Stephanie Bethel — a public information officer from Las Vegas, Nevada
Jon Golbe — an actor and TV writer from Brooklyn, New York
Matt DeTura — a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,400 | $6,400 | $18,000 |
$23,000
2-day champion: $45,200 |
$17,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jon | $1,400 | $2,200 | $4,800 |
$6,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Stephanie | $800 | $1,600 | $4,800 |
$8,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| WHISTLER | A HAPPY TUNE | FIREFIGHTING | ____ OF THE ____ | CLASSIC TOYS | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! |
|
$200
[8]
James Whistler's "Arrangement in Black & Gray No. 1", a portrait of her, was initially rejected by the Royal Academy
his mother
Jon
|
$200
[11]
One of 1988's simple pleasures was this no. 1 song from Bobby McFerrin's album "Simple Pleasures"
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Matt
|
$200
[14]
Your dry chemical household fire extinguisher likely contains sodium bicarbonate, known as this in the kitchen
baking soda
Jon
|
$200
[1]
This expression meaning "the best part" mixes dairy & plant farming
cream of the crop
Matt
|
$200
[6]
Invented to be a synthetic rubber compound during WWII, it was first sold as Gooey Gupp
Silly Putty
Matt
|
$200
[21]
He was captured by the British on Sept. 21, 1776 & executed the next day without a trial... but with one regret
Nathan Hale
Stephanie
|
|
$400
[9]
Whistler was a cadet at this service academy but was dismissed because of his poor academic record
West Point
Stephanie
|
$400
[12]
"Happy" is one of the tracks on this 1972 Rolling Stones album reissued in 2010
Exile on Main Street
Matt
|
$400
[15]
In the great outdoors you fight woodland fires, also known as these alliterative blazes
forest fires
Stephanie
|
$400
[2]
This comparison of 2 boxers before a fight includes numbers for height, reach & chest size
tale of the tape
Matt
|
$400
[7]
Sold in a cylindrical package, it used the slogan "world's favorite construction set"
Tinker Toys
Jon
|
$400
[22]
On June 1, 1937, she took off from Miami to fly around the world, but that didn't work out so well
Earhart
Matt
|
|
$600
[10]
Whistler moved to London in 1859 & painted this river often, including "In Ice" in 1860
the Thames
Matt
|
$600
[13]
Kate Pierson of the B-52s contributed backing vocals to this 1991 Top 10 hit by R.E.M.
"Shiny Happy People"
Jon
|
$600
[26]
Federal Signal is a leading maker of these; its E-Q2B model features the yelp & air horn options
a siren
Stephanie
|
$600
[3]
Thomas Dixon wrote a play about Abe Lincoln titled this kind of guy with a common touch
Man of the People
Matt
|
$600
[16]
Ronald Howes Sr. invented this toy after a salesman wondered if Kenner could make a toy version of a chestnut roaster
the E-Z Bake Oven
Matt
|
$600
[23]
On May 7, 1915 a German sub put this ocean liner in serious jeopardy; it sank within 20 minutes
the Lusitania
Stephanie
|
| — |
$800
[19]
This group was "Happy Together" when that song topped the charts in 1967
The Turtles
Jon
|
$800
[27]
Red Adair mastered extinguishing oil & gas fires by setting off these to suck the oxygen from the blaze
explosions
Matt
Stephanie
|
$800
[4]
This local public officer with judicial powers may accept payment for your speeding ticket
a justice of the peace
Matt
|
$800
[17]
Donald Duncan created the Good Humor bar &, in 1929, began making this toy out of wood
the yo-yo
Matt
|
DD
$800
[24]
On July 3, 1863 3 brigades of his division, 4,300 men, led a Gettysburg "charge", with disastrous results
George Pickett
Stephanie
|
| — |
$1,000
[20]
This group with lead singer Shirley Manson was "Only Happy When It Rains"
Garbage
Matt
|
$1,000
[28]
Early NYC firemen were alerted with rattles--so you might have a 3-rattle fire where today we'd have this equivalent
a 3-alarm fire
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[5]
This expression meaning "just the average part" sounds like it could refer to grain
run of the mill
|
$1,000
[18]
The Telecran, a drawing toy with a joystick, glass & aluminum powder was the basis for this classic toy
the Etch A Sketch
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
This Roman orator was beyond jeopardy after he said Octavian "should be given praise... & then be disposed of"
Cicero
|
| POETRY | WOMEN IN SPORTS | SCIENCE IS GOLDEN | A PLACE TO CALL HOME | THE HUMAN BODY | "APPY" ENDING |
|
$400
[8]
The poem "Invictus" concludes, "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of" this
my soul
Jon
|
$400
[12]
(I'm Danica Patrick.) In 2005 I became the first woman to lead this race, which I did for 19 laps; I was also named its Rookie of the Year
the Indy 500
Stephanie
|
$400
[2]
Native to the icy headwaters of the Kern River, California's state fish is the golden this
the trout
Matt
|
$400
[1]
James Buchanan was one of several presidents born in this 2-word type of dwelling
a log cabin
Matt
|
$400
[24]
Also called an orbit, it's the cavity in your skull in which an eyeball rests
the eye socket
|
$400
[7]
Neat & elegant
snappy
Jon
|
|
$800
[9]
Ezra Pound called this "love" poem by T.S. Eliot "the best poem I have yet had or seen from an American"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Jon
|
$800
[13]
Carol Lewis, a long jumper like this similar-named brother, has also been an Olympic bobsled analyst
Carl Lewis
Matt
|
$800
[3]
Aquila chrysaetos is the golden type of this majestic bird of prey
eagle
Jon
|
$800
[17]
From Greek words for "living alone", it's the place a monk calls home
a monastery
Matt
Jon
|
$800
[25]
That's right, dog; a human's mouth has this many canines
four
Stephanie
|
$800
[19]
Diaper for a Brit
a nappy
Stephanie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Dylan Thomas instructed, "Do not go gentle into that good night" but do this, this "against the dying of the light"
rage
Jon
|
$1,200
[14]
The day after Annika Sorenstam announced her retirement, this Belgian tennis star did too; unlike Annika, she's back
(Justine Henin-)Hardenne
Stephanie
|
$1,200
[4]
Symbol Cs, this element has a golden hue but is named from the Latin for "sky blue"
cesium
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
A structure where soldiers are quartered; it follows "Schofield" in the name of a U.S. army post
a barracks
Matt
|
$1,200
[26]
This organ weighs 12 ounces at birth, grows to 3 pounds in adulthood & contains about 10 billion neurons
the brain
Matt
|
$1,200
[21]
Excessively sentimental
sappy
Jon
|
|
$1,600
[11]
The poem "Highland Mary" is inscribed on the scroll at his statue's feet in Central Park's Literary Walk
Robert Burns
Stephanie
|
$1,600
[15]
In the 2010 Olympics Joannie Rochette managed a bronze in this sport just days after the death of her mother
figure skating
Stephanie
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Citrine is a yellow variety of this mineral
quartz
Matt
|
$1,600
[20]
In "The Song of Hiawatha", one of these Indian dwellings stood "by the shores of Gitche Gumee"
a wigwam
Matt
Stephanie
|
$1,600
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a diagram of a heart.) This tube, the largest artery in your body, originates in a heart's left ventricle & sends blood to every part of your body
the aorta
Jon
|
$1,600
[23]
Ready to use one's fists
scrappy
Matt
|
| — |
$2,000
[16]
Here's a tidbit if you get to chat up Natalie Gulbis; she's the LPGA's first player whose family is from this Baltic republic
Latvia
|
$2,000
[6]
Golden algae date back to this period that followed the Jurassic about 145 million years ago
the Cretaceous period
|
$2,000
[22]
One of these Alpine houses with a Swiss name is a nice place to call home
a chalet
Matt
|
— | — |
Cuba removed Christmas from its list of national holidays in 1969 & restored it in 1997 in anticipation of a visit by this man
Pope John Paul II