Elizabeth Schmitt — a high school English and drama teacher from Dallas, Texas
Aaron Ammerman — a program analyst for the Department of Navy from Arlington, Virginia
Tom LaPorta — a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida (whose 3-day cash winnings total $50,501)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $1,800 | $5,200 | $8,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Aaron | $2,000 | $3,400 | $15,000 |
$26,000
New champion: $26,000 |
$14,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Elizabeth | $2,800 | $5,400 | $12,900 |
$7,899
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| EDGAR AWARD WINNERS | MOVIE TAG LINES | PITCHING HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE WOO | ASTRONOMY | SPELL CHECK HELL | GETTING TICKED OFF |
|
$200
[14]
He won in 1955 for his novel "The Long Goodbye"
Raymond Chandler
Tom
|
$200
[20]
This film gave us "The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return" (& Tom Hanks')
Angels and Demons
|
$200
[21]
A pet for my pet! This can spray its odoriferous musk accurately up to 12 feet; worry not! It'll stamp its feet to warn thee first
a skunk
Aaron
|
$200
[25]
A crossing of the celestial equator by the sun, it happens twice a year
an equinox
Aaron
|
$200
[4]
Confound it! Spell check just changed chancre into this 14th c. author of some "Tales"
Chaucer
Tom
|
$200
[9]
When this Bible guy came down from the mountain & saw his people dancing before the golden calf, boy, was he upset!
Moses
Aaron
|
|
$400
[15]
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" got him the Edgar
John le Carré
Tom
Elizabeth
|
$600
[3]
"Lather. Rinse. Save the world" advertised this Adam Sandler comedy
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
|
$400
[22]
Drink (or eat) deep, my dear, for I have brought deep-fried this drink, "the real thing", from the state fair of Texas
Coke
Aaron
|
$400
[26]
These long distance travelers may be dirty ice balls or icy dirt balls
comets
Tom
Elizabeth
|
$400
[5]
Spell check keeps trying to change Antietam into this long-snouted insectivore that comes in giant & 3 other species
an anteater
Tom
|
$400
[10]
He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased
Mark Antony
Tom
|
|
$600
[16]
He won for his novel "The Day of the Jackal" & the short story "There Are No Snakes in Ireland"
(Frederick) Forsyth
Elizabeth
|
$800
[2]
This WWII film from 2008 had the tag "Many saw evil. They dared to stop it"
Valkyrie
|
$600
[23]
From this author's "The Jungle" I shall read lines like "On the killing beds you were apt to be covered with blood"
Upton Sinclair
Elizabeth
|
$600
[27]
Undetected murky stuff in the universe presumed to exist because of its gravitational effects
dark matter
Aaron
|
$600
[6]
Tried to put in the first name of Colts quarterback Manning & it turned him into this hallucinogenic cactus
peyote
Aaron
Elizabeth
|
$600
[11]
In 2005 this ex-diplomat wasn't so diplomatic, saying, "I believe Karl Rove should be fired" for outing his CIA wife, Valerie Plame
(Joseph) Wilson
Aaron
|
|
$800
[17]
Writing about the world of horse racing, he's won for "Forfeit" & "Come to Grief"
Dick Francis
Tom
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[1]
1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"
Tron
Tom
|
$800
[24]
Tonight we sup on this animal's jowls, used to flavor stews as a southern delicacy; it's a motorcycle term, too, my love
a hog
Tom
|
— |
$800
[7]
Ay, caramba! Spell check changed the last name of a 16th c. conquistador into this, an old-fashioned girdle
a corset
Elizabeth
|
$800
[12]
Jealous of this Prussian chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II sank him by forcing his resignation in 1890
Bismarck
Aaron
|
|
$1,000
[18]
He won in the Best Fact Crime category for such works as "Helter Skelter" & "Till Death Us Do Part"
Bugliosi
Tom
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
This 2009 comedy proclaimed, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"
The Hangover
Tom
|
$1,000
[28]
Indeed, I should've told you I had this "kissing disease" whose incubation period is 30-40 days; hey, where ya goin', baby?!
mononucleosis
Elizabeth
|
— |
$1,000
[8]
I want to call my girl "dollpuss", not this suggested alternative meaning large portions of sour cream
dollops
Aaron
|
$1,000
[13]
In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"
Mark Twain
Elizabeth
|
| WHERE AM I? | NO. 1 QUESTIONS | FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON | INTERNATIONAL RHYME TIME | SHAMANISM ON YOU | GETTING TICKED ON |
|
$400
[1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from near an old ship.) I'm in this country, at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde--the former seat of its kings
Denmark
Aaron
Elizabeth
|
$400
[16]
In a 1971 No. 1 hit the Bee Gees wanted to know "How can you mend" one of these
a broken heart
Tom
|
$400
[11]
You are now free to move about the country on this company's New Mexico One aircraft
Southwest
Tom
|
$400
[6]
An automobile for any former Russian emperor
a Czar car
Elizabeth
|
$400
[22]
Yikes! Among these indigenous Australians, a person is thought to become a shaman after an initiatory death
the Aborigines
Aaron
|
$400
[18]
A brown tick named for this pet has the rare ability to complete its life cycle indoors
dog
|
|
$800
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew rides the Maid of the Mist.) I'm north of the border at Niagara Falls, shared by the United States & this Canadian province
Ontario
Aaron
|
$800
[17]
In a 1995 No. 1, Bryan Adams wanted to know if you'd ever really done this
loved a woman
Tom
|
$800
[12]
In April 2008 it was announced that Northwest & this Atlanta-based airline would merge
Delta
Aaron
|
$800
[7]
A tiny New Zealander, or a tiny New Zealand bird
a peewee Kiwi
Elizabeth
|
$800
[23]
In the traditional religion of this Asian peninsula, male shamans are called Paksu
the Korean Peninsula
Aaron
|
$800
[27]
The chipping type of this common seed-eating little bird is a popular host for ticks
a sparrow
Tom
|
|
$1,600
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a cobblestone intersection.) I'm in the first French town liberated by the Allies in 1944; it's also famous for being the home of a tapestry depicting the Norman conquest
Bayeux
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[20]
In this 1960 hit, Elvis wondered if you're "sorry we drifted apart"
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
|
$1,200
[13]
On Dec. 19, 2008 this "colorful" airline became the official one for the Red Sox, though its main hub is in (gasp!) N.Y.
JetBlue
Aaron
|
DD
$1,500
[8]
Hotel foyer where British policemen like to gather
the Bobby lobby
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[24]
18th c. groups led by shamans fought over the Yenisey River in this 5 million-sq.-mi. area of North-Central Russia
Siberia
Aaron
|
$1,200
[28]
The tick species Ixodes dammini has as its favorite hosts white-footed mice & white-tailed these
deer
Tom
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks a market aisle.) I'm at Tsukiji--a seafood market that's known as a kitchen for 12 million people in this capital city
Tokyo
Aaron
|
$1,600
[21]
1984 No. 1 for Tina Turner about the thrill of boy meeting girl
"What's Love Got To Do With It"
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[14]
Logically, this Spanish airline's first flight, in 1927, was between Barcelona & Madrid
Iberia
Aaron
|
$1,600
[9]
The forehead of a German mrs.
a Frau brow
Tom
|
$1,600
[25]
The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties
a rattle (or shaker)
|
— |
|
$2,000
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a Spanish-architecture courtyard.) I'm in this Peruvian city, once the capital of an empire, & one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the western hemisphere
Cuzco
Aaron
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1961 the Shirelles noted that "Tonight the light of love is in your eyes" but wanted to know this
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[15]
Hong Kong's home carrier, in 2006 it celebrated its 60th anniversary
Cathay Pacific
|
$2,000
[10]
Japanese kimono sash for a small, spiny-finned fish
an obi goby
Aaron
|
$2,000
[26]
Shamans on this Southeast Asian peninsula, also called the Kra Peninsula, use quartz crystals for healing
the Malay Peninsula
|
— |
A trophy named for this author is awarded to anyone who breaks the record for sailing a yacht around the world
Jules Verne