J.R. Lind — a newspaper reporter from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Felicia Ko — a stay-at-home mom from Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
Jeff Johnson — a transcriber from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | $200 | $2,200 | $10,600 |
$14,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
11 R, 1 W |
| Felicia | $3,600 | $8,200 | $14,200 |
$22,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| J.R. | $2,600 | $5,000 | $14,600 |
$28,401
New champion: $28,401 |
$14,600
25 R, 2 W |
| IT BORDERS INDIA | CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES | OCCUPATIONS | & CROWN THY GOOD | WITH BROTHERHOOD | FROM T TO SHINING T |
|
$200
[1]
Of the 6 nations India borders, this one is the most populous
China
J.R.
|
$200
[4]
It's "finger lickin' good!"
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Felicia
|
$200
[11]
Prep & line are types of this 4-letter job
cook (or chef)
J.R.
|
$200
[26]
In 336 B.C. at age 20, he succeeded his murdered father as Macedonia's king & was just super...wait, that's not the right word
Alexander the Great
Felicia
|
$200
[16]
Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009
Jonas
Felicia
|
$200
[21]
On TV, apparently both America & Britain's "Got" this, a special natural ability
talent
J.R.
|
|
$400
[2]
The disputed ownership of the Kashmir region is a sore spot between India & this smaller neighbor
Pakistan
J.R.
|
$400
[5]
"When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight"
FedEx
Felicia
|
$400
[12]
Of chairs, chicken or chinos, what you're most likely to haul if you drive a reefer truck
chicken
J.R.
|
$400
[27]
In 1696 this Russian czar conquered the Ottoman port of Azov on the Black Sea; awesome! Again the wrong word
Peter the Great
Jeff
|
$400
[17]
Originally formed as a trio in Gary, Indiana in 1963, these singing siblings gained fame as a quintet
the Jacksons
J.R.
|
$400
[22]
It gains you admission to the ballgame; Yeah, that's the...
ticket
J.R.
|
|
$600
[3]
On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989
Myanmar (or Burma)
Felicia
|
$600
[6]
"Is it live or is it" this?
Memorex
Jeff
Felicia
|
$600
[13]
Broadly used, this term can include nurses & therapists, but it often refers just to emergency personnel
paramedics
J.R.
|
$600
[28]
In 1905 Haakon VII was chosen king by the people & parliament of this country after its separation from Sweden
Norway
Jeff
|
$600
[18]
Twin brothers Matthew & Gunnar, Ozzie & Harriet's grandsons, had hits in the '90s under this name
Nelson
J.R.
|
$600
[23]
Proverbially, you can have one of these "in a teacup"
a tempest
Felicia
|
|
$800
[8]
The Ganges River flows through India into this neighbor, where it reaches the Bay Of Bengal
Bangladesh
Felicia
|
$800
[7]
"The ultimate driving machine"
BMW
Jeff
|
$800
[14]
A pro sports broadcasting duo consists of a play-by-play announcer & the analyst called this man
a color commentator
J.R.
|
$800
[29]
George I, king of this country from 1863 to 1913, supported a movement to revive the Olympics, abolished in 393
Greece
J.R.
|
$800
[19]
2 motorcycle accidents, a year apart & 3 blocks from each other, claimed 2 lives of this "Ramblin' Man" band
the Allman Brothers
Felicia
|
$800
[24]
Elephants call each other with this instrument (but not literally, except maybe at Ringling Bros.)
a trumpet
Felicia
|
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
This nation to India's north is also the only other nation with a Hindu population of more than 80%
Nepal
Felicia
|
$1,000
[10]
"Solutions for a small planet"
IBM
J.R.
|
$1,000
[15]
Someone employed in rousting game so it can be shot; he doesn't necessarily go "around the bush"
a beater
J.R.
|
$1,000
[30]
The heroic 480 B.C. death of this king of Sparta at Thermopylae made him famous; c'mon, one of you saw "300", right?
Leonidas
Jeff
|
$1,000
[20]
The Dust Brothers produced this sibling band's "Middle Of Nowhere" which featured "MMMBop"
Hanson
Felicia
|
$1,000
[25]
Also meaning "touch", it's a keen sense of what to say to avoid giving offense
tact
Felicia
|
| RUSSIAN LITERATURE | CINEMA OF "BLOOD" | SURVIVAL AT SEA | PARTS OF THE WHOLE | PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS | EPONYMS |
|
$400
[28]
In this 1866 Dostoevsky novel, a student named Raskolnikov murders an old woman pawnbroker & her sister
Crime and Punishment
J.R.
|
$400
[20]
Daniel Day-Lewis starred in this 2008 Oscar-winning adaptation of an Upton Sinclair novel
There Will Be Blood
Jeff
|
$400
[8]
Steven Callahan drifted for 76 days & 1,800 miles on one of these he called Rubber Ducky III
an inflatable raft
J.R.
|
$400
[3]
Jamb, hinge
a door
J.R.
|
$400
[30]
Nobelist George Thomson is the son of J.J. Thomson, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered this negative particle
electron
J.R.
|
$400
[13]
From the disciple who betrayed Jesus, it's one who betrays a friend for some reward
a Judas
J.R.
|
|
$800
[29]
By 1890 this author & playwright had written hundreds of short stories, including "The Steppe"
Chekhov
Jeff
|
$800
[22]
Leonardo DiCaprio's African jewel smuggler gains a conscience in this film
Blood Diamond
Jeff
|
$800
[9]
Capsized off Georges Bank, Ernie Hazard survived 2 days in his underwear in this ocean
Atlantic Ocean
J.R.
|
$800
[4]
Cheek strap, snaffle rein
horse tack
J.R.
|
$800
[1]
Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar
fermentation
|
$800
[14]
This religious sect living primarily in Ohio & southeast Pennsylvania gets its name from a 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop
the Amish
J.R.
|
|
$1,200
[25]
Wounded in World War I, Yuri Zhivago is nursed back to health by this woman who was to become his mistress
Lara
J.R.
|
$1,200
[27]
Sylvester Stallone played Vietnam vet John Rambo in this 1982 film
First Blood
J.R.
|
$1,200
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Richard Van Pham, who originally set sail from Long Beach, heading for Catalina got blown just a bit off course, & after four months, ended up near this country
Costa Rica
Jeff
|
$1,200
[5]
1 coiled shell, 1 foot
a snail
J.R.
|
$1,200
[2]
In 1915 William H, & William L. Bragg shared the prize for their analysis of the structure of crystals via this type of image
x-ray
Felicia
|
$1,200
[15]
This screw with a cross-slotted head (& the needed screwdriver) was invented by a Portland man in 1936
Phillips
Felicia
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Lev Rubin in this Soviet dissident's "The First Circle" was based on 1960s Russian civil rights figure Lev Kopelev
Solzhenitsyn
Jeff
|
$1,600
[26]
The Coen brothers debuted with this murderous Texas noir tale
Blood Simple
Jeff
Felicia
|
$1,600
[11]
This "ancient mariner" bird is the title of Deborah Scaling Kiley's "True Story Of A Woman's Survival At Sea"
an albatross
Felicia
|
$1,600
[6]
Mercury bulb, scale
a thermometer
J.R.
|
$1,600
[18]
Last name of father & son Niels & Aage, who both won the Nobel Prize in Physics; Aage was born the year his dad won
Bohr
Felicia
|
$2,000
[17]
Inventor & shirtmaker S.L. Cluett's first name gives us this process for minimizing fabric shrinkage
Sanforizing
J.R.
|
|
$2,000
[23]
This "Taras Bulba" author wrote his masterpiece "Dead Souls" while living in Rome
(Nikolay) Gogol
Jeff
|
$2,000
[21]
Movie in which Jean-Claude Van Damme wins a secret martial arts tournament
Bloodsport
J.R.
|
DD
$2,500
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Better at navigating than handling subordinates, he was put adrift in a 20-foot boat in 1789 & sailed 3,600 miles from near Tonga to Timor
Captain Bligh
Felicia
|
$2,000
[7]
Balk line spot, center pocket
a pool table
Felicia
|
$2,000
[19]
Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this
RNA
|
DD
$2,500
[16]
The name of this Trojan prince who was killed by Achilles is now used as a verb meaning to bully
Hector
Felicia
|
Frank Sinatra came out of retirement to sing their praises: "They're both unique... the Quaker & the Greek"
Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew