Dan Katz — an assistant professor of mathematics from Greensboro, North Carolina
Kyle Hutchinson — a school of pharmacy librarian from Brookline, Massachusetts
Peter Hall — a teaching artist at a museum from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $36,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | $1,800 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
$7,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
11 R, 4 W |
| Kyle | $600 | $6,400 | $19,000 |
$19,000
New champion: $19,000 |
$16,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Dan | $1,400 | $3,200 | $9,400 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE VIKINGS | TALES FROM THE SCRIPT | 20 IS PLENTY | WHAT'S "BLACK" & "WHITE"? | READ ALL OVER | NEWSPAPERS |
|
$200
[6]
Almost a yard long, this 5-letter weapon had a decorated hilt & was often given a personal name by its Viking owner
a sword
Kyle
|
$200
[9]
Francis Ford Coppola said that to satisfy Al Pacino, he rewrote the first sequel in this series over a weekend
The Godfather
Dan
|
$200
[1]
It means that you can see from 6 meters away what should normally be seen at that distance
20/20 vision
Dan
|
$200
[14]
In Las Vegas, I tell the dealer to "hit me" when I want another card in this game
blackjack
Peter
|
$200
[23]
This Harper Lee novel has been required reading in Australian & Canadian schools as well as in the United States
To Kill a Mockingbird
Peter
|
$200
[19]
This national newspaper was first distributed in 1982 in the Baltimore & Washington areas
USA Today
Dan
|
|
$400
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In three waves, the Vikings expanded their territory; the Norwegians sailed south & west, the Swedes marched eastward, & these people raided mainland Europe as far south as the Strait of Gibraltar
the Danes
Kyle
|
$400
[10]
The script for "Casablanca" read, "Here's good luck to you, kid"; Bogart changed it to this
"Here's looking at you, kid"
Dan
|
$400
[2]
In a 19th century story, he sleeps for 20 years
Rip Van Winkle
Peter
|
$400
[15]
Embezzlement, tax evasion & mail fraud are all examples of this type of crime
white-collar
Kyle
|
$400
[24]
An Indian-born English professor had to read this first Harry Potter novel 35 times before translating it into Hindi
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Dan
|
$400
[20]
This newspaper was started at the urging of Mary Baker Eddy as a response to the sensationalism of the popular press
The Christian Science Monitor
Dan
|
|
$600
[8]
In 832 residents of Armagh on this island couldn't get a break; they were invaded by the Vikings 3 times in one month
Ireland
Dan
|
$600
[11]
This script had Indy going hand to hand against the man with the scimitar--but Harrison had food poisoning, so he just shot him
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Peter
|
$600
[3]
Jamie Oliver has an iPhone app of 20-minute these
recipes
Kyle
|
$600
[16]
Songs featured on it include "Dear Prudence" & "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
the "White Album"
Kyle
|
$600
[26]
With an e-reader edition of his "Little Red Book", you can take this chairman's quotes everywhere with you
Mao
Peter
|
$600
[21]
This paper was shut down in 1991 by Boris Yeltsin, but there have been recent incarnations
Pravda
Kyle
|
|
$800
[29]
Viking ships had sails made of this dense woven fabric; natural lanolin made the fabric water repellent
wool
Kyle
|
$800
[12]
Marlon Brando returned the script to this 1954 Elia Kazan classic unread; the part nearly went to Frank Sinatra
On the Waterfront
Peter
|
$800
[4]
Resh is the 20th letter in this alphabet
the Hebrew alphabet
Peter
|
$800
[17]
Thanks to a group of science students, in 2006 this largest mammal of Alabama became the state's official mammal
the black bear
|
$800
[27]
One of the most translated authors in the world is this founder of Dianetics & Scientology
L. Ron Hubbard
Kyle
|
$800
[22]
Days after it was founded, this Sacramento paper stung the state treasurer with an expose that got him impeached
the Bee
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Banned from Iceland for 3 years after being convicted of manslaughter, he headed to Greenland in 982
Erik the Red
Peter
|
$1,000
[13]
Ben Hecht didn't know the story, so Victor Fleming & David O. Selznick acted it out for him as he rewrote this script
Gone with the Wind
|
$1,000
[5]
20 is the number of grooves on this classical column style
Doric
Peter
Kyle
|
$1,000
[18]
Expression meaning an unwanted possession that's hard to get rid of
a white elephant
Kyle
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
In Spanish speaking countries, this 19th century novel is "Historia de Dos Ciudades"
A Tale of Two Cities
Kyle
|
$1,000
[25]
It was started on the orders of de Gaulle in 1944 to provide a respected voice
Le Monde
|
| MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY | 2001: A SPORTS ODYSSEY | PICTURE THE WORLD LEADER | CLASSICAL MUSIC | VIRAL VIDEO | XXX"O" |
|
$400
[16]
These 2 rivers meet north of the city of Basra
the Tigris & Euphrates
Kyle
|
$400
[21]
When Mr. Woods won the Masters to hold all 4 major titles at once, it was dubbed not the Grand Slam but this
the Tiger Slam
|
$400
[19]
"Good show, old man. Hey, what?"Thislabor guy took the top spot in 2007
(Gordon) Brown
Dan
|
$400
[11]
A 1786 Mozart opera concerns his nuptials
Figaro
Kyle
|
$400
[2]
There's a DVD of the PBS "American Experience" show "The Great Fever", about Walter Reed & this "colorful" viral disease
yellow fever
Kyle
|
$400
[5]
The dog that went to Oz
Toto
Dan
|
|
$800
[17]
Ras Mohammed National Park at the southern end of this peninsula was Egypt's first national park
the Sinai Peninsula
Dan
|
$800
[22]
In 2001, hehit .300 with 36 homers & appeared on Celebrity "Jeopardy!"
Mike Piazza
|
$800
[20]
The United States has had some issues with this South American man
Hugo Chavez
Peter
|
$800
[12]
In 1741, if oratorio lovers asked this composer, "Where's your 'Messiah' now?", he could say, "I just finished it"
Handel
Kyle
|
$800
[3]
Cujo had this viral disease
rabies
Kyle
|
$800
[6]
Texas city on the Rio Brazos
Waco
Dan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
The Omani peninsula of Musandam juts into this strait, an important route for oil tankers
the Strait of Hormuz
Dan
|
$1,200
[23]
Shane Battier's jersey was retired by this school before he led it to the NCAA basketball title
Duke
|
$1,200
[25]
In 2008, this African leader won election in controversial fashion
Mugabe
|
$1,200
[13]
Al Hirt jazzed up this Rimsky-Korsakov tune for the '60s "Green Hornet"' TV series
"Flight Of The Bumblebee"
Kyle
|
$1,200
[4]
nationalgeographic.com has a video about how this disease softened up the Inca, easing the Spanish conquest
smallpox
Peter
|
$1,200
[7]
He succeeded Claudius as Roman emperor
Nero
Dan
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Israel's third-largest city, this port was built on the northern slopes of Mount Carmel
Haifa
Peter
|
$1,600
[28]
This AFC East team went from last to first place on its way to its first Super Bowl title
the New England Patriots
|
$2,000
[26]
Check out this zillionaire--a European prime minister in 1994, 2001 to 2006 & again since 2008
Berlusconi
Peter
|
$1,600
[14]
He's the title guy who "spake" in an 1896 tone poem by Richard Strauss
Zarathustra
Kyle
|
$2,000
[1]
The webmd.com video archive includes one on the future of the HPV vaccine, HPV standing for human this
papilloma virus
Peter
Kyle
|
$1,600
[8]
African republic of 6 million on the Gulf of Guinea
Togo
Dan
|
|
$2,000
[29]
This country's provinces include Nabatiyeh & Beqaa
Lebanon
|
$2,000
[27]
This Aussie lliving llegend became the youngest year-end No. 1 in men's tennis history
Lleyton Hewitt
Dan
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
This Italian composer known for his Concerti Grossi, Opus 6, played violin, not mandolin
Corelli
Peter
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
"Fatal Contact" is a 2006 TV movie about this fowl disease
bird flu (avian flu)
Kyle
|
$2,000
[9]
Partisan Guerrilla leader of Yugoslavia against the Nazis in WWII
Tito
Kyle
|
She's seen wearing a rebozo in her 1937 "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky"
Frida Kahlo