Tommy Jordan — a pastor from Sylvania, Arkansas
Megan Griffiths — a conservation technician from Omaha, Nebraska
Matt DeTura — a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $45,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $-600 | $3,200 | $13,000 |
$16,401
3-day champion: $61,601 |
$15,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Megan | $1,400 | $4,600 | $5,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
10 R, 1 W |
| Tommy | $4,000 | $6,600 | $8,200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| VOLCANOES | WE'RE CUCKOO | 20th CENTURY WOMEN | MORE THAN ONE MEANING | SEEMS LIKE LONG AGO | ONLYYESTERDAY |
|
$200
[3]
In 2010 stranded airline passengers learned that Eyjafjallajokull is a volcano in this country
Iceland
Tommy
|
$200
[1]
Unlike most birds, cuckoos have 2 of these pointing forward & 2 pointing backwards, if you "grasp" the clue
talons (or toes)
Matt
|
$200
[5]
At a June 2008 auction, candid footage of her on the set of "The Misfits" sold for $60,000
Marilyn Monroe
Megan
|
$200
[17]
A king's headgear, or a tooth cover
a crown
Megan
|
$200
[22]
Around 900 the Toltec leader "Cloud Serpent" sacked Teotihuacan in what's now this country
Mexico
Tommy
|
$200
[13]
"Yesterday" was released as a Beatles song, but this lad wrote & sang it himself
(Paul) McCartney
Tommy
|
|
$400
[4]
A Japanese proverb says, "he who climbs" this peak "once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool"
Mt. Fuji
Megan
|
$400
[2]
In this 1975 film Jack Nicholson commented, "I must be crazy to be in a looney bin like this!"
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Tommy
|
$400
[6]
Before she was Secretary of State, she was a professor of international affairs at Georgetown Univ.
Madeline Albright
Tommy
|
$400
[18]
A chemical element, or a golf club
iron
Matt
|
$400
[23]
In Egypt in the 2nd millennium B.C., a typical daily laborer's wage included 1 or 2 jugs of this
beer
Megan
|
$400
[14]
The thousands of covers include this group singing "I'm not half the girl I used to be" on the album "I Hear a Symphony"
The Supremes
Tommy
|
|
$800
[8]
In Sicilian it's called Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain"
Mt. Etna
Tommy
|
$600
[28]
Edmund Spenser called the cuckoo the "messenger of" this season
Spring
Matt
|
$600
[10]
She's one tough bunny--she ran daddy's Playboy Enterprises as CEO for over 20 years
Christie Hefner
|
$600
[19]
To throw a baseball, or to present a TV show idea for production consideration
pitch
Tommy
|
$600
[24]
In 627 Meccans besieged this city, but new resident Muhammad & his followers saved the day by digging a trench
Medina
Matt
Megan
|
$600
[15]
This man crooned "Yesterday" on his 1969 album "My Way"
Frank Sinatra
Tommy
|
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
According to National Geographic, it's the most dangerous volcano in the lower 48 states
Mt. St. Helens
Tommy
|
$800
[29]
Many cuckoo clocks have weights made into the shape of this reproductive part of a certain evergreen tree
a pine cone
Matt
|
$800
[11]
She's the author & poet heardherereading from her memoir "A Song Flung Up to Heaven"The times were so solemn, and the daily news so somber that we snatched mirth from unlikely places.
Maya Angelou
Matt
Megan
|
$800
[20]
It's a house of worship, or the flattened region on either side of the forehead
a temple
Matt
|
$800
[25]
In the 11th C. south Indian ruler Rajendracola Deva I conquered this island
Sri Lanka
Tommy
|
$800
[16]
Syesha Mercado did the honors on this TV show's 2008 Beatles night
American Idol
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[9]
A specific eruption style is named for this Caribbean volcano that erupted in 1902, killing thousands
Mt. Pelée
Matt
Tommy
|
$1,000
[30]
Dating from the 13th century, this word is derived from "cuckoo" & refers to a man with an unfaithful wife
a cuckold
Megan
|
$1,000
[12]
Both of these Supreme Court justices were inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
O'Connor and Ginsburg
Matt
|
$1,000
[21]
To sink, or someone who establishes something
founder
Matt
|
$1,000
[26]
Demosthenes was much in demand in ancient Athens as a logographer, later this job of Ted Sorenson
a speechwriter
|
$1,000
[27]
This R&B quartet's version of "Yesterday" is on their 1994 album "II"
Boyz II Men
Megan
|
| THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA | LAST MOVIES | LIZARDRY | NON-DON KNOTS | STATE / COLLEGES | "ERE"Y WORDS |
|
$400
[21]
It was a short interlude between his wins for "Anna Christie" (1922) & "Strange Interlude" (1928)
(Eugene) O'Neill
Tommy
|
$400
[13]
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"(1967)
Spencer Tracy
Megan
|
$400
[9]
Able to sit on a quarter, the dwarf variety of this lizard is the world's smallest & won't try to sell you car insurance
the (dwarf) gecko
Matt
|
$400
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew is ties a knot.) Also known as a reef knot, this common knot should be used as a binding knot, never a bend
a square knot
Matt
|
$400
[6]
Berklee College of Music & Amherst College
Massachusetts
Megan
Tommy
|
$400
[1]
Fabric from goat hair
cashmere
Matt
|
|
$800
[22]
It was a picnic for him when he won in 1953 for "Picnic"
William Inge
|
$800
[14]
"Canadian Bacon"(1995)
John Candy
Matt
|
$800
[10]
The basilisk lizard is also known as the Jesus Christ lizard because of its ability to do this
walk on water
|
$800
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) Especially useful in sailing & rock climbing, this knot with a numerical name is easily untied, even after the greatest strain
a figure-eight knot
Matt
|
$800
[7]
New England College & Daniel Webster College
New Hampshire
|
$800
[2]
From the Latin for "to respect", it's a verb meaning to regard with awe & devotion
revere
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[24]
For Frank Gilroy in 1965, the subject was winning when "The Subject Was" these took home a Pulitzer
Roses
|
$1,600
[16]
"Brainstorm"(1983)
Natalie Wood
|
$1,200
[27]
Because of a fracture plane across their lower vertebra, lizards have this ability, aka autotomy, to escape danger
to shed their tail
Matt
Megan
Tommy
|
$1,200
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) The knot called a "fisherman's bend" is also known as this "bend", as it can act as one for a boat to a dock
an anchor bend
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
Swarthmore & Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
Disease has been declared a crime & the sick are imprisoned in this 1872 Samuel Butler novel
Erewhon
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Sadly, Jonathan Larson had died by the time this musical of his won the Pulitzer in 1996
Rent
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
"Game of Death"(released in 1978)
Bruce Lee
Matt
|
$1,600
[28]
To ward off predators, the horned lizard will squirt this out of its eyes
blood
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) This type of hitch can be used to tow a log either afloat or on land; you might hear a lumberjack yell it, too
a timber hitch
Matt
|
$1,600
[23]
Morehouse & Spelman Colleges
Georgia
Matt
|
$2,000
[5]
In Greek mythology, one must pass through this dark region of the underworld to reach Hades
Erebus
|
|
$2,000
[26]
1954's winner was John Patrick for "The Teahouse of" this
The Teahouse of the August Moon
|
$2,000
[17]
"Always"(1989)
Audrey Hepburn
|
$2,000
[29]
The name of this lizard of Australia tells you he's not just happy to meet you, he's this
frilled
|
$2,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) The name of this binding knot also describes a suffocating type of snake
a constrictor
Matt
|
$2,000
[30]
Flagler College & Ringling School of Art & Design
Florida
Tommy
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
Lake Hazen on this Canadian island is the world's largest lake entirely north of the Arctic Circle
Ellesmere Island
Matt
|
Because of a policy adopted in 1979, this country's young people are collectively referred to as "little emperors"
China