Elizabeth Richards — an attorney originally from St. Louis, Missouri
Ken Starnes — a telecommunications consultant from Little Rock, Arkansas
Ian Silverman — a high school social studies teacher from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian | $1,000 | $3,600 | $8,400 |
$1,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 2 W |
| Ken | $2,600 | $4,400 | $11,800 |
$21,800
New champion: $21,800 |
$10,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Elizabeth | $1,400 | $6,200 | $12,200 |
$799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| MISSISSIPPI, MY LOVE | WEBSITE NAME ABBREVIATIONS | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN | "CL"UE ME IN | ART FOR ART'S SAKE! | BOGEY MEN |
|
$200
[12]
Hiram Revels of Fayetteville made history in 1870 as the first black member of this U.S. government body
the U.S. Senate
Ken
Elizabeth
|
$200
[11]
Booksellers:bn.com
Barnes & Noble
Elizabeth
|
$200
[24]
In 1873 this dry goods salesman began selling his double X blue denim waist overalls
(Levi) Strauss
Elizabeth
|
$200
[6]
New Orleans jazz great Pete Fountain began playing this as a child to strengthen his weak lungs
the clarinet
Ken
|
$200
[16]
Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister
American Gothic
Ian
|
$200
[1]
1942:Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart
Casablanca
Ian
|
|
$400
[13]
Stennis Space Center in Hancock County is the testing facility for this craft's main engines
the Space Shuttle
Ken
|
$400
[15]
A provider of service for millions:aol.com
America Online
Elizabeth
|
$400
[25]
By the time this Cleveland businessman retired in 1896, his company owned 3/4 of the USA's oil business
(John D.) Rockefeller
Ken
Elizabeth
|
$400
[7]
It's the name & shape of the highway interchange seen here
a cloverleaf
Elizabeth
|
$400
[20]
In David's 1801 painting "Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard Pass", the general is crossing this mountain range
the Alps
Elizabeth
|
$400
[2]
1941:Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette
The Maltese Falcon
Ken
|
|
$600
[14]
Tupelo's most famous son, he was born there in 1935
Elvis Presley
Ian
|
$600
[17]
Wolf & Coop give us the scoop:cnn.com
Cable News Network
Ken
|
$600
[26]
In 1873 he bought an abandoned tannery on the banks of Clear Creek in Golden, Colo. & converted it into a brewery
(Adolph) Coors
Ken
|
$600
[8]
A peach is classified as this type if the pulp sticks closely to the pit
cling (or clingstone)
Elizabeth
|
$600
[21]
Thecrushing footused in this TV show's opening is from Bronzino's 1545 painting, "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid"
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Ian
|
$600
[3]
1948:Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits & greed
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Ken
|
|
$800
[29]
Mississippi was one of only 6 states this Republican carried in the 1964 presidential election
Goldwater
Ian
|
$800
[18]
For celluloid lovers:imdb.com
the Internet Movie Database
Elizabeth
|
$800
[27]
In 1898 Charles Seiberling borrowed $3,500 to start this company in Akron to produce bicycle & carriage tires
Goodyear
Ken
Elizabeth
|
$800
[9]
During the Roaring '20s, fashionable flappers donned this bell-shaped hat
the cloche
|
$800
[22]
Titian portrayed Ariadne & this god of wine falling in love at first sight
Dionysus (or Bacchus)
Elizabeth
|
$800
[4]
1954:Crazy Captain Queeg faces rebellious sailors aboard ship
The Caine Mutiny
Ian
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[30]
For 100 years until the Great Depression, this crop was the undisputed king of Mississippi's agrarian economy
cotton
Ken
|
$1,000
[19]
Take stock of your stocks:wsj.com
Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth
|
DD
$1,200
[28]
In 1873 he founded the J. Edgar Thomson works near Pittsburgh, naming the steel mill for the Penn. railroad president
Carnegie
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hostal dos Reis Catolicos, Spain.) Santiago de Compostela's Hostal dos Reis Catolicos is famous for itscourtyards, known as these places of seclusion, from the Latin for "to close"
cloisters
Ian
|
$1,000
[23]
Title of the 15th century work depicting the Virgin Mary & the angel Gabriel thought to be da Vinci's first completed work
The Annunciation
Ian
|
$1,000
[5]
1954:Linus Larrabee becomes interested in the chauffeur's daughter
Sabrina
|
| POETS | BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS | CLASSICAL SOUND EFFECTS | 3-LETTER WORDS | BOGEY MEN |
|
$400
[6]
In 1957 a judge ruled that this poet's "Howl" was not obscene & had redeeming social value
Ginsberg
Elizabeth
|
$400
[7]
Every month has a birthstone as well as a birth flower; January has this one
the carnation
Ian
Elizabeth
|
$400
[13]
We don't know if this river flows in E-flat, but that's how Wagner depicted it
the Rhine
|
$400
[1]
This word for a buddy or chum is often followed by "around"
pal
Ian
|
$400
[8]
This lefty finished second in the 2009 U.S. Open after a bogey on the 17th hole
Phil Mickelson
Ken
|
|
$800
[14]
Many of the poems of his 1896 collection "A Shropshire Lad" were written prior to his ever having visited the county
Housman
|
$800
[15]
March gives you the option of the jonquil or this flower, with which it is often confused
the daffodil
Elizabeth
|
$800
[19]
In a 1924 work Respighi called for an actual recording of a bird, this famed singer
a nightingale
|
$800
[2]
Sushi-wise, uni is this from sea urchins
roe
Elizabeth
|
$800
[9]
Though he got a bogey on the first hole, this "Golden Bear" proved his mettle by winning his fifth Masters in 1975
Nicklaus
Ian
|
|
$1,200
[23]
He was professor of anatomy at Harvard Medical School when he wrote "The Chambered Nautilus"
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[16]
Choices for August include this flower; don't fall asleep in a field of them
poppies
Ken
|
$1,200
[20]
The title of Richard Strauss'"Ein Heldenleben"means this person's "life"; we hear his enemies carp & snarl
hero
|
$1,200
[3]
The name of this pop music style may have originated with Jamaican bassist Cluett Johnson's greeting
ska
Ken
|
$1,200
[10]
A bogey on the final hole cost this 59-year-old the 2009 British Open
(Tom) Watson
Ian
|
|
$1,600
[24]
On April 6, 1327, Good Friday, this Italian lyric poet saw a girl named Laura at a church in Avignon
Petrarch
Ian
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[17]
For February, you can choose this flower whose color matches the month's birthstone
the violet
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
This Russian patriotic work features 16 cannon shots
the 1812 Overture
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[4]
In Russian it means "village" or "peace"; its core module was launched in 1986
Mir
Ken
|
$1,600
[11]
He had 15 bogeys in the 2009 Shell Houston Open, but proved he's still the Shark by sinking a 63-foot putt for birdie
(Greg) Norman
Ian
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This Maine poetess wrote a group of love sonnets that were published in the collection "Fatal Interview"
Edna St. Vincent Millay
|
$2,000
[18]
As Popeye's adopted baby could tell you, April brings this flower
the sweet pea
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[22]
The atmospheric Strauss polka heard here; it's "Unter Donner und Blitz" in German
the "Thunder and Lightning" Polka
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
These homophones are both 3 letters long; one refers to a grain, while the other means "bitterly amusing"
rye/wry
Ken
|
$2,000
[12]
In Hindi, his first name means "victory", but he started off the 2009 season with a double bogey at Kapalua
Vijay Singh
Ian
|
On June 5, 1944 FDR said of the capture of this city, "One up and two to go"
Rome