Nora Corrigan — an English professor from Columbus, Mississippi
Vince Femenella — a bookseller from Brooklyn, New York
Alison Stone Roberg — an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 3-day cash winnings total $85,102)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | $4,800 | $5,800 | $13,000 |
$12,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
17 R, 0 W |
| Vince | $1,600 | $6,400 | $6,000 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nora | $2,200 | $6,000 | $14,200 |
$27,201
New champion: $27,201 |
$16,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| COLLEGE TOWNS | SPORTS QUOTES | DOUBLE TALK | SUPERMARKET SWEEP | FERROUS, BUELLER | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$200
[3]
The College of William & Mary
Williamsburg
Vince
|
$200
[17]
Told he'd tied this man with his 361st HR, Sammy Sosa asked, "That's the guy whose girlfriend was Marilyn Monroe?"
Joe DiMaggio
Vince
|
$200
[1]
A hollow-nosed bullet that expands on impact
a dumdum
Vince
|
$200
[16]
I could've had this brand's vegetable juice--instead, I'll grab its "Splash" of berry blend
V8
Vince
|
$200
[26]
Iron, which makes up 5% of the Earth's crust, is 2nd in abundance to this among metals, which must please Alcoa
aluminum
Vince
|
$200
[11]
A vodka & tomato juice drink turns into a Texas-based cosmetics giant
Bloody Mary Kay
Alison
|
|
$400
[4]
California Institute of Technology (no, not L.A.)
Pasadena
|
$400
[18]
This ex-Falcon QB who returned with the Eagles said, "I have two weapons--my legs, my arm, and my brains"
Michael Vick
Vince
|
$400
[2]
Moroccans add saffron to this semolina staple, while Algerians like to add tomatoes
couscous
Nora
|
$400
[22]
I could go for this company's root beer--it has that "frosty mug taste" & I do so like the taste of mugs
A&W
Alison
|
$400
[27]
Iron is extracted by this 8-letter industrial process with carbon & limestone; I'm this process! Thiiiis processss...
smelting
Vince
Nora
|
$400
[12]
"Tainted Love" band's pocket communicator
Soft Cell phone
Alison
|
|
$600
[5]
DePaul University
Chicago
Vince
|
$600
[19]
Ike Taylor of this Bill Cowher-coached NFL team said, "You only get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so many times"
Pittsburgh Steelers
Vince
|
$600
[8]
A soft sound separate from normal heart action; it may indicate a serious problem
a murmur
Alison
|
$600
[23]
I just got off this paper towel brand's website, quickerpickerupper.com
Bounty
Alison
|
$600
[28]
Pale to brassy yellow, this item, half iron & half sulfur, is sometimes called fool's gold
pyrite
Nora
|
$600
[13]
Bonus work in school that nets you a piece of plastic from Visa
extra credit card
Vince
|
|
$800
[6]
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa (Oklahoma)
Nora
|
$800
[20]
Meeting Joe Garagiola Jr., this ex-president said, "I'm always suspicious of guys who've got a famous father"
George Walker Bush
Vince
|
$800
[9]
Oxford lays claim to a head & a foot of one of these extinct birds
the dodo
Alison
|
$800
[24]
By 1962 this brand "summited" & became the best-selling toothpaste in the U.S.--guess I won't be setting a trend if I buy some
Crest
Nora
|
$800
[29]
Mesabi & Vermilion are historically rich iron ranges in this state
Minnesota
Nora
|
$800
[14]
This leader of the Autobots' factors are itself & one
Optimus Prime number
Alison
|
|
$1,000
[7]
The University of Arkansas (main campus)
Fayetteville
Nora
|
$1,000
[21]
This golfer told a men's magazine he doesn't go to the gym because "they won't let me smoke in there"
John Daly
Vince
|
$1,000
[10]
This German city's Roman baths were built during the reign of Caracalla
Baden-Baden
Alison
|
$1,000
[25]
The heck with the diet! I'm buyin' Vaanillaa Swiss Aalmond ice cream from this braand founded by Reuben Mattus
Häagen-Dazs
Vince
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
An olden theory said that when metallic iron loses its phlogiston, it becomes this remnant we know as an oxide
rust
Nora
|
$1,000
[15]
Any carbonated beverage that's "all around the mulberry bush"
soda Pop Goes the Weasel
Alison
|
| WORLD WAR II | PLEAS & CARATS | FAMOUS LAST WORDS | I LOVE A MYSTERY | HERE'S 2 "U" | MR. ROBINSON |
|
$400
[16]
In March 1942 Hitler approved Operation Aida, an offensive by Rommel to cross North Africa to this river
Nile
Vince
|
$400
[21]
Henry David Thoreau's 1859 essay "A Plea for" this Harpers Ferry guy didn't work; he was executed
John Brown
Alison
|
$400
[5]
A woman facing the guillotine, 1793:"Farewell, my children, I go to rejoin your father"
Marie Antoinette
Vince
|
$400
[11]
This detective was 18 when she began her career in "The Secret of the Old Clock", so she's 98 today
Nancy Drew
Alison
|
$400
[1]
This grandfather clock part moves to & fro by the action of gravity & acquired momentum
pendulum
Vince
|
$400
[30]
1935's "The Little Colonel" contains the scene in which Bill Robinson tap dances up & down the stairs with her
Shirley Temple
Vince
|
|
$800
[17]
To help the war effort, this composer wrote "Any Bonds Today?" for the Treasury Department
Irving Berlin
|
$800
[22]
The 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond was cut into more than 100 smaller gems that are now part of this royal collection
the British Crown Jewels
Vince
|
$800
[7]
A composer, 1827:"I shall hear in heaven"
Beethoven
Alison
|
$800
[12]
In this Dashiell Hammett novel, Effie Perine describes her boss' client by saying, "She's a knockout"
The Maltese Falcon
Alison
|
$800
[2]
In German, the plural of "mother" gets this diacritical mark
umlaut
Alison
|
$800
[29]
"Before the Frost/Until the Freeze" was a 2009 double album from this band fronted by Chris Robinson
The Black Crowes
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Apanelhonors the contribution of paratroop units like the 507th, which helped beat back this German counteroffensive of December 1944
Battle of the Bulge
Vince
|
$1,200
[23]
The 4.25-carat Kahn Canary Diamond, found in Arkansas in 1977, was worn by her to her husband's inaugurations
Hillary Clinton
Alison
|
$1,200
[8]
A Mexican bandito, 1923:"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something"
Pancho Villa
Nora
|
$1,200
[13]
This Agatha Christie spinster first appeared in print in the 1926 short story "The Tuesday Night Club"
Miss Marple
Nora
|
$1,200
[3]
This language of the Incas is still spoken in Peru & Ecuador
Quechua
|
$1,200
[28]
"Shop Around" was the first Top 40 hit by this group featuring Smokey Robinson
The Miracles
Alison
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In July 1942 the port of Sevastopol fell to the Germans & the rest of this peninsula soon followed
the Crimean Peninsula
Nora
|
$1,600
[24]
Spiro Agnew pleaded this, Latin for "no contest", to tax fraud charges in 1973
nolo contendere
Nora
|
$1,600
[9]
An Irish writer, 1900:"My wallpaper & I are fighting a duel to the death. One... of us has to go"
Oscar Wilde
Alison
|
$1,600
[14]
Inspector Kurt Wallander solves mysteries in this country, homeland of his creator Henning Mankell
Sweden
Vince
|
$1,600
[4]
To build up or gather, like snow
accumulate
Nora
|
$1,600
[27]
The middle initial of this movie actor known for playing gangsters stood for Goldenberg
Edward G. Robinson
Vince
|
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
The final land battle of WWII was fought on this island in the Ryukyus in June 1945
Okinawa
Nora
|
$2,000
[25]
Chief Pleas is the parliament of Sark, one of these islands between England & France
the Channel Islands
Nora
|
$2,000
[10]
An admiral, 1805:"Thank God, I have done my duty"
Horatio Nelson
Vince
Nora
|
$2,000
[15]
This John D. MacDonald shamus living in the Fort Lauderdale Marina considers himself to be a "salvage consultant"
Travis McGee
|
DD
$4,000
[6]
The name of this branch of math comes from the Latin for "small stone"
calculus
Vince
|
$2,000
[26]
Walker Smith used this name as a professional boxer
Sugar Ray Robinson
Vince
|
1 of the 2 largely German-speaking monarchies in the world; they're about 250 miles apart
(1 of) Liechtenstein & Luxembourg