Cara Colville — a behavior interventionist from Houston, Texas
Jeff Gordon — a biotech consultant originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas
Steven Milton — a legal case assistant from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven | $3,800 | $7,000 | $14,800 |
$3,599
2-day champion: $30,299 |
$17,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeff | $2,600 | $5,000 | $10,200 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
16 R, 2 W |
| Cara | $400 | $2,800 | $13,000 |
$1,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| REPTILES | ALSO A GIRL'S NAME | THE FASTING & THE FURIOUS | I'M SEEING COLORS | FAUX PAS | REAL "PA"s |
|
$200
[3]
The green anole is often mislabeled in pet stores as this color-changing lizard
a chameleon
Cara
|
$200
[2]
A small, freshwater stream, perhaps babbling
a brook
Jeff
|
$200
[1]
He fasted, furiously but nonviolently, in 1924, 1932, 1947 & 1948
Gandhi
Jeff
|
$200
[12]
Raven or jet
black
Steven
|
$200
[15]
Say "best wishes" to this person; "congratulations" implies she's won something, rather than being won
the bride
Cara
|
$200
[6]
In 2009 this college football coaching legend turned 83 & went 11-2
Joe Paterno
Steven
|
|
$400
[4]
Though most worm lizards resemble worms in not having these, the ajolote worm lizard has 2 little front ones
feet (or legs)
Steven
|
$400
[16]
It used to mean to woo or court; now it means take to court
sue
Steven
|
$400
[8]
In 2009 a Johannesburg TV producer staged a 30-day fast to protest cutbacks in this nation's broadcasting
South Africa
Steven
|
$400
[13]
Alabaster or bone
white
Steven
|
$400
[26]
Per "Emily Post's Etiquette", a woman dancing "may not refuse to change partners when another" does this
cuts in
Jeff
|
$400
[7]
This actress is the mother of James Wilkie Broderick
Sarah Jessica Parker
|
|
$600
[5]
The tuatara, Maori for "having spines", is found only on islands off the coast of this country
New Zealand
Jeff
|
$600
[17]
It precedes mater when referring to one's former school
alma
Jeff
|
$600
[9]
Bobby Sands, an officer in this "Army", died in 1981 following a 66-day hunger strike at the Maze Prison near Belfast
the Irish Republican Army
Steven
|
$600
[14]
Mandarin or pumpkin
orange
Jeff
|
$600
[27]
Air travel no-no: wrestle for 10 minutes during boarding with a bag too big for these 2 possible spots
the overhead compartment or under the seat
Cara
|
$600
[21]
This film, theater & "Criminal Minds" actor is also an interpreter of song standards, sometimes in Yiddish
Mandy Patinkin
Jeff
|
|
$800
[18]
Sunbeam snakes are so called because these sparkle in the light
scales
Steven
|
$800
[20]
A female donkey
a jenny
Jeff
Cara
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1917 Alice Paul, arrested while agitating for this constitutional amendment, was force fed to end her hunger strike
the 19th Amendment
Jeff
|
$800
[24]
Dresden or cobalt
blue
Cara
|
$800
[28]
A study at Clemson found that this George Costanza move really does add thousands of bacteria to the salsa
double-dipping
Jeff
|
$800
[22]
In 2009, at age 91, this 1960s "Jeopardy!" announcer was still the voice of "Saturday Night Live"
Don Pardo
Cara
|
|
$1,000
[19]
The Chinese alligator is confined to a small area in the valley of this longest Chinese river
the Yangtze
Steven
|
$1,000
[23]
"And then there's" this shawl or wrap, made of gray striped plaid, that's worn in Scotland
maud
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
Lt. Colonel Thileepan of the Tamil Tigers starved himself to death in a 1987 hunger strike on this island
Sri Lanka
Steven
|
$1,000
[25]
Slate or mouse
gray
Cara
|
$1,000
[30]
Applauding between these, customarily not done, is encouraged by some orchestras as a sign of enthusiasm
movements
Steven
|
$1,000
[29]
On her first visit to NYC in 1964, signs for a big musical made her say, "They must have been waiting for me!"
Dolly Parton
|
| AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP | EUROPEAN COUNTRY BY CITIES | PEOPLES MAGAZINE | KITTY LIT | BACKWORDS |
|
$400
[1]
A seaplane called the Campania was designed to take off from the deck of this; seems to defeat the purpose of a seaplane
an aircraft carrier
Steven
|
$400
[11]
Trainer Angelo Dundee was in this champ's corner from 1960 to his 1981 fight with Trevor Berbick
Muhammad Ali
Steven
|
$400
[4]
Graz, Salzburg
Austria
Jeff
|
$400
[16]
The cover of the mag shows Puget Sound's Puyallup tribe practicing this traditional main occupation
fishing
Cara
|
$400
[21]
This Dr. Seuss feline said, "I always pick up all my playthings, and so... I will show you another good trick that I know"
the Cat in the Hat
Cara
|
$400
[26]
The mood was one of this as the Moon broke from its orbit & hurtled toward Earth
doom
Jeff
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Structurally, the Fokker Dr. I was this type of plane design (hint: the 320 built had a total of 960 wings)
a triplane
Jeff
|
$800
[12]
Damon Runyon gave this champ the nickname "Manassa Mauler", Manassa being the Colorado town where he was born
Jack Dempsey
|
$800
[5]
Bergen, Trondheim
Norway
Steven
|
$800
[17]
The Coroado people of this South American country's Atlantic coast admit it: linguistically, "I'm Ge"
Brazil
Steven
|
$800
[22]
He told Alice, "We're all mad here, I'm mad, you're mad"
the Cheshire Cat
Steven
|
$800
[27]
The Internet is inundated with many things: polls. sports, games, maps, news & unfortunately, this
spam
Jeff
|
|
$1,600
[9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) The Newport 28 at the Museum of Flight was the model used by Quentin, the son of this U.S. president; Quentin was killed in aerial combat over France in July 1918
Theodore Roosevelt
Steven
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1994, at age 45, he reclaimed the title he had held 20 years earlier with a 10-round knockout of champ Michael Moorer
George Foreman
Jeff
|
$1,200
[6]
Odessa, Lviv
Ukraine
Steven
|
$1,200
[18]
Hot romance of Southern Africa; as Khoisan speakers, when the 2 started talking, sonically, really did this
clicked
Steven
|
$1,200
[23]
Tom Kitten gets rolled up in dough & is almost baked in a pudding in "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers" by this author
Beatrix Potter
Cara
|
$1,200
[28]
Bertha said it was the last straw when confronted by these in the mirror, the day before prom
warts
Steven
Jeff
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Germany's Halberstadt CL IV was powered by this engine brand named for a girl
Mercedes
|
$1,600
[14]
He retired in 1949 after an 11-year reign as champ but came out of retirement in 1950, losing to Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
Steven
|
$1,600
[7]
Charleroi, Ghent
Belgium
Jeff
|
$1,600
[19]
Hurt & angry at also being called the Kukukuku, the Anga lash out from their home on this large island north of Australia
New Guinea
Steven
Jeff
|
$1,600
[24]
In this George Selden work, Harry Cat becomes friends with Chester, a cricket from Connecticut who goes to NYC
The Cricket in Times Square
Cara
|
$1,600
[29]
The executive chef stressed to the waiters that these were going to take 15 minutes to prep
desserts
Cara
|
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
The Schutte-Lanz company also made dirigibles in Germany, but it was this company whose airships terrorized London
Zeppelin
Steven
|
$2,000
[15]
This African American's first fight after winning the title was a 1909 bout against future actor Victor McLaglen
Jack Johnson
Steven
|
$2,000
[8]
Coimbra, Aveiro
Portugal
Steven
|
$2,000
[20]
A story on a North African people is headlined "There's more to us than"this carpet
Berbers
Cara
|
$2,000
[25]
Jennyanydots is the subject of "The Old Gumbie Cat", one of 13 poems in this collection
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
The announcement rang out that the baby's mother would be repaid for this item
the diaper
Cara
|
His first name means "moderate"; sadly, immoderate drinking helped kill him in 1881 at age 42, but not on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky