Meg Miller — a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts
Markus Iturriaga — an IT administrator from Knoxville, Tennessee
Jen Fick — a records manager from Bethesda, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen | $2,800 | $6,400 | $6,000 |
$11,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Markus | $1,600 | $5,400 | $10,200 |
$5,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Meg | $2,200 | $5,100 | $13,900 |
$12,900
New champion: $12,900 |
$13,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| AGRICULTURE | YOU CAN CALL ME "AL" | OFF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST | JANET RENO'S DANCE PARTY | RAY LaHOOD'S TRANSPO-LOOZA | MITCH McCONNELL'S KENTUCKY MEGAMIX |
|
$200
[8]
Iowa is the USA's leading producer of this "pop"ular crop
corn
Jen
|
$200
[3]
A dead end lane, or a line of thought that leads no where, is called a blind this
an alley
Meg
|
$200
[13]
This American crocodilian has wrestled its way back from the brink
the alligator
Markus
|
$200
[14]
Playing Janet Reno on "SNL", he repeatedly accused teens of lying during "Teen Talk" & threatened them with physical harm
Will Ferrell
|
$200
[19]
In Jan. 2010, D.O.T. Sec. Ray LaHood announced he was sending 5 Merchant Marine vessels to help with relief in this country
Haiti
Jen
|
$200
[1]
Though Alabama-born, senator Mitch McConnell is big in Kentucky & has a park named for him in this "green" city
Bowling Green
|
|
$400
[9]
Double whoa! The highest grade of egg is this
AA
|
$400
[4]
Italian for "to the tooth", it describes pasta cooked to be firm
al dente
Jen
|
$400
[27]
The red one of these marsupials hopped off the list in 1995
the red kangaroo
Meg
|
$400
[15]
The real Janet Reno made a "Dance Party" appearance on Jan. 20, 2001, hours after she left this job
Attorney General
Jen
|
$400
[20]
In 2009, Sec. LaHood announced $36 million in light rail funding to link Sky Harbor Airport & Sun Devil Stadium in this state
Arizona
Markus
|
$400
[2]
In 1786 the Virginia legislature established this as a town, before Kentucky became a state; it's now Kentucky's capital
Frankfort
Meg
|
|
$600
[10]
The best soil for most plants & soil organisms is this sand, silt & clay mixture whose name is akin to "lime"
loam
Meg
|
$600
[5]
It designates both a constellation's brightest star & the head male in a group
alpha
Markus
|
$600
[28]
The brown one of these pouched birds is being delisted as it has bounced back from DDT devastation
the pelican
Meg
|
$600
[16]
Janet was opposed to slam-dancing teens forming this type of "pit"--after all, the party was in the basement of her house
a mosh pit
Markus
|
$600
[21]
In 2009, Sec. LaHood committed $900 million to a Metrorail project connecting Washington, D.C. to this airport
Dulles
Jen
|
$600
[24]
It's believed Stephen Foster wrote this, now Kentucky's state song, after a brief stay in Bardstown
"My Old Kentucky Home"
Meg
|
|
$800
[11]
This alliterative type of crop keeps soil from eroding & weeds from growing during the winter
a cover crop
Markus
|
$800
[6]
This bronchodilator helps ease breathing during an asthma attack
albuterol
Jen
|
$800
[29]
Some say that "Ginny", the West Virginia northern flying this rodent, was delisted too soon & still needs protection
a squirrel
Markus
|
$800
[17]
In 1997 Janet challenged this then-NYC mayor to a boxing match (& kneed him downstairs--Janet boxed dirty)
(Rudy) Giuliani
Jen
|
$800
[22]
When British Airways mistakenly offered a $40 fare from the U.S. to this subcontinent, the D.O.T. required B.A. to pony up
India
Meg
|
$1,000
[26]
Founded in 1775, this city, home to Transylvania U., was named for an American Revolution battle site
Lexington
Jen
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Despite its name, this fruit is not a berry in the botanical sense, as the seeds are on the outside
a strawberry
Jen
|
$1,000
[7]
From the French for "others", this word is the opposite of egoist
altruist
Meg
|
$1,000
[30]
Canis lupus, it's off the list in Montana & Idaho & may be back in some ranchers' sights
the grey wolf (or the timber wolf)
Markus
|
$1,000
[18]
M-m-m-my goodness, the "Dance Party" theme song is this 1979 No. 1 hit by The Knack
"My Sharona"
Markus
|
$1,000
[23]
In announcing a program aimed at parents, Sec. LaHood said that one of these "cannot do its job if it's not used"
the car seat (or the child safety seat)
Jen
Meg
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
This 981-mile river forms Kentucky's northern border & empties into the Mississippi
the Ohio
Meg
|
| COMMANDERS AT WAR | TWICE-TOLD TALES | 19th CENTURY OPERA | x 2 | WHO KILLED ME, SHAKESPEARE? | PACIFIC STANDARD RHYME TIME |
|
$400
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) At the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C., the Macedonian cavalry attacked the Persian left flank, then wheeled around to complete a smashing triumph for this great general
Alexander the Great
Meg
|
$400
[6]
This 1960 Hitchcock classic was remade in 1998; Marion still hadn't learned to stay out of the shower
Psycho
Markus
|
$400
[1]
When this opera opens, a cigarette girl tells soldiers she is looking for a corporal named Jose
Carmen
Meg
|
$400
[11]
In a bowling game, it's a perfect score x 2
600
|
$400
[12]
Banquo--this guy who sent the hitmen, though he also got his own hands bloody
Macbeth
Meg
|
$400
[17]
A reminder of the past in the city of the NBA's Kings
a Sacramento memento
Meg
|
|
$800
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) At the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz, enticing the Allies to attack his right flank, this commander's army stormed the center high ground & smashed the Allies
Napoléon Bonaparte
Markus
|
$800
[7]
"Bedtime Story", starring Brando & Niven as Riviera con men, came back as this Steve Martin-Michael Caine duet
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Markus
|
$800
[2]
He began writing "Die Meistersinger" in 1845 as a companion piece to "Tannhauser", but didn't finish it until 1867
(Richard) Wagner
Markus
|
$800
[26]
It's the total number of sides on an octagon & a nonagon x 2
34
Jen
|
$800
[13]
Tybalt, who shouldn't have mouthed off
Romeo
Jen
Meg
|
$800
[18]
Fine dining in the city where the University of Oregon has its main campus
Eugene cuisine
|
|
$1,600
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) In June 1950, North Korea launched a surprise attack deep into South Korea; the tables turned in September, when MacArthur's UN forces made a surprise landing at this port city
Inchon
|
$1,200
[8]
The plot of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" was reused in this 1978 comedy starring Warren Beatty
Heaven Can Wait
Meg
|
$1,200
[3]
In this 1892 Leoncavallo opera, the clowns enter an Italian village in a parade led by a donkey cart
Pagliacci ( Il Pagliacci accepted)
Markus
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
It's the number of stars & stripes on the U.S. flag x 2
126
Jen
|
$1,200
[14]
Hamlet Sr., who for a dead guy, is still pretty spry as the ghost
Claudius
Meg
|
$1,200
[19]
A motor home parked in California's second-largest city
a San Diego Winnebago
Markus
|
|
DD
$2,400
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) Pilots still use the World War II weaving tactic by which a pilot lures a pursuing enemy plane into another plane's gun sights; it was invented to combat this highly maneuverable Japanese fighter
the Mitsubishi Zero
Markus
|
$1,600
[9]
Laurence Fishburne & Stephen Baldwin starred in "Fled", a remake of this Sidney Poitier-Tony Curtis film
The Defiant Ones
|
$1,600
[4]
This Rossini opera was first performed under an Italian title meaning "Almaviva, the useless precaution"
The Barber of Seville
Meg
|
— |
$1,600
[15]
Emilia--her husband, also pretty much responsible for the title guy's suicide
Iago
|
$1,600
[20]
Bovines in Washington's "Emerald City"
Seattle cattle
Jen
|
| — |
$2,000
[10]
You know who I really like? Me! Howard Hawks remade his own "Rio Bravo" as this golden Western just 8 years later
El Dorado
|
$2,000
[5]
When 1st produced, this Verdi opera known as "the strayed one" was a failure, due in part to contemporary costumes
La Traviata
Meg
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
Lavinia & Tamora, among others; he's also quite the cook
Titus Andronicus
Markus
|
$2,000
[21]
A woman resembling a Roman love goddess in a California city, "the Salad Bowl of the World"
a Salinas Venus
Meg
|
As of 2010 it's the only current NFC team that has never played in the Super Bowl
the Detroit Lions