Conor Collins — a student and volunteer from Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Karla Ruksys — an administrative assistant from Mount Ephraim, New Jersey
Brandon Hathaway — a mechanical engineer from Augusta, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | $4,200 | $5,600 | $10,400 |
$10,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
16 R, 3 W |
| Karla | $2,000 | $6,400 | $26,000 |
$30,000
New champion: $30,000 |
$23,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Conor | $2,400 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
$8,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| 2-WORD SCIENCE RESPONSES | DO TELL THE HOTEL | RUPERT MURDOCH, OWNER OF A LOT OF STUFF | POLITICAL LINGO | MYTHTER & MYTHUS | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS |
|
$200
[11]
When an aircraft achieves this speed based on an Austrian's name, you'll hear a boom
Mach 1
Brandon
Karla
Conor
|
$200
[26]
This 1956 Elvis Presley hit was inspired by someone's suicide note that said, "I walk a lonely street"
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Karla
|
$200
[6]
This Murdoch-owned news channel says it's "fair & balanced"
Fox
Conor
|
$200
[1]
2-word term for a long-shot candidate for nomination, like James Polk in 1844
a dark horse
Brandon
|
$200
[16]
Paris & her
Helen
Conor
|
$200
[21]
You don't have to be at the beach to be "happy as" one of these "at high tide"
a clam
Conor
|
|
$400
[12]
-273 Celsius
absolute zero
Conor
|
$400
[27]
Twin boys residing in a swank Boston hotel made Mr. Moseby's life a challenge on this Disney Channel TV show
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Conor
|
$400
[7]
Rupe paid $5.6 bil. & said how now, Dow Jones, a deal that included this business paper founded in the 1880s
The Wall Street Journal
Conor
|
$400
[2]
Calling someone who favors talk over military action this bird dates from the Cuban Missile Crisis
a dove
Brandon
|
$400
[17]
Him & Penelope
Odysseus
Conor
|
$400
[22]
If you have the biggest or best part of something, you have this animal's "share"
the lion's share
Conor
|
|
$600
[13]
Abbreviated MN, it's what a working compass needle is always pointing to in our hemisphere
magnetic north
Brandon
|
$600
[28]
It's the 1932 film in which Greta Garbo uttered the immortal line "I want to be alone"
Grand Hotel
Karla
|
$600
[8]
"Here comes" this Rupe-owned U.K. tabloid, known for its Page 3 girls & their contributions to the day's news
The Sun
Brandon
|
$600
[3]
In 1932 FDR said, "I pledge myself to" one of these "for the American people"
a New Deal
Brandon
|
$600
[18]
Cupid & her
Psyche
Brandon
Karla
|
$600
[23]
A proverb says, "You can't make a silk purse out of" this
a sow's ear
Karla
|
|
$800
[14]
This type of fossil fuel is primarily me than e
natural gas
Conor
|
$800
[29]
This 1981 John Irving novel was made into a 1984 film starring Beau Bridges
The Hotel New Hampshire
Karla
|
$800
[9]
Murdoch's News Corp. is a partner in this channel known for its "Explorer" & "Dog Whisperer" shows
the National Geographic Channel
Conor
|
$800
[4]
An 1868 definition of this term: "men traveling with little luggage and less character" to profit from the situation
a carpetbagger
Karla
|
$800
[19]
Pyramus & her
Thisbe
Karla
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
This term for the most sultry part of summer come from the Latin "dies caniculares"
the dog days
Karla
|
|
$1,000
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows two glasses of water, one with ice.) Condensation won't necessarily appear on a glass filled with water, but with ice added, aglassreaches this point, & the condensation forms
the dew point
Karla
|
$1,000
[30]
Episodes of this British sitcom included "The Hotel Inspectors" & "Basil the Rat"
Fawlty Towers
Brandon
|
$1,000
[10]
We wonder if Rupe discontinued his Facebook account when he bought this social network site for $580 million in 2005
Myspace
Brandon
|
$1,000
[5]
Spiro Agnew spoke of "nattering" these "of negativism"
"nabobs"
Brandon
|
$1,000
[20]
Him & Galatea
Pygmalion
Karla
|
$1,000
[25]
Evoking images of jumping reptiles, it's one of little orphan Annie's favorite interjections
"Leapin' lizards"
Brandon
|
| DRAWN-OUT DRAMAS | LETTERS IN TOMATOES | SPY VS. SPY | WHAT, ME WORRY? | THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS | MADMAGAZINE |
|
$400
[11]
In the 15th century this alliterative type of play dealing with Jesus' crucifixion could take 3 days to complete
a passion play
Brandon
|
$400
[16]
The old section of Riga is surrounded by one of these trenches
a moat
Conor
|
$400
[3]
This spy was executed at what's now 66th & 3rd in New York City
Nathan Hale
Conor
|
$400
[25]
Yes, I should've worn long pants to ski--but my purple legs aren't symptoms of this cold-induced tissue damage
frostbite
Brandon
|
$400
[26]
urbandictionary.com informs us that an "idiot box" is actually one of these electronic devices
a television
Brandon
Conor
|
$400
[1]
He's "Mad"'s mascot, seenherebehind the magazine's longtime publisher Bill Gaines
Alfred E. Neuman
Conor
|
|
$800
[12]
Britannica says, "among his most-celebrated long plays is 'Anna Christie"'
Eugene O'Neill
Karla
|
$800
[17]
For the Olympics it's "Citius, altius , fortius"
the motto
Conor
|
$800
[4]
Portrayed on film in 2007's "Breach", Robert Hanssen was a mole within this organization
the FBI
Karla
Conor
|
$800
[24]
Yes, I'm doing this a lot, but it's just a mosquito bite; no way I have atopic dermatitis
scratching
Karla
|
$800
[30]
This 1843 character says, "every idiot... with 'Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding"
Ebenezer Scrooge
Karla
|
$800
[2]
Mad is under the corporate control of this comic book company that isn't based in Washington
DC
Brandon
|
|
$1,200
[13]
With over 20,000 performances, the longest-running show in London's West End is this Agatha Christie play
The Mousetrap
Karla
|
$1,200
[18]
It's the bane of a chimneysweep
soot
Brandon
|
$1,200
[5]
"Ashenden" is an account of his years as a World War I spy by this author of "Of Human Bondage"
Somerset Maugham
Karla
|
$1,200
[23]
Sure, my skull's been growing & my jaw's protruding a tad--I doubt I have acromegaly, a disorder of this gland
the pituitary
Karla
|
$1,200
[29]
"The Complete Idiot's Guide to" this year addresses Mayans' predictions & their long count calendar
2012
Brandon
|
$1,200
[8]
This composer sued Mad & lost over "Louella Schwartz Describes Her Malady", spoofing his "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody"
Irving Berlin
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Debuting in 1937, "The Lost Colony" by Pulitzer winner Paul Green has been playing in Manteo in this state for 73 years
North Carolina
Karla
Conor
|
$1,600
[19]
Skal!, for example
a toast
Conor
|
$1,600
[6]
In exchange for Russian spy Rudolf Abel, this U.S. pilot was released by the Soviets in 1962
(Francis Gary) Powers
Karla
|
$1,600
[22]
So my ankles are sore & swollen--doesn't mean I have this painful arthritic buildup of uric acid in my joints
gout
Brandon
Conor
|
$1,600
[28]
In "Love and Death" Berdykov is one of these & is seen attending a convention of them from all over Russia
village idiots
|
$1,600
[9]
Manipulate thepageso that"A" meets "B"& enjoy this Mad feature traditionally on the back cover
the fold-in
Karla
|
|
$2,000
[15]
This work is made of 2 lengthy plays: "Millennium Approaches" won a Pulitzer & Tony; "Perestroika" only won a Tony
Angels in America
Karla
|
DD
$5,200
[20]
Struck mightily, in the Bible
smote
Conor
|
DD
$4,000
[7]
This playwright was slain under mysterious circumstances possibly related to spying for Elizabeth I
Christopher Marlowe
Karla
|
$2,000
[21]
So the drain in my shower is always clogged, so what? It doesn't mean I'm developing this, androgenetic alopecia
hair loss (or baldness)
Karla
|
$2,000
[27]
At the end of this man's "The Idiot", Prince Myshkin goes back to his doctor in Switzerland after failing at love
Dostoyevsky
Conor
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1987 legendary cartoonist Don Martin left Mad & jumped to this rival magazine
Cracked
Brandon
|
This Oscar winner who had his own WB sitcom took his last name as a tribute to an earlier comic & sitcom star
Jamie Foxx