Nancy West — a high school guidance counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada
Brandon Hathaway — a mechanical engineer from Augusta, Georgia
Laura Hughes — a mom from New Market, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $3,600 | $5,000 | $5,800 |
$10,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
11 R, 2 W |
| Brandon | $4,200 | $8,400 | $17,800 |
$17,800
New champion: $17,800 |
$22,800
29 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Nancy | $1,200 | $4,800 | $8,000 |
$8,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE 17th CENTURY | TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS | AROUND THE WORLD | BEETHOVEN'S | NINTH | "ODE" TO JOY |
|
$200
[1]
In the 17th century this student of Nicolo Amati was putting his designer label on his own violins
Stradivarius
Laura
|
$200
[3]
Joey Tribbiani &Chandler Bing
Friends
Brandon
|
$200
[11]
The"Bird's Nest"in this city won architecture's Lubetkin Prize
Beijing
Nancy
|
$200
[12]
...primary performing instrument was this; he wrote 32 sonatas for it
the piano
Laura
Brandon
|
$200
[24]
We'll think you very bright if you name this ninth reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh
Rudolph
Brandon
|
$200
[17]
Wranglin', ropin' & ridin' take place at these competitions
a rodeo
Brandon
|
|
$400
[2]
At the end of the century, the British East India Company founded this city, later famous for a black hole
Calcutta
Nancy
|
$400
[5]
Lenny &Squiggy
Laverne & Shirley
Laura
|
$400
[13]
What happens in this city, seen here, stays in this city seen here
Las Vegas
Brandon
|
$400
[21]
...hometown, it was West Germany's capital from 1949 to 1990
Bonn
Nancy
|
$400
[25]
In the "Divine Comedy", the ninth one of these is reserved for treacherous folks like Judas Iscariot
circle of hell
Nancy
|
$400
[18]
This vocal style heardherefeatures rapid changes in tempo & pitch
yodeling
Laura
|
|
$600
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a micrograph on the monitor.) In the 1660s, Robert Hooke looked at cork under a microscope; the empty spaces reminded him of a monastery's rooms, so he called them these
cells
Nancy
|
$600
[8]
Sue Ellen &Bobby Ewing
Dallas
Laura
|
$600
[14]
The gargoyle stands guard on this cathedral on Paris' Île de la Cité
Notre Dame
Laura
|
$600
[22]
...teacher in the early 1790s was this "Papa"
Haydn
Brandon
|
$600
[28]
Artsy types coexist with the butchers that give this district along Manhattan's Ninth Avenue its name
the Meatpacking District
Brandon
|
$600
[19]
It's Zimbabwe's old name, bwana
(Southern) Rhodesia
Brandon
|
|
$800
[6]
Blaise Pascal proved the atmosphere has weight by sending a man up a mountain with this instrument
a barometer
Brandon
|
$800
[9]
Tattoo &Mr. Roarke
Fantasy Island
Brandon
|
$800
[15]
The International Olympic Committee gave the 11 million people of this Brazilian city yet another reason to celebrate in 2009
Rio de Janeiro
Brandon
|
$1,000
[27]
...first public performance came at the age of 7, in this "fragrant" city
Cologne
Brandon
|
$800
[29]
The ninth of the Ten Commandments instructs, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against" this person
thy neighbor
Brandon
|
$800
[20]
To collapse inward, like a building being leveled in a controlled explosion
implode
Brandon
Nancy
|
|
$1,000
[7]
The Dutch East India Company sponsored his 1609 search for the Northwest Passage
Henry Hudson
Laura
|
$1,000
[10]
Detective Lilly Rush, Detective Scotty Valens, Detective Nick Vera
Cold Case
Laura
|
$1,000
[16]
It's the Great Lake seenhereon a lovely night
Lake Michigan
Brandon
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
...letters addressed to an unidentified lover gave a 1994 film this title
Immortal Beloved
Nancy
|
$1,000
[30]
The ninth pope to bear this devout name had the longest reign of any pope, 1846-1878
Pius
Laura
|
$1,000
[23]
A battery has 2 of these: a positive anode & a negative cathode
electrodes
Brandon
|
| ON THE WARPATH | COSTLY BREAKUPS | ENGINEERING | "G"-MALE | COMPLETES THE POETIC LINE | OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[19]
This special forces unit was the unlikely subject of a 1966 No. 1 hit by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler
the Green Berets
Brandon
|
$400
[26]
It's no bull--this athlete's divorce from ex-Chicago bank officer Juanita Vanoy cost him $168 million
Michael Jordan
Brandon
|
$400
[7]
It was the Persians, not the Dutch, who invented this energy-producing machine to grind grain
a windmill
Brandon
|
$400
[6]
He beat out Gherman Titov to fly aboard Vostok I
Yuri Gagarin
Brandon
|
$400
[1]
"Poems are made by fools like me, but only god can make a ____"
tree
Nancy
|
$400
[14]
In 2010 American Humane celebrates "Be" this "to Animals Week" from May 2 to 8
Kind
Nancy
|
|
$800
[20]
Anthony Swofford's book "Jarhead" was his firsthand chronicle of action in this war
the Persian Gulf War (or Desert Storm)
Brandon
|
$800
[27]
This crooner's $150 million divorce from Marcia Murphy could only be described as a "Song Sung Blue"
Neil Diamond
Brandon
|
$800
[8]
A scenic "Drive" in Los Angeles is named for this engineer who brought Owens Valley water to Los Angeles
(William) Mulholland
Laura
|
$800
[10]
Seuss was the middle name of this man born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904
(Theodor) Geisel
Nancy
|
$800
[2]
"'On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.' Then the bird said ____"
nevermore
Laura
|
$800
[15]
The Constitution grants the president a "pocket" this
a veto
Brandon
|
|
$1,600
[22]
For help against a machine gun nest in 1943, Chips, a mutt, became the only animal ever awarded this medal, the DSC
the Distinguished Service Cross
Brandon
|
$1,200
[28]
He could "feel it coming in the air tonight" when his split from Orianne Cevey cost him a reported $46.8 million
Phil Collins
Brandon
|
$1,200
[9]
In 1858 this French engineer built a railway bridge over the Garonne River; his more famous structure came 31 yrs. later
(Gustave) Eiffel
Nancy
|
$1,200
[11]
Helmut Frielinghaus edited a "Reader" of this author's works, including "The Tin Drum" & "Crabwalk"
Günter Grass
Laura
Brandon
|
$1,200
[3]
"But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and ____"
dead
Brandon
|
$1,200
[16]
From the Greek for "breath of air", it's an invisible emanation
an aura
Nancy
|
|
$2,000
[23]
The last American soldier killed in action in WWI, Private Henry Gunther, died on this date in 1918
November 11
Brandon
|
$1,600
[29]
His first wife, actress Amy, received $100 million when they parted ways
Steven Spielberg
|
$1,600
[12]
Fearing Japanese invasion, in 1942 the Army Corps of Engineers built a 1,600-mile highway in this territory in 6 months
Alaska
|
$1,600
[24]
South Carolina's 2 Republican senators in the 111th Congress are Jim DeMint & him
Lindsey Graham
Brandon
|
$1,600
[4]
"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright in the forests of the ____"
night
Nancy
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
This measurement comes for the Latin for "twelfth part"
inch
Brandon
|
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
This "colorful" Indian Chief was defeated in the 1832 war named for him
Black Hawk
Brandon
|
$2,000
[30]
Therapist Alyce Eichelberger is giving this Monty Python & "Fish Called Wanda" star $20 million worth of bad memories
John Cleese
Brandon
|
$2,000
[13]
In 1865 the world's first oil pipeline was constructed in this state & ran a straight course of about 5 miles
Pennsylvania
Laura
Nancy
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$2,000
[25]
Johann, can I borrow some sugar? In Weimar, Schiller's house is around the corner from the home of this great author
Goethe
Brandon
|
$2,000
[5]
"As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, so deep in luve am I; and I will luve thee still, my dear, till a' the seas gang ____"
dry
Nancy
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$2,000
[18]
Etymologically related to "duress" is this word meaning glum
dour
|
It was unveiled July 5, 1946, at Paris' Piscine Molitor & created a scandal
the bikini