Brad Rodriguez — an assistant general manager of a minor league baseball team from Jacksonville, Florida
Alli Johnson — a Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant from Moreno Valley, California
Mike Hodel — a bartender from Bellingham, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $1,600 | $5,200 | $10,800 |
$18,100
2-day champion: $20,200 |
$10,800
13 R, 2 W |
| Alli | $2,000 | $7,000 | $9,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brad | $200 | $3,000 | $12,400 |
$3,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| SHAKESPEARE'S SETTINGS | HELLO, I'M JOHNNY CASH | BUILDING A RECIPE | MICHIGAN MANIA | THE COLOR OF MONEY | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" |
|
$200
[2]
This play begins at a queen's palace in Alexandria
Antony and Cleopatra
Alli
Brad
|
$200
[18]
I kept a close watch on this hit of mine as it climbed into the Top 20 in 1956
"I Walk The Line"
Mike
Alli
|
$200
[1]
For our dish I'm sauteing this type of mushroom, actually creminis but called this when they get big & fat
portobello
Alli
|
$200
[21]
This baby food company began operations in Fremont, Michigan in 1928
Gerber
Brad
|
$200
[16]
China's 100-yuan banknote shows this guy's head in red
Mao
Brad
|
$200
[11]
Pink, reef & sea preceder (5)
coral
Mike
|
|
$400
[3]
This happy play is set in Athens & a nearby wood where fairies cast their spells
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Alli
|
$400
[19]
I duetted with this lady on a hit version of "If I Were A Carpenter"; she did marry me & have my baby
June Carter Cash
Alli
|
$400
[7]
For the sauce I'm making this 9-letter concoction that'll be ready when part of the port's volume has cooked off
a reduction
Brad
|
$400
[22]
This U.S. political party held its first statewide meeting in Jackson, Michigan in July 1854
the Republican party
Alli
|
$400
[17]
Israel's 1968 5-lira banknote showed this scientist in green & white next to a blue & orange cloud of atoms
Einstein
Alli
|
$400
[12]
Siesta for a feline? (6)
catnap
Alli
|
|
DD
$600
[4]
The courtyard of Inverness is the setting for Act I, Scene vii of this masterpiece
Macbeth
Alli
|
$600
[20]
In a 1963 hit I recounted my fall into one of these--ouch! it burns, burns, burns!
a "Ring Of Fire"
Brad
|
$600
[8]
For a leafy garnish, I've cored a tomato & am stuffing it with this green from the Italian for "rocket"
arugula
Mike
|
$600
[24]
In 1935 Michigan workers formed this organization, the UAW
United Auto Workers
Brad
|
$600
[23]
A dark blue image of this spooky ancient riddler stares out from Egypt's 10-piastre note
the Sphinx
Brad
|
$600
[13]
Irish city & county (4)
Cork
Brad
|
|
$800
[5]
Most of "Hamlet" takes place within this castle
Elsinore
Alli
|
$800
[30]
I heard the gravy train a-comin' in 1968 when I recorded these "blues", a No. 1 country hit, at the title place
"Folsom Prison Blues"
Alli
|
$800
[9]
Before baking, I'm brushing olive oil on our puff pastries described by this 10-letter term, as they lack yeast
unleavened
|
$800
[25]
The Michigan region was ceded by France to Great Britain by the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending this war
the Seven Years' War / the French and Indian War
Alli
|
$800
[26]
Ireland's 1999 10-pound note showed this author in green against the brown Wicklow Hills & blue Dublin Bay
(James) Joyce
Mike
|
$800
[14]
A "Swiss" beet (5)
chard
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Most of "As You Like It" takes place in this forest
Arden
Mike
|
$1,000
[29]
I was a proud papa when this gal, my daughter, topped the country charts with "Seven Year Ache"
Rosanne Cash
Alli
|
$1,000
[10]
I'm layering the pastry with mushrooms & sauce, creating this appetizer named for an emperor
a Napoleon
Alli
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1894 C.W. Post created his warm cereal drink Postum in this Michigan city
Battle Creek
Alli
|
$1,000
[27]
In 1982, this country issued a 5,000-zloty note featuring a green Frederic Chopin
Poland
Mike
|
$1,000
[15]
Barrel maker (6)
cooper
Mike
|
| BALLET | DEATH & CINEMA | NAME YOUR DISEASE | YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP! | FRENCH CITIES? | FROM "A" TO "W" |
|
$400
[1]
In 1877 "Swan Lake" premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in this city with choreography by Julius Reisinger
Moscow
Brad
|
$400
[4]
The murder of Marion Crane in this 1960 film is one of the most famous in film history
Psycho
Alli
|
$400
[17]
The disease named for this sports legend develops when certain nerve cells in the brain & spinal cord degenerate & die
Lou Gehrig's disease
Brad
|
$400
[14]
The first radio-controlled target, this "Hawkeye State" ship was sunk in an exercise in 1923
the Iowa
Mike
|
$400
[5]
Ms. Hilton, population 2.1 million
Paris
Brad
|
$400
[22]
To permit
allow
Brad
|
|
$800
[2]
In the ballet "Petrouchka", the ballerina is one of these doll-like toys, as is Petrouchka himself
a puppet
Mike
Brad
|
$800
[6]
In a 2004 film, he dies via the 5-point palm exploding heart technique; what did you expect in a movie called "Kill" him
Bill
Brad
|
$800
[20]
Last name of Alois, the German neurologist who in 1907 1st described the terrible brain disease that would be named for him
Alzheimer
Mike
|
$800
[15]
Adm. Rickover said this ship's 1898 explosion was due to heat from fire in a coal bin that set off ammunition... remember?
the Maine
Mike
|
$800
[10]
Multiple episodes of military service in a war zone, population 137,000
Tours
|
$800
[26]
4-letter word meaning to declare openly
avow
Brad
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Soon after defecting to the West on June 17, 1961, he began performing with the Ballet of Marquis de Cuevas
Nureyev
Mike
Alli
|
$1,200
[7]
He was killed by his real-life ex-wife in both "Mortal Thoughts" & "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
Bruce Willis
|
$1,200
[21]
A virus that causes mono is known by these hyphenated names, but Bert Achong helped isolate it with them in 1964
Epstein-Barr
|
$1,200
[16]
Alliterative names of the 2 Civil War ships that fought to a draw on March 8, 1862; both would be lost within the year
the Merrimack & the Monitor
Alli
|
$1,200
[11]
High-quality brandy, population 20,000
Cognac
Mike
|
$1,600
[24]
In a crooked position
askew
Brad
|
| — |
$1,600
[8]
After trying to steal Frodo's ring he becomes heroic & fights off waves of Orcs before succumbing to arrows
Boromir
Brad
|
$1,600
[23]
Named for a 19th-century English physician, the most common lymphatic cancer is non-this lymphoma
Hodgkin's
Alli
|
$2,000
[19]
A pocket battleship, the Graf this sank 9 British merchant ships before it was scuttled in 1939
Spee
|
$1,600
[12]
A Miami Beach hotel where the GOP was headquartered for its 1968 convention, population 18,000
Fontainebleau
|
DD
$2,500
[25]
It's another name for the constellation Sagitta
Arrow
Brad
|
| — |
$2,000
[9]
Newly transferred policeman Alex Murphy's grisly murder in a 1987 film leads to his "reincarnation" as this title lawman
RoboCop
Brad
|
— |
DD
$2,500
[18]
Eight battleships were damaged at Pearl Harbor; all but the Oklahoma & this were repaired & returned to service
the Arizona
Brad
|
$2,000
[13]
A 4-door automobile with a hard top, population 21,000
Sedan
Mike
|
— |
Since coming on the beat, he's had more N.Y. Times bestsellers than any other author, including over 20 in the last 5 years
James Patterson