Nancy Williams — an administrative assistant from Chicago, Illinois
Bill Benison — a wine shop manager from Stamford, Connecticut
Tom LaPorta — a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $3,800 | $7,200 | $11,600 |
$16,600
3-day champion: $50,501 |
$11,600
19 R, 0 W |
| Bill | $2,200 | $7,400 | $13,400 |
$3,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Nancy | $1,200 | $600 | $10,900 |
$7,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| STATES' FORMER GOVERNORS | BORN IN BURBANK | ADOPTION | WORLD OF GESTURES | TREES COMPANY | 2 WORDS IN ONE |
|
$200
[24]
Lurleen Wallace,1967-1968
Alabama
Tom
|
$200
[14]
The daughter of Broadway legend John Raitt, she's won numerous Grammys for her blues-rock style
Bonnie Raitt
Bill
|
$200
[8]
Listen up, Berhanu! New South Wales, Australia has banned changing these for adopted kids over 1 year old
names
Tom
|
$200
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a picture of the President making a gesture on the monitor.) The President can tell you the Shaka gesture means "Hang loose, brah" & comes from this U.S. state
Hawaii
Tom
|
$200
[19]
Parson Weems' 1806 biography of George Washington included the story of chopping down one of these trees
a cherry tree
Tom
|
$200
[1]
Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface
asphalt (asp + halt)
Tom
|
|
$400
[27]
Michael Dukakis,1983-1991
Massachusetts
Tom
|
$400
[15]
This quirky director's films include "Mars Attacks!" & "Sweeney Todd"
Tim Burton
Bill
|
$400
[9]
Many adoptees come from this type of care in which they were with a family but still wards of the court
foster care
Tom
|
$400
[7]
In Italy a raised little finger means this, an observation sometimes made about supermodels
skinny
Nancy
|
$400
[20]
This tall tree can be lodgepole or ponderosa
a pine
Bill
|
$400
[2]
To ask for spare change plus one ninth of a baseball game gives us this starting place
beginning (beg + inning)
Tom
|
|
$600
[28]
Rutherford B. Hayes,1876-1877
Ohio
Nancy
|
$600
[16]
Before playing agent Gibbs on "NCIS", this Burbank native played quarterback for UCLA
Mark Harmon
Bill
|
$600
[11]
For 2008 this Central American country passed China in the number of babies adopted by Americans
Guatemala
Bill
Nancy
|
$600
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew cups her hands in front of her.) South Africans in the service sector have a gentle but insistent gesture to ask for this
a tip
Nancy
|
$600
[21]
Populus tremuloides is the scientific name for this "quaking" species
an aspen
Bill
|
$600
[3]
One piece of butter plus public group violence gives us this nation lover
patriot (pat + riot)
Tom
|
|
$800
[29]
Tom Ridge,1995-2001
Pennsylvania
Tom
|
$800
[17]
She was a successful fashion model before starring in films like "Lethal Weapon 3" & "The Thomas Crown Affair"
Rene Russo
Tom
|
$800
[12]
In 2008 Americans adopted 2 kids from this African country; Madonna has adopted that many by herself
Malawi
Nancy
|
$800
[25]
Legend says that a rude British 2-finger salute began as defiance of the French, who were de-fingering these people
archers or bowmen
Bill
|
$1,000
[23]
The first tree brought from America to Europe was the northern white species of this aromatic conifer
the cedar
Nancy
|
$800
[4]
A Catholic religious service plus a standard unit of area gives us this wanton slaughter
massacre (mass + acre)
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Thomas Dewey,1943-1954
New York
Bill
|
$1,000
[18]
This Burbank boy starred in "8 Simple Rules" & also voiced Clifford the Big Red Dog
John Ritter
Tom
|
$1,000
[13]
From the Anita Bryant era, this state has the only law banning gay adoption; it's been ruled unconstitutional
Florida
Bill
|
$1,000
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew twirls a finger near his temple.) In much of the world, the twirled finger means "you're crazy", but in Argentina, it means you may have one of these--pick up!
a phone call
Nancy
|
DD
$1,800
[22]
This timber tree of the genus Fraxinus sounds like what's left over after you burn some of it
an ash
Bill
|
$1,000
[5]
A shark appendage plus a type of beer gives us this musical conclusion
finale (fin + ale)
Tom
|
| SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS DESCRIBED | MUSICAL MOVIE TITLES | THE NEWS | TOMBSTONE | ARIZONA | OK, CORRAL ME |
|
$400
[26]
"A noble Moor in the service of the Venetian state"
Othello
Bill
|
$400
[8]
Harvey Keitel agrees to deliver the title instrument to Holly Hunter in this 1993 film
The Piano
Tom
|
$400
[19]
You can tune into this network's "Situation Room" & hear a report from Jack Cafferty's "File"
CNN
Tom
|
$400
[3]
The grave of English king Edward I calls him by his nickname, "Hammer of" these people
the Scots
Nancy
|
$400
[1]
The Agua Fria river might be better for its scenery than for a swim, as its name means this
cold water
Nancy
|
$400
[14]
Even though I'm a beefmaster cow, one of the "six essential qualities" I fulfill is the ability to give this
milk
Bill
|
|
$800
[27]
"Daughters to Lear" (all 3)
Cordelia, Goneril & Regan
Nancy
|
$800
[9]
In 1970 Sam Peckinpah directed one of these for "Cable Hogue"; in 2006 there was one for "Ricky Bobby"
a ballad
Tom
|
$800
[21]
In 2008 David Gregory replaced this late host of "Meet the Press"
Timothy Russert
Nancy
|
$800
[7]
The Vienna grave of physicist Ludwig Boltzmann doesn't have a quotation but one of these mathematical items
an equation
Tom
|
$800
[2]
The Cholla Apartments & Jojoba Hall are part of this Tempe institution
Arizona State University
Bill
Nancy
|
$800
[15]
I know you've got to keep tabs, so sure, put that RFID tag on this part where they usually go on cattle
the ear
Bill
Nancy
|
|
$1,200
[28]
"The right duke of Milan"
Prospero
|
$1,200
[10]
Based on a Gunter Grass novel, this film was "Die Blechtrommel" in German
The Tin Drum
Nancy
|
$1,200
[22]
A 2009 Time poll asked, since the death of Cronkite, who is the nation's most trusted newsman? No joke, it's him
Jon Stewart
Bill
|
$1,200
[11]
The grave of Primo Levi, author of "Survival in" this place, bears the number the Nazis gave him there
Auschwitz
Nancy
|
$1,200
[4]
A 1680 rebellion by the Hopi Indians against the Spanish is named for these typical communal dwellings
Pueblo
Nancy
|
$1,200
[16]
I'm this kind of cow, & I'm eager to end up on a plate at the "genuine American steakhouse" of the same name
the Black Angus
Nancy
|
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
"Queen of the Fairies"
Titania
Nancy
|
$1,600
[20]
The title for this Dixie Chicks documentary came from an irate fan who wanted them to get on with the show
Shut Up and Sing
Bill
|
$1,600
[23]
If you tune in to MSNBC, you'll know that this host likes to play "Hardball"
Chris Matthews
Nancy
|
$1,600
[12]
Conservationist Michael Grzimek's grave in this park says, "He gave all he possessed for the wildlife of Africa"
the Serengeti
|
$1,600
[5]
Federico Ronstadt, ancestor of Linda, founded the first symphony orch. in this major city of Southeast Arizona
Tucson
Bill
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
As I'mthisbreed, you might want to keep your distance
a longhorn
Nancy
|
|
$2,000
[30]
"Nephew to the Lady Capulet"
Tybalt
Bill
Nancy
|
$2,000
[25]
In this 1995 film Richard Dreyfuss finds it easier to reach the kids in his music class than his deaf son
Mr. Holland's Opus
Bill
|
$2,000
[24]
In 2002 on Fox News she launched her show "On the Record"
Greta Van Susteren
Tom
|
$2,000
[13]
The Chicago grave of this detective agency founder calls him "a friend to honesty and a foe to crime"
Pinkerton
Bill
|
$2,000
[6]
In Arizona politics conservative Democrats who vote Republican are called these, after the multi-colored horse
Pinto Democrats
|
$2,000
[18]
Don't worry, I show no signs of this, FMD for short--the U.S. hasn't had an outbreak since 1929 & let's keep it that way
foot-and-mouth disease
Bill
|
In 1945 Africa had only 4 independent countries; these 2 started with the same first letter
Egypt & Ethiopia