April Fool's show with cameo appearances by Will Ferrell (as his Alex Trebek character fromSaturday Night Live), Neil Patrick Harris, Jeff Probst, and Pat Sajak.
Jessica Trudeau — a graduate student and swim coach from Barrington, Illinois
Ken Burke — a real estate appraiser from Anaheim, California
Matt Drury — a government analyst from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,400 | $4,800 | $17,200 |
$200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,200
22 R, 1 W |
| Ken | $1,800 | $3,000 | $10,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jessica | $1,000 | $6,800 | $21,000 |
$34,401
New champion: $34,401 |
$18,400
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| FAMOUS AMERICANS | MERYL STREEP MOVIE ROLES | NASCAR SPONSORS | CITY & STATUE | APRIL FOOL! | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS |
|
$200
[6]
This New Yorker who fought at the battle of Gettysburg was once considered the inventor of baseball
(Abner) Doubleday
Jessica
|
$200
[1]
Divorcee Jane, having an affair with her ex, Jake, played by Alec Baldwin
It's Complicated
Matt
|
$200
[26]
This candy melts in your mouth, not in your hand & puts money into Kyle Busch's No. 18
M&M's
Matt
|
$200
[17]
Benjamin Disraeli, at Parliament Square
London
Jessica
|
$200
[11]
London's Daily Mail said a mistranslation caused an entrant in one of these to run 26 days not 26 miles
a marathon
Matt
|
$200
[16]
This 2-word term for 8 specific colleges in the east refers to the vegetation covering their older buildings
the Ivy League
Matt
|
|
$400
[7]
This First Lady was born Thelma Catherine Ryan on March 16, 1912 in Nevada
Mrs. Nixon
Ken
|
$400
[2]
Free-spirited Greek island-dwelling Donna Sheridan
Mamma Mia!
Matt
Jessica
|
$400
[27]
What can brown do for David Ragan, No. 6? Be this delivery company & sponsor, that's what
UPS
Ken
|
$400
[18]
Sun Yat-Sen, at the corner of Grant & California
San Francisco
Ken
|
$400
[12]
In 2004 NPR reported that the post office was allowing people to take these 5-digit numbers with them when they moved
the ZIP code
Ken
|
$400
[22]
The name of this mass of ice comes from the Old French for "ice"
a glacier
Ken
Jessica
|
|
$600
[8]
From 1935 to 1937 she worked at Purdue University as a career counselor & as an advisor in aeronautics
Amelia Earhart
Matt
|
$600
[3]
Lonely Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson
The Bridges of Madison County
Jessica
|
$600
[28]
When it comes to sponsorships, No. 43, Reed Sorenson, asks for supersize from this fast food chain
McDonald's
Jessica
|
$600
[19]
Douglas MacArthur, near the Quezon bridge
Manila
Jessica
|
$600
[13]
An Aussie news show reported in 1975 that the country was converting to this "time" with 100 minutes in an hour
metric
Jessica
|
$600
[23]
This word for a long-noosed rope used to catch cattle & horses is from the Spanish la reata, "the rope"
a lariat
Jessica
|
|
$800
[9]
At his death in 1915, this educator was buried on the campus of his Tuskegee institute
Booker T. Washington
Matt
Jessica
|
$800
[4]
Danish baroness Karen Blixen
Out of Africa
Jessica
|
$800
[29]
This energy drink gives Scott Speed's No. 82 wings (& dollars)
Red Bull
Jessica
|
$1,000
[21]
18th-century hero Colonel William Prescott seenherein a state capital
Boston
|
$800
[14]
The Irish Times said in 1995 that this Russian leader's embalmed body would go from Red Square to Euro Disney
Lenin
Matt
|
$800
[24]
A 15th century sailor is said to have given this snake its name, from a Portuguese phrase meaning "hooded snake"
the cobra
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[10]
He wrote a controversial report on urban poverty before being a democratic senator from New York, 1977-2001
(Daniel) Moynihan
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
Fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly
The Devil Wears Prada
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
This home improvement store tells Jimmie Johnson's 48 crew, "let's build something together"
Lowe's
Matt
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
A work symbolizing freedom & unity by Bassem Al-Dawiri (replacing a guy who got toppled)
Baghdad
Jessica
|
$1,000
[15]
A 1972 veterinary record article said "Brunus edwardii", this creature, was in 63.8% of households
a teddy bear
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
The first written use of the phrase "stuffed shirt", meaning a pompous bore, occurred in her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!"
(Willa) Cather
Jessica
|
| '50s FICTION | CHAMPAGNE | CLASSICAL MUSIC | "W"ORDS | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WATER | WHO PLAYED 'EM ON TV? |
|
$400
[2]
Ayn Rand's original title for this 1957 novel was "The Strike"
Atlas Shrugged
Jessica
|
$400
[21]
A book on the science of champagne says lipstick can ruin the fun: fats in it make these stretch & break
the bubbles
Matt
|
$400
[14]
This 1928 Ravel work was written on commission from ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein
Bolero
Jessica
|
$400
[1]
If you are in tune with someone, you are said to be on the same this, a distance in physics
wavelength
Matt
|
$400
[26]
When ailing, Hindus bathe in this, India's most sacred river; and once dead, their ashesare scattered therein
the Ganges
Matt
|
$400
[4]
Jittery deputy Barney Fife
Don Knotts
Matt
|
|
$800
[9]
Irving Stone's "Love is Eternal" told the story of this 19th century presidential couple, the good & the bad
the Lincolns
Ken
|
$800
[22]
A 1980s process to make huge bottles safely allowed Rosalynn Carter to do this with a 7-gal. "sovereign" on Jan. 15, 1988
christen a ship ('break it across a ship' accepted)
Jessica
|
$800
[15]
This Sibelius work was performed using the title "Impromptu" while his country was under Russian rule
Finlandia
|
$800
[3]
Literally referring to something blown down, it's used to mean "an unexpected gain"
a windfall
Matt
|
$800
[27]
Because the Jordan is at a tenth of its normal flow, the briny waters of this sea have dropped 130 feet since 1980
the Dead Sea
Matt
|
$800
[5]
Starfleet medical officer Leonard "Bones" McCoy
DeForest Kelley
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[11]
This sizzling bestseller from Grace Metalious spawned a movie & a prime time soap
Peyton Place
Ken
|
$1,200
[23]
Laurent-Perrier ultra brut is made without dosage, the usual addition of mostly this common substance
sugar
Jessica
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct at the Wagner festival in this city
Bayreuth
Jessica
|
$1,200
[13]
As Juliet knows, this 9-letter word means "why?"
wherefore
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
Low snowpacks & multiyear drought have reduced Lake Shasta, in this California range, to a remnant of its former self
the Sierra Nevada
Jessica
|
$1,200
[6]
Sewer worker Ed Norton
Art Carney
Ken
|
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Yep, in a 1958 novel, James Bond found himself up against this sinister sadist in the Caribbean
Dr. No
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
Though champagne is white, one of the most important grapes used to make it is this one whose name in part means "black"
pinot noir
Matt
|
$2,000
[18]
A case handled by Leoncavallo's attorney father served as the basis for this opera also called "Clowns"
I Pagliacci
Jessica
|
$1,600
[19]
This word for a phantom or a ghost is of Scottish origin
a wraith
|
$1,600
[29]
The weight of the water held in this country's Three Gorges dam tilts the earth's axis nearly an inch
China
Jessica
|
$1,600
[7]
Army company clerk Radar O'Reilly
Gary Burghoff
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[12]
His first novel, "Player Piano", was published in 1952: "The Sirens of Titan" came later in the decade
(Kurt) Vonnegut
Ken
|
$2,000
[25]
The LVMH group owns the brands Dom Perignon, Veuve Clicquot & not only Moet but this partner
Chandon
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
In 1858, after his death, his "Wedding March" became a tradition after its use in a royal wedding
(Felix) Mendelssohn
Jessica
|
$2,000
[20]
In weaving, the threads that run at right angles to the warp are called the woof or this
the weft
Matt
|
$2,000
[30]
Thought to leadto the underworld, sinkholeslike the oneon this peninsula were the siteof Mayan sacrifices
the Yucatan
Jessica
|
$2,000
[8]
Boston lawyer Bobby Donnell
Dylan McDermott
|
A 1919 Shaw play subtitled "A Fantasia in the Russian Manner..." is an homage to this playwright who died in 1904
Anton Chekhov