Cheryl Parrott — a biomedical writer from Frederick, Maryland
Shaun Desmond — a marketing consultant from Santa Monica, California
Cathy Melocik — an editor for a business school from Wilder, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy | $4,000 | $10,800 | $21,500 |
$21,601
2-day champion: $46,002 |
$23,000
27 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shaun | $1,800 | $2,000 | $6,800 |
$13,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
12 R, 0 W |
| Cheryl | $2,200 | $3,600 | $10,800 |
$13,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
13 R, 1 W |
| THE IMMUNE SYSTEM | ETCHED IN STONE | FOOD SCIENCE | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | THE BOSS | BORN TO "RUN" |
|
$200
[2]
Natural killer cells target other cells that pose a danger, as in this, the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S.
cancer
Shaun
|
$200
[24]
The inscription on the London statue of this man seenherereads, "There is no darkness but ignorance"
Shakespeare
Shaun
|
$200
[15]
To combat hypothyroidism, iodine was first added in the 1920s to this common seasoning
salt
Shaun
|
$200
[1]
After a 1976 gig in Memphis, Bruce scaled the wall of this music icon's home & was busted by a security guard
Elvis Presley
Cheryl
|
$200
[9]
The boss is vacationing with Diddy & taking in a film festival in this French resort city on the Gulf of Napoule
Cannes
Shaun
|
$200
[10]
A meal served at 11:00 A.M. on a Sunday
brunch
Cathy
|
|
$400
[5]
Interferons interfere with the replication of these organisms that live in cells, so only 1 at a time can get you
viruses
Cheryl
|
$400
[25]
The inscription above this man's D.C. memorial starts, "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."
Jefferson
Cathy
|
$400
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a slice of bread toasted to golden brown.) Toastingbreadis actually a chemical reaction where this element, from the Latin for "charcoal", is released from the starch & sugar during the heating process
carbon
Cheryl
|
$400
[3]
In July of 1984 this Boss album began a 7-week stay atop the charts; it stayed on the survey for 139 weeks
Born in the U.S.A.
Cathy
|
$400
[16]
The boss wants to see you; seems you've been online playing a lot of this "stately" card game with a "river" & "turn"
Texas hold 'em
Shaun
|
$400
[11]
"I ran with llamas & bought 22 6-packs & went skydiving with Beyonce & Jay-Z was upset with me" is this type of sentence
a run-on sentence
Cathy
|
|
$600
[6]
Lysozyme found in these secretions destroys bacteria that attack the cornea
tears
Cathy
|
$600
[26]
Underneath thesculptureof Ramses II and his falcon god friend is an example of this type of writing
hieroglyphics
Cathy
|
$600
[21]
When heated, the moisture turns to steam & explodes the shell, turning this snack inside out
popcorn
Cathy
|
$600
[4]
In an unprecedented move in 1975, these 2 rival news magazines both featured cover stories on Bruce
Newsweek & Time
Cheryl
|
$600
[17]
The boss isn't so tech-savvy; he just said to send a telegram using this company, which sent its last one on Jan. 27, 2006
Western Union
Cathy
|
$600
[12]
Meaning sulky or peevish, this 11-letter word seems to precede "ex-employee" a lot
disgruntled
Cathy
|
| — |
$800
[27]
Outside the building where this group meets is astatue with a tablet that reads "Lex", Latin for "law"
the U.S. Supreme Court
Cathy
|
$800
[22]
1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains 5 billion units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteria
yogurt
Cathy
|
$800
[7]
On August 11, 1989 Bruce joined this noted drummer onstage for 4 songs, including "With A Little Help From My Friends"
Ringo Starr
Cathy
|
$800
[18]
The boss has lots of stories from his years at this insurance company that's "Like a good neighbor"
State Farm
Cathy
|
$800
[13]
You're said to do this to "numbers" when processing a large amount of data
crunch
Shaun
|
| — |
$1,000
[28]
"The Union must and shall be preserved" is under this man'sstatuein New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Cheryl
|
DD
$1,200
[23]
From the French for "sour wine", this liquid will go bad over time, so it should be stored in a cool, dark place
vinegar
Cathy
|
$1,000
[8]
Bruce's 2006 album "We Shall Overcome" paid tribute to this folk music legend who turned 87 that year
Pete Seeger
Cathy
|
$1,000
[19]
The boss is scaring me; he's acting weird & and growing his nails long, like this guy who sold his TWA shares for $500 million in 1966
Howard Hughes
Cathy
|
$1,000
[14]
This small, silvery food fish spawns at high tide in wet sand
a grunion
Cheryl
|
| THE NOVEL'S LAST LINE | THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL | MOUNTAIN COUNTRY | DREAMS OF FIELDS | WOULD-BE ASSASSINS | T-N-C |
|
$400
[16]
"And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, every one!"
A Christmas Carol
Cathy
|
$400
[12]
In "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", this actor asks, "Want a Twinkie, Genghis Khan?"
Keanu Reeves
Shaun
|
$400
[7]
16,945-foot Ararat
Turkey
Cathy
|
$400
[1]
On Sept. 1, 1944 Bernard Montgomery was promoted to this rank
field marshal
Cathy
|
$400
[30]
Rudolf-Christoph Gersdorff was one of several trying to kill this man in 1943
Hitler
Shaun
|
$400
[6]
A loose-fitting cloak extending to the hips or knees
a tunic
Shaun
|
|
$800
[17]
"He loved Big Brother"
1984
Cathy
|
$800
[13]
In a stretch from his normal cowboy roles, this Hollywood legend played Genghis Khan in 1956's "The Conqueror"
John Wayne
Cathy
|
$800
[8]
Mount Cook, aka Aorangi
New Zealand
Cheryl
|
$800
[2]
Britannica says this '30s film star was famed "for his distinctive nasal voice... and his fondness for alcohol"
W.C. Fields
Cheryl
|
$800
[29]
Police reportedly arrested every dwarf in London after John Bean tried to kill her in 1842
Queen Victoria
Cheryl
|
$800
[22]
A long, steep-sided depression in the ground or the ocean floor
a trench
Shaun
|
|
$1,200
[18]
"...I even think of old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty"
On the Road
|
DD
$1,500
[14]
A 1959 Japanese film about Genghis Khan starring Hashizo Okawa was titled "King of" this ethnic group
the Mongols
Cathy
|
$1,200
[9]
19,551-foot Mount Logan
Canada
|
$1,200
[3]
in Matthew 27:7 "They took counsel, and bought with them" this "field, to bury strangers in"
Potter's field
Cathy
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1878 Max Hodel & Karl Nobiling both tried to assassinate this German monarch
Kaiser Wilhelm
Cheryl
|
$1,200
[25]
Instability in the atmosphere that means it's time to buckle your airplane seatbelt
turbulence
Shaun
|
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
"It was the... Rachel, that in her search after her missing children, only found another orphan"
Moby-Dick
Cathy
|
$1,600
[15]
Robert Morley played the Chinese Emperor & this Egyptian actor played the title character in 1965's "Genghis Khan"
Omar Sharif
Cheryl
|
$1,600
[10]
Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
Shaun
Cheryl
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1485 Henry Tudor joined local commanders at Milford Haven in Wales, then took on Richard III at this fateful field
Bosworth Field
Cheryl
|
$1,600
[27]
This magazine publisher was shot and wounded by serial would-be assassin Joseph Franklin in 1978
Larry Flynt
Cathy
|
$1,600
[24]
From the Latin for "dyeing", it's a medicine used in small amounts, consisting of an extract in solution
tincture
Cathy
|
|
$2,000
[20]
"One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet?'"
Slaughterhouse-Five
Cheryl
|
$2,000
[21]
This colorful army "of Genghis Khan" rolled forth on the big screen in 1951 with Marvin Miller as the great leader
The Golden Horde
|
$2,000
[11]
The summit of Aconcagua
Argentina
|
$2,000
[5]
John McCrae wrote "In" these "Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row"
Flanders
Cathy
|
$2,000
[26]
in 1933 Guiseppe Zangara killed the mayor of Chicago but failed to kill this target
FDR
|
$2,000
[23]
The act of abstaining from excess or an anti-alcohol movement of the late 19th century
temperance
Cathy
|
This corps' motto is "Building strong"
the Army Corps of Engineers