Judy Shewmake — a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Kemi James — a dental student and sports blogger from Adelphi, Maryland
Laura Button — an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $1,400 | $4,800 | $10,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
19 R, 4 W |
| Kemi | $3,400 | $4,400 | $9,500 |
$3,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
19 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Judy | $1,400 | $3,200 | $13,600 |
$20,801
New champion: $20,801 |
$13,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| CHAPTERS INTHE WIZARD OF OZ | DEBUT ALBUMS | TALL U.S. BUILDINGS | PALINDROMIC NAMES | SEX CELLS! | "ULA" LA! |
|
$200
[6]
Chapter I is called this, though it technically should have been "The Tornado"
"The Cyclone"
Laura
Kemi
|
$200
[1]
1987:"Appetite For Destruction"
Guns N' Roses
Laura
|
$200
[26]
The U.S. Steel Tower towers 841 feet above this steel-making city
Pittsburgh
Kemi
|
$200
[11]
Supermodel Macpherson
Elle
Judy
|
$200
[21]
It's the Latin name for a female sex cell
ovum (or ova )
Laura
Kemi
|
$200
[16]
Sinai or Yucatan, for example
a peninsula
Judy
|
|
$400
[7]
Chapter II is "The Council with" these people, who are about as tall as Dorothy
the Munchkins
Judy
|
$400
[2]
1962:"Surfin' Safari"
The Beach Boys
Kemi
|
$400
[27]
In the center of the pictureis the Transamerica Pyramid, a real high point of this West Coast city
San Francisco
Kemi
|
$400
[12]
A man's name, or a float on a fishing line
Bob
Kemi
|
$400
[22]
In 1982 scientists manipulated this rodent's sex cells to create a "mighty" version twice the normal size
a mouse
Laura
Kemi
|
$400
[17]
Flipping pancakes is one of the many uses of this kitchen tool with a broad, flat blade
a spatula
Judy
|
|
$600
[8]
Shades of Scrooge? Chapter XVI is "The Magic Art of the Great" this 6-letter word for "impostor"
humbug
|
$600
[3]
1967:"Are You Experienced"
Jimi Hendrix
Kemi
|
$600
[28]
The tallest building in a state capital is the Bank of America Plaza on Peachtree St. in this city
Atlanta
Judy
|
$600
[13]
Mrs. Leonowens, a governess to the Siamese court in the 1860s
Anna
Kemi
|
$600
[23]
The male sex cells of flowering plants are carried to the female cells via this dusty stuff
pollen
Judy
|
$600
[18]
At almost a foot in leg span, the largest variety of this arachnid is the Goliath bird-eaterof South America
a tarantula
Laura
|
|
$800
[9]
Chapter XIV is named for these flying creatures
(winged) monkeys
Kemi
|
$800
[4]
2002:"Come Away With Me"
Norah Jones
Kemi
|
$800
[29]
Tall buildings in this city include One Federal St. & One Beacon St.
Boston
Kemi
|
$800
[14]
First name of the actress who married Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw & Frank Sinatra
Ava
Judy
|
$800
[24]
From the Greek name of 2 gods, it's an organism that produces both male & female sex cells
a hermaphrodite
Laura
|
$800
[19]
It runs alongside your tibia
the fibula
Laura
|
|
$1,000
[10]
"How" this "Was Launched" is the title of chapter XVII
the balloon
Laura
|
$1,000
[5]
2000:"Parachutes"
Coldplay
|
DD
$1,200
[30]
A historic New York skyscraper was completed in 1913 to house the headquarters of this five-and-dime store
Woolworth
Kemi
|
$1,000
[15]
In the 10th century 3 Holy Roman Emperors sported this palindromic name
Otto
|
$1,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a cell dividing on the monitor.) Human sex cells are created via this genetic process, in which one parent cell splits into four daughter cells
meiosis
Kemi
|
$1,000
[20]
The Horsehead one of these is seen here
a nebula
Laura
|
| LET'S PLAY TEXAS HOLD-EM | THE DEAL | THE FLOP | THE TURN | THE RIVER | THAT'S IT, I'M "OUT" |
|
$400
[26]
His brother Buck Barrow was released from a Texas prison in 1933; he was killed by Iowa police later that year
Clyde Barrow
Laura
|
$400
[21]
As Mars bought this company for $23 billion in 2008, we await the introduction of Snickers gum
Wrigley
Kemi
|
$400
[16]
Costing $17 million & making back... less, "Shanghai Surprise" starred the then-husband & wife team of Madonna & him
Sean Penn
Laura
|
$400
[11]
This Yankee shortstop's turn 2 foundation motivates kids to turn away from drugs & alcohol
(Derek) Jeter
Kemi
|
$400
[6]
Ja, Dusseldorf is an important port on this river
the Rhine
Judy
|
$400
[1]
The surveillance of a location by the police who are "on" one
a stakeout
Laura
|
|
$800
[27]
Nickname of would-be assassin Lynette Fromme, released from a Fort Worth prison hospital in 2009
"Squeaky"
Laura
|
$800
[22]
This firm that tabulates Oscar balloting has had Coopers on the end of its name since a 1998 merger
Price Waterhouse
Laura
|
$800
[17]
2006's "Zyzzyx Road" cost $2 million, earned $30 (yes, $30) in the U.S. & starred her, Izzie on "Grey's Anatomy"
Katherine Heigl
Laura
|
$800
[12]
It's the numerical term for the car maneuver seen here
the 3-point turn
Kemi
|
DD
$900
[10]
The Chira River forms part of Ecuador's southern border with this country
Peru
Kemi
|
$800
[2]
If I were to end the show now, I'd say to our director, hey Kevin, use this effect
a fade-out
Laura
Kemi
|
|
$1,200
[28]
A story says that the gov. of Texas freed Huddie Ledbetter, nicknamed this, after Huddie sang him a song
"Leadbelly"
Laura
Judy
|
$1,200
[23]
In a 2009 alliance, this Italian company got 20% of Chrysler
Fiat
Kemi
|
$1,200
[18]
Her "Catwoman" was a box office disappointment, but still she gallantly showed up to accept a Razzie
Halle Berry
Judy
|
$1,200
[13]
8-letter "clothing" term describing one who disloyally changes sides
a turncoat
Laura
|
$1,200
[9]
Have some pizza in Pisa, Italy as you sail down this river with a 4-letter name
the Arno
Kemi
|
$1,200
[3]
Very offensive, or the word Hamlet uses to describe "Fortune"
outrageous
Laura
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Rushed from his Texas prison cell, he died of cancer in 1967 in the same hospital as the man he killed in 1963
Jack Ruby
Judy
|
$1,600
[24]
In 2009 Merck & Schering-Plough, which already co-marketed Zetia & Vytorin to fight this, announced a $41 billion merger
cholesterol
Kemi
|
$1,600
[19]
This 1986 George Lucas film was fowl, costing a then-whopping $37 million & making back less than half domestically
Howard the Duck
Kemi
|
$1,600
[14]
This service from GM is a "turn-by-turn navigation system" that gives "directions at the touch of a button"
OnStar
Judy
|
$1,600
[8]
It's the appropriate "colorful" name of the river that runs through Hanoi
the Red River
Laura
Kemi
|
$1,600
[4]
It's the transport seen here
an outrigger canoe
Laura
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1986 this member of The Byrds spent 5 months in Huntsville on drug charges & worked with the rodeo band
David Crosby
Laura
|
$2,000
[25]
In 2004 this Armenian-American dealmaker sold MGM for the third time
Kirk Kerkorian
|
$2,000
[20]
It cost $44 million to make this 1980 Michael Cimino pic, said to have earned around $5 million
Heaven's Gate
Laura
|
$2,000
[15]
It's a rhyming-named barrel organ played by turning a crank, man
a hurdy-gurdy
Judy
|
$2,000
[7]
With its tributaries, this eastern Canadian river is navigable for more than 1,900 miles
the Saint Lawrence
Judy
|
$2,000
[5]
A computer device, or a tool that hollows or furrows items
a router
Kemi
|
The basis of this show that won a Best Musical Tony & a Pulitzer was a collection of stories that won the Pulitzer in 1948
South Pacific