Cathy Melocik — an editor for a business school from Wilder, Vermont
Sally Ronald — a graduate student in Russian studies from Portland, Indiana
Aaron Ammerman — a program analyst for the Department of Navy from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | $800 | $3,800 | $10,400 |
$14,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sally | $4,200 | $7,000 | $12,200 |
$10,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Cathy | $2,600 | $5,200 | $14,000 |
$24,401
New champion: $24,401 |
$14,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| A PARIS CHRONOLOGY | HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS | FASHION | STATE THE STATE | COOKING WEIGHTS & MEASURES | SILENT-LETTERED WORDS |
|
$200
[26]
Paris was founded around 250 B.C. by the Celtic Parisii tribe, who built a settlement on an island in this river
the Seine
Cathy
|
$200
[1]
Bo knows that this Auburn running back & Heisman winner played MLB for 8 years, hitting 141 home runs
Bo Jackson
Cathy
|
$200
[2]
Spanish name for what's basically a blanket with a hole in the center for the head
a poncho
Aaron
|
$200
[11]
This state seenhereis shaped like the letter it starts with
Louisiana
Cathy
|
$200
[21]
Traditionally, this was defined as the amount that can be taken between the thumb & forefinger
a pinch
Cathy
|
$200
[16]
Someone who repairs water pipes & bathroom fixtures
a plumber
Aaron
|
|
$400
[27]
After its forces put down a revolt led by Vercingetorix, the area came under this empire's control in 52 B.C.
Rome
Sally
|
$400
[3]
On Jan. 1, 2006 this 1984 Heisman winner from Boston College executed the first drop kick in the NFL in 65 years
(Doug) Flutie
Sally
|
$400
[5]
Often strapless & covered with beads, a clutch is one of these used in the evening
a purse
Sally
|
$400
[12]
It's bigger than it looks
Montana
Sally
|
$400
[22]
A stick of this is equivalent to 4 ounces
butter
Cathy
|
$400
[17]
In song, it was wielded by Mack
a knife
Aaron
|
|
$600
[28]
To defend Paris against attack, King Charles V built this grim fortress-prison in the 14th century
the Bastille
Cathy
|
$600
[4]
Only 2 Heisman winners have played for Navy: Joe Bellino & this man, "Roger the Dodger"
Roger Staubach
Cathy
|
$600
[7]
This pattern of numerous round spots was first used on 19th c. fashion wear & named for a Bohemian dance
polka dot
Aaron
|
$800
[14]
The Old Man used to be in the upper leftt here somewhere
New Hampshire
Cathy
|
$600
[23]
Americans using British cookbooks should know that a recipe calling for one of these is equivalent to 20 ounces, not 16
a pint
Aaron
Cathy
|
$600
[18]
5-letter word for a small morsel of bread or cake
a crumb
Sally
|
|
$800
[29]
On June 14 of this year during World War II, German troops entered Paris & would hold it for 4 years
1940
Aaron
|
$800
[6]
4 schools have had back-to-back Heisman winners: Yale, Army, Ohio State & this one with Matt Leinart & Reggie Bush
USC (University of Southern California)
Cathy
|
$800
[8]
This term for a striped tie often used to represent a snooty school comes from the word "ribbed"
rep
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Let's have the three seenherein order from north to south, please
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
Sally
|
$800
[24]
The amount of cookies produced at one baking, it's from the Old English for "bake"
a batch
Cathy
|
$800
[19]
Circular foliage arrangement used for ornamental purposes
a wreath
Sally
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Student riots in Paris in 1968 threatened to bring down this French president's government
(Charles) de Gaulle
Cathy
|
$1,000
[10]
The 2008 film "The Express" told the story of this 1961 Heisman trophy winner, the first African American to win the award
(Ernie) Davis
Sally
|
$1,000
[9]
In the 1950s, at age 23, she owned 2 London shops called Bazaar where she sold her Chelsea or mod look fashions
Mary Quant
|
$1,000
[15]
Put the three seenherein alphabetical order, please
Alabama, Iowa, Pennsylvania
Sally
|
$1,000
[25]
A dessert spoon is equivalent to 2 of these, roughly 10 milliliters in the United States
a teaspoon
Sally
|
$1,000
[20]
Hanseatic or Little
a league
Aaron
|
| PROPHET REPORT | ROCK BAND INITIALS | RED FISH, BLUE FISH | WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS | ARE YOU AN -INI? | OR AN "AUDI" |
|
$400
[7]
Muslims believe he was the last prophet of God
Muhammad
Aaron
|
$400
[2]
Down on the corner, this group was known as CCR
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Aaron
|
$400
[1]
That's not a papal advisor: it's this red fish of the family Apogonidae
a cardinal
Cathy
|
$400
[10]
If you're 62 or older & receive loans that are charged against your equity in your house, it's this type of mortgage
a reverse mortgage
Cathy
|
$400
[15]
He said getting out of a milk can was "the best escape that I have ever invented"
Houdini
Cathy
|
$400
[20]
You do it for a casting director to get a part
audition
Aaron
|
|
$800
[8]
He was called in by Belshazzar to interpret the handwriting on the wall
Daniel
Aaron
|
$800
[3]
Fans popularly refer to them as GN'R
Guns N' Roses
Aaron
|
$800
[25]
The blue species of this spear-nosed sport fish can weigh 1,000 pounds or more
a marlin
Aaron
|
$800
[11]
Add 1 letter to a Darwinian word to get this, meaning assuming characteristics of an earlier form
devolution
Sally
|
$800
[16]
He was the first of Europe's 20th century fascist dictators
Mussolini
Cathy
|
$800
[21]
A small business owner who fails to pay payroll taxes may find this person at his door
an auditor
Sally
|
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Cassandra, a prophetess of Greek myth, also appears in this Shakespeare play
Troilus and Cressida
Aaron
|
$1,200
[4]
Don't bring me down; tell me that ELO is short for this
Electric Light Orchestra
Aaron
|
$1,200
[26]
The bottom-dwelling fish named for this stinging arachnid can be red in color
a scorpion
Aaron
|
$1,200
[12]
Chronometrically speaking, in contrast to most twining vines, morning glory climbs this way
counterclockwise
Aaron
Sally
|
$1,200
[17]
Ingrid Bergman's career suffered for a time due to her affair with this Italian film director
(Roberto) Rossellini
Cathy
|
$1,200
[22]
One of these in the LDS conference center in Salt Lake City seats 21,000
auditorium
Aaron
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The so-called "Shawnee Prophet" was discredited after William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnees at this battle
Tippecanoe
Sally
|
$1,600
[5]
What would you say if I told you DMB is this
Dave Matthews Band
Sally
|
$1,600
[29]
Seen here are red & blue specimens of this combative fish, native to Thailand, maybe getting readyto rumble!
Siamese fighting fish
Cathy
|
$1,600
[13]
In psychology when a 40-year-old acts like a 10-year-old, it's called this
regression
Aaron
|
$1,600
[18]
Borromini was the greatest rival of this St. Peter's architect with a similar name
Bernini
|
$1,600
[23]
In 1934 the first 33 1/3 RPM long-playing record was one of these, for the blind
an audiobook
Sally
|
|
$1,600
[27]
The book of Lamentations is short for the Lamentations of this prophet, whose book precedes it
Jeremiah
Sally
|
$2,000
[6]
nin.com is the official website of this dark outfit
Nine Inch Nails
Aaron
|
$2,000
[30]
The sharptoothed Lutjanus campechanus is better known as this popular food fish
red snapper
Aaron
|
$2,000
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) From Earth's point of view, shown here by the red line, planets sometimes appear to reverse direction because the Earth overtakes them in their orbits; the backward motion is called this--from the Latin for "walking backward"
retrograde
Sally
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
His last name begins with the 5-letter title of a Puccini opera he conducted
(Arturo) Toscanini
Cathy
|
$2,000
[24]
After the Marines turned him down as too short, he became a WWII hero in the U.S. Army
Audie Murphy
Cathy
|
Translator Edward Fitzgerald wrote that her 1861 "death is rather a relief to me... no more Aurora Leighs, thank God"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning