Kate Palladino — a middle school librarian from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
Adam Bibler — an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
Josh Powell — a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $26,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $4,000 | $5,600 | $18,000 |
$3,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$18,800
20 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Adam | $-400 | $4,600 | $16,400 |
$12,000
New champion: $12,000 |
$17,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kate | $600 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
$4,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| PRESIDENTIAL MAKEOVERS | NBA MVPs PDQ, OK? | STATE FAIRS | LITERATURE ALIASES | THIS CATEGORY IS A SHOE-IN | W.W. 5 |
|
$200
[2]
V.P. for just 83 days before getting the top job, this chief exec goes for the ZZ Top--what a sharp dressed man
Harry Truman
Adam
|
$200
[1]
This 2010 MVP took his trophy & then made "The Decision" to leave town
LeBron James
Adam
|
$200
[19]
A demolition one is a feature of state fairs including Kansas' & Indiana's (but not Kentucky's)
a derby
Adam
|
$200
[8]
In the Sindarin tongue he was known as Mithrandir, the "Grey Wanderer"
Gandalf
Adam
|
$200
[27]
The word for this shoe with a wooden sole can also mean "to obstruct"
clog
Adam
|
$200
[13]
Roald Dahl chocolate maker
Willy Wonka
Kate
|
|
$400
[3]
One stop at the big & tall shop & this 6-foot, 300-plus-pound prez seenhereis large & in charge
Taft
Josh
|
$400
[4]
In 2008 this Laker won his first MVP; hard to believe it took 12 seasons
Kobe
Josh
|
$400
[20]
Washington's state fair turned 100 in 2008 & set a record by gathering 24 of these people in a room
centenarians
Josh
|
$400
[9]
If you're looking for Mr. (Robin) Goodfellow, ask for this Shakespearean character
Puck
Kate
|
$400
[28]
The name of this shoe style includes a synonym for glimpse
peep toe (peekaboo accepted)
Josh
Kate
|
$400
[14]
"Leaves of Grass" creator
Walt Whitman
Kate
|
|
$600
[16]
A little Rogaine goes a long way for this now hirsute prez who once worked in the Panama Canal Zone
Eisenhower
Adam
|
$600
[5]
This Suns guard went back-to-back in 2005 & '06
Steve Nash
Josh
Adam
|
$600
[23]
On Oct. 17, 2008 its state fair kicked off with an opening ceremony & tobacco heritage day
North Carolina
Adam
|
$600
[10]
In an 1844 novel, Edmond Dantes disguises himself as Abbe Busoni & this title noble
the Count of Monte Cristo
Josh
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1984 Mark Thatcher designed this brand of sport sandals for river rafting
Teva
|
$600
[15]
Scottish resistance fighter of the 1290s & 1300s
William Wallace
Adam
|
|
$800
[17]
It's Tippecanoe & who, too?Thispresident looking blue
John Tyler
Adam
|
$800
[6]
Before a 3-point contest, this Celtic & 1986 MVP asked, "Which one of you guys is finishing 2nd?"; he backed it up & won
Larry Bird
Josh
|
$800
[24]
The Texas state fair's 212-foot ferris wheel, North America's tallest, is calledthe Texas this symbol
Star
|
DD
$800
[11]
AKA Barbecue, this character was also "The Sea Cook", another title for the novel in which he appeared
Long John Silver
Josh
|
— |
$800
[21]
"The Prelude" romantic poet
William Wordsworth
Josh
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Add the hair and mustache, make the coat purple, & this Vermont man, sworn into office by his dad, president or prince?
Coolidge
Adam
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1993 this Taco Bell spokesman wasn't "turrible", he was league MVP for Phoenix
Charles Barkley
Josh
|
$1,000
[25]
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1928 story "A Night at the Fair" is set at this Midwestern state's fair
Minnesota
|
$1,000
[12]
Randall Flagg, a character created by this man, is aka Nyarlathotep, Walter Padick & Walter O'Dim
Stephen King
Josh
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
Newspaper & radio gossip giant
Walter Winchell
Adam
|
| AUSTRIAN HISTORY | CHINESE CINEMA | EGYPTIAN GEOGRAPHY | HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE | AMERICAN FADS | AROUND THE "GLOBE" |
|
$400
[7]
For centuries the nearby Hallein mines made this city the center of regional salt trade
Salzburg
Kate
|
$400
[20]
This Chinese action star of films like "Drunken Master" & "Rumble in the Bronx" has broken a number of bones doing stunts
Jackie Chan
Kate
|
$400
[17]
This river enters Egypt near Lake Nasser
the Nile
Adam
|
$400
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a jungle on Maui.) Hawaii, the only U.S. state with a true tropical one of these environments, grows most of the USA's macadamias, which originated in the same type of environment when it covered much of Australia
rainforest
Adam
|
$400
[11]
When participating in the 1970s fad for these, Betty Ford used the handle "First Mama"
CB radios
Adam
|
$400
[2]
A transparent sphere usually with a Christmas scene inside: shake it again!
a snow globe
Josh
|
|
$800
[8]
During the Third Crusade, Leopold V quarreled with this English king, who was later caught in Austria & ransomed
Richard I (Richard the Lionheart)
|
$800
[21]
As a boy, this star of films like "Fearless" & "Hero" was a martial arts champion
Jet Li
Josh
|
$800
[18]
Baharia, Farafra & Dakhla are these stopover spots while crossing the desert in Egypt
oases
Josh
|
$800
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a coffee bean field on Molokai.) Coffee gets its flavor from the earth, & the nutrient-rich soil of Molokai, which gets its red color from this element, is ideal for growing coffee
iron
Adam
|
$800
[12]
After running nude through a 1974 meeting of Hawaii's legislature, a man declared himself this "of the house"
streaker (of the house)
Adam
|
$800
[3]
Nominated 7 times, Tom Cruise has won 3 of these
a Golden Globe
Josh
|
|
DD
$800
[9]
When Austria joined forces with this country in 1867, the result was known as a "doppelmonarchie"
Hungary
Kate
|
$1,200
[22]
"Brokeback Mountain" earned this director his first Oscar
Ang Lee
Adam
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
One of Egypt's easternmost points is Ras Banas, which juts out into this body of water
the Red Sea
Adam
|
$1,200
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Molokai.) High-temperature, forced-air treatment is used to kill any insect larvae in fruits as part of this, also a term for isolating contagious humans
quarantine
Adam
|
$1,200
[13]
Wham-O said that "new amazing Zectron" gave these 1960s bouncers "50,000 lbs. of compressed energy"
Super Balls
Adam
|
$1,200
[4]
Ian Wright is a presenter on this travel show
Globe Trekker
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1791 she asked her brother Leopold II to mount a counter-revolutionary crusade against France; he said no
Marie Antoinette
Josh
Kate
|
$1,600
[25]
This Chinese actor starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" & in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
Chow Yun Fat
|
$1,200
[19]
Home to an ancient wonder, it's Egypt's third-most populous city
Giza
Josh
Adam
|
$1,600
[28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a pineapple factory on Maui.) The Spanish & the Portuguese spread the pineapple from South America around the world, & it was introduced to Hawaii in 1813 by a Spanish advisor to this ruler
Kamehameha
Josh
|
$1,600
[14]
A 1952 time article commented on an "epidemic" of these "raids", calling them "the newest and noisiest college craze"
panty raids
Josh
|
$1,600
[5]
"Sweet Georgia Brown" is this team's theme song
the Harlem Globetrotters
Josh
|
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1814 & 1815 Austria hosted this get-together that helped reorganize Europe after the Napoleonic wars
the Congress of Vienna
Adam
|
$2,000
[29]
Films like "The Killer" by this director helped establish the modern Hong Kong gangster film
John Woo
Josh
|
$1,600
[27]
Egypt has land borders with Israel, Libya & this large country to the south
the Sudan
Adam
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
B-boying is another term for this acrobatic dance style that became a national craze in the 1980s
breakdancing
Kate
|
$2,000
[6]
Ellen Goodman won a 1980 Pulitzer Prize for her work at this publication
The Boston Globe
Adam
|
After the Royal Family fled to this country in 1807, it became the only one in South America from which a European country was ruled
Brazil