, Connecticut
Jim
|
$800
[17]
On a college degree:MFA
Master of Fine Arts
Amanda
|
$800
[28]
It's not a snare, it's the s-shaped section of pipe under a sink that seals off sewer gases
the trap
Jim
|
$800
[23]
Symantec has a popular line of anti-virus software named for this man, first name Peter
Norton
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Sept, 11, 1969:His series "The Prisoner" airs its 17th & last episode... to return in 40 years
Patrick McGoohan
Amanda
|
$1,000
[30]
Rock on! This, composed of silicon dioxide, is the most abundant mineral in the continental crust
quartz
Amanda
|
DD
$1,600
[6]
Sumner Elementary School, known for its part in a 1954 Supreme Court Case
Topeka
Jim
|
$1,000
[18]
Found in some Chinese food:MSG
monosodium glutamate
Jim
|
$1,000
[29]
Hyphenated brand name for locking pliers that hold what is being worked on in place
Vise-Grip
Jim
|
$1,000
[25]
It's hard being an "angel" when playing the PC version of this first-person shooter, dubbed "combat evolved"
Halo
Amanda
|
| 1900 EVENTS | SPORTS STARS | INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD | COMPLETES THE QUOTATION | "LA" STORY | SAY THANK YOU! |
|
$400
[12]
Life becomes a jungle in his 1900 work "Lord Jim"
Joseph Conrad
Jim
|
$400
[17]
In August 2009 hundreds joined him for a bike ride in Glasgow after he issued an invitation via Twitter
(Lance) Armstrong
Jessica
|
$400
[22]
A Maltese specialty, lampuki pie is made with the fish better known by this double talk name
mahi mahi
Jessica
|
$400
[5]
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of _____, I will fear no evil"
death
Jessica
|
$400
[2]
Risque D.H. Lawrence novel
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Jessica
|
$400
[1]
In Spanish
gracias
Jessica
|
|
$1,200
[14]
His "Interpretation of Dreams" went from a vision to a reality
(Sigmund) Freud
Jim
|
$800
[27]
At almost 40, this quarterback began his 19th year in the NFL with a new team--the Minnesota Vikings
Brett Favre
Amanda
|
$800
[23]
Caldillo de congrio is a chowder from this South American country, that on the map is practically all seacoast
Chile
Jim
|
$800
[6]
"Glory, glory hallelujah, his _____ is marching on"
truth
Jim
|
$800
[3]
Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp novel about a lost world of dinosaurs
The Land that Time Forgot
Jim
|
$800
[18]
In German
danke
Amanda
|
|
$1,600
[15]
2 years after imposing martial law, King Umberto I of this country was assassinated by an anarchist
Italy
Amanda
Jessica
|
$1,200
[28]
Smokin' aces, she's the athlete seen here
(Maria) Sharapova
Jessica
|
$1,200
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits down at a restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal.)Bacalhau, Portugal's national dish & an acquired taste, is this fish salted; the nickname Bobby "Bacala" on "The Sopranos" means the same thing
cod
Jim
|
$1,200
[7]
"Four score & 7 years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in _____"
liberty
Jim
|
$1,200
[4]
Romantic Sir Walter Scott poem about a gal on an island in Loch Katrine
Lady of the Lake
|
$1,200
[19]
In French
merci
Jessica
|
|
$2,000
[16]
A constant is named for this physicist who in 1900 postulated that energy is radiated in quanta
Max Planck
Jim
|
$1,600
[29]
Lightning struck in 2009 when he set a world record in the 100-meter Sprint: 9.58 seconds
(Usain) Bolt
Amanda
|
$1,600
[25]
Kajiki is this fish, made into sushi: be "en garde" for its strong taste
swordfish
Jessica
|
$2,000
[9]
" _____ is one percent inspiration & 99 percent perspiration"
Genius
Amanda
Jessica
Jim
|
$1,600
[10]
Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel about the eruption of Vesuvius
The Last Days of Pompeii
Jim
|
$1,600
[20]
In Japanese
domo arigato
Amanda
|
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
This future state became a possession in 1898 & a territory in 1900
Hawaii
Jim
|
$2,000
[30]
Hewon the British Open in 2007--the first Irishman to do so in 60 years
Padraig Harrington
Jim
|
$2,000
[26]
Proust rhapsodizes about this flatfish prepared a la meuniere
sole
Jim
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
"A well regulated ____, being necessary to the security of a free state"
militia
Jim
|
$2,000
[11]
Creepy Bram Stoker novel about a big pale snake
Lair of the White Worm
|
$2,000
[21]
In Russian
spasiba
Jessica
|
In various tales, she is abducted by Melwas, Meleagant & Mordred
Guinevere