Russ Porter — a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
Destiny Lilly — a casting director from New York, New York
Jelisa Castrodale — a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $39,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jelisa | $600 | $2,200 | $9,000 |
$991
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
11 R, 0 W |
| Destiny | $4,400 | $6,000 | $10,000 |
$19,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Russ | $3,600 | $5,600 | $11,500 |
$20,001
New champion: $20,001 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WIDE WORLD OF SPORES | THE COMMISH | "C"s THE DAY | BOUNCE | RHYMES WITH YELLOW | FOUND IN MONGOLIA |
|
$200
[21]
Spores are often scattered by these windblown plants: as the song says, they're "drifting along with the tumbling"...
tumbleweeds
Russ
|
$200
[1]
Roger Goodell
the NFL
Destiny
|
$200
[8]
Nixon made the second Monday of October a national holiday & called it this
Columbus Day
Destiny
|
$200
[26]
When dropped onto a granite block from 100 inches, this sport's white & yellow balls must bounce between 53" & 58"
tennis
Destiny
|
$200
[16]
It's the second-largest member of the violin family
the cello
Jelisa
|
$200
[6]
Mongolia's annual Naadam festival includes archery, wrestling & the racing of these animals
horses
Russ
|
|
$400
[22]
Spores are produced by green plants, bacteria & these, including yeasts, smuts & molds
fungi
Jelisa
|
$400
[2]
Bud Selig
Major League Baseball
Destiny
|
$400
[9]
Celebrating the 1862 Batalla de Puebla, this day is sometimes confused with Mexican Independence Day
Cinco de Mayo
Destiny
|
$400
[30]
In August 1812 a U.S. frigate got this nickname when British cannonballs were seen to bounce off its thick oak hull
the Ironsides (Old Ironsides)
Russ
|
$400
[17]
A deep shout or roar
a bellow
Jelisa
|
$400
[7]
Navigable but carrying little traffic, the Selenge River forms part of Mongolia's border with this country
Russia
Destiny
Russ
|
|
$600
[23]
Unlike gametes, spores can do this all by themselves". Hubba hubba!
reproduce
Destiny
|
$600
[3]
David Stern
the NBA
Jelisa
|
$600
[10]
In the U.S. September 17 is this day that celebrates a certain signing
the Constitution (Day)
Russ
|
$600
[29]
George Nissen & Larry Griswold made the first modern one of these in 1935 using an iron frame & a piece of canvas
a trampoline
Jelisa
|
$600
[18]
In a lyric from "The King and I", it precedes "young lovers, whoever you are"
hello
Russ
|
$600
[11]
The name of the leading Mongolian newspaper Unen, just like Pravda, translates as this
truth
Russ
|
|
$800
[24]
In trees of this cone-bearing order such as the Douglas fir, males carry micro-spores: females, megaspores
conifers
Russ
|
$800
[4]
Gary Bettman
the NHL
Destiny
|
$800
[14]
Formerly Dominion Day, it recognizes the July 1 date of the first British colony to become a dominion
Canada
Russ
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1907 the Gabriel Company received the first U.S. patent for this type of device that dampens a car's bounce
shock absorbers
Destiny
|
$800
[19]
He played a pizzeria owner in "Do the Right Thing"
Danny Aiello
Destiny
|
$800
[12]
The only international airport in Mongolia bears the name of this 13th century Mongol
Genghis Khan
Russ
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In this type of nonflowering plant, such as the staghorn, spores function much like seeds
ferns
|
$1,000
[5]
Bart Giamatti (once)
Major League Baseball
Russ
|
$1,000
[15]
For this Asian holiday, firecrackers are thought to scare away the arrival of the murderous beast Nien
Chinese New Year
Destiny
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
Radio signals were bounced off this object for the first time during Project Diana on January 10, 1946
the Moon
Destiny
|
$1,000
[20]
A peer, or a member of a college's governing board
a fellow
Destiny
|
$1,000
[13]
With more than 400 monks, Mongolia's Gandan Monastery is a leading national center of this religion
Buddhism
Destiny
|
| EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD | SITCOM CITY SETTINGS | POPULAR POETS | CONGRESSIONAL GLOSSARY | MAESTROS | FOUND IN MONGOLIA |
|
$400
[6]
In 1513, while returning to Puerto Rico from Florida, he discovered the Dry Tortugas
Ponce de Leon
Jelisa
|
$400
[2]
"Frasier"
Seattle
Jelisa
|
$400
[9]
In 1936 a Robert Frost collection sold 50,000 copies as a selection of this club
the Book of the Month Club
Russ
|
$400
[22]
It's a derogatory term meaning a foreign trip taken by members of Congress at the public expense
a junket
Russ
|
$400
[14]
This longtime maestro of the Boston Pops Orchestra is honored with an oversized bust on the Esplanade
Arthur Fiedler
Russ
|
$400
[19]
An Eskimo house
an igloo
Destiny
|
|
$800
[7]
On Sunday, September 25, 1513 he climbed a peak accompanied only by his dog & saw the Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Russ
|
$800
[1]
"The Drew Carey Show"
Cleveland
Destiny
|
$800
[12]
As Shakespeare was the Sweet this bird of Avon, Anna "Elegy on Captain Cook" Seward was this bird of Lichfield
Swan
|
$800
[24]
This passageway refers to the space dividing the majority party from the minority
the (center) aisle
Russ
|
$800
[15]
A 2002 book about this Italian-born conductor was subtitled "The NBC Years"
Arturo Toscanini
|
$800
[23]
A low volume expression of pain
a moan
Russ
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1792, when George Vancouver sailed up the west coast of North America & surveyed & named the Puget Soundfor a shipmate, he named this mountain on the mainland for a rear admiral friend
Mt. Rainier
Destiny
|
$1,200
[3]
"Laverne and Shirley" (the first 5 seasons)
Milwaukee
Jelisa
|
$1,600
[20]
Once popular, Thomas Moore is remembered for burning the memoirs of this famed poet who died in Greece
Lord Byron
|
$1,200
[26]
This synonym for "room" is used for the assembly room where senators gather on the floor to debate & vote
the Senate Chamber
|
$1,200
[16]
Associated with the New York Philharmonic for 40 years, he wrote the score to the film "On the Waterfront"
Leonard Bernstein
Russ
|
$1,200
[27]
A temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
a loan
Jelisa
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1596 Sir Walter Raleigh wrote the Book "Discoverie of Guiana", Guiana being the area between the Amazon & this river
the Orinoco
Russ
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Office"
Scranton
Jelisa
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
In 2002, this company came out with a product line featuring 2-line Maya Angelou poems
Hallmark Cards
Russ
|
$2,000
[29]
Senate Rule 22 governs this procedure used to end filibusters that requires 60 votes to succeed
a cloture
Russ
|
DD
$1,500
[17]
This son of a Polish cabinetmaker is probably best known as the conductor in Disney's "Fantasia"
Leopold Stokowski
Russ
|
$1,600
[28]
A soccer scooooooore!
a goal
Destiny
|
|
$2,000
[11]
This founder of Quebec, not the Pilgrims, was the first to give a detailed account of the Cape Cod area
Samuel de Champlain
Russ
|
$2,000
[5]
"The Big Bang Theory"
Pasadena
|
$2,000
[21]
This poet laureate's "Enoch Arden" sold 17,000 copies on its publication day in 1864
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
|
— |
$2,000
[18]
In 2009 this young Venezuelan became the 11th music director in the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel
|
$2,000
[25]
A body of water cut off from a larger body of water by a reef of sand
a lagoon
Jelisa
|
Britain's oldest known scrap of material called this, sometimes identified as shepherd's plaid, dates from 250 A.D.
tartan