Tom Nissley game 5.
Bob Fulmer — an eco-tour guide from Fort Pierce, Florida
Julia Carlis — a librarian from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tom Nissley — an online books editor from Seattle, Washington (whose 4-day cash winnings total $115,003)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $0 | $5,000 | $18,400 |
$36,799
5-day champion: $151,802 |
$14,800
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Julia | $1,200 | $6,000 | $11,200 |
$1,010
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
14 R, 2 W |
| Bob | $3,000 | $6,600 | $21,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA | EPISODES OF THE SITCOM | ON OUR MONEY | THE SHORTIE IN THE GROUP | LIT BITS | I TRIED TO WARN YOU |
|
$200
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew feeds a kangaroo at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney.) Found in the bush & also the zoo, the eastern gray kangaroo is Australia's most commonly seen animal in this group of mammals
marsupials
Tom
Julia
|
$200
[12]
"A Man About the House","Honest Jack Tripper"
Three's Company
Tom
|
$200
[1]
A law passed in 1955 designated that this motto must appear on all U.S. coins & currency
In God we trust
Tom
|
$200
[6]
Of planets in our solar system
Mars
Julia
|
$200
[3]
This captain's peg leg in "Moby Dick" is made from a sperm whale's jaw
Ahab
Bob
|
$200
[9]
In 1971 Volvo introduced an automobile warning light to remind drivers & passengers to do this
buckle up
Bob
|
|
$400
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks on the beach at Sydney, Australia.) 80,000 people who participate in the annual City to Surf Fun Run come to this alliterative Sydney beach, a destination for surfers from around the world
Bondi Beach
Bob
|
$400
[13]
"The Last Time I Saw Maris","Guns n' Neuroses"
Frasier
Tom
|
$400
[2]
Appropriately, this landmark is on the reverse of the $5 bill
The Lincoln Memorial
Bob
|
$400
[7]
Of the 7 Dwarfs
Doc
Julia
|
$600
[15]
The "Rubaiyat" in Omar Khayyam's title is the plural of rubai, this 4-line stanza
a quatrain
Julia
|
$400
[4]
The first epistle of John ends with a warning to stay away from these false gods
idols
Bob
|
|
$600
[5]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew sits behind a pile of sheep fleece at Tobruk Sheep Station, Maroota, Australia; next to her is a bale of fleece labeled "TOBRUK STATION".) From the 1830s to the 1970s wool was Australia's top export, & it's still seen in products like this brand of boots founded by Aussie Brian Smith
UGGs
Julia
|
$600
[27]
"The One with the Holiday Armadillo","The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs"
Friends
Julia
|
$600
[18]
$1 bills tell you which Federal Reserve bank issued the bill; "A" represents the district in this New England city
Boston
Bob
|
$600
[8]
Of signs of the astrological zodiac
Leo
Bob
|
$800
[16]
Valentine & Proteus are the title characters in this play, first published in 1623
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Tom
|
$600
[22]
In 1954 the U.S. & this nation began the DEW, or Distant Early Warning, line to warn of a polar air attack
Canada
Bob
|
|
$800
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a boomerang at the Australian Museum.) Boomerangs often feature designs that reflect aboriginal culture & history; on the one I'm holding, the warriors, body of water & ship represent this man's landing at Botany Bay
Captain Cook
Bob
|
$800
[28]
"The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization","The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"
The Big Bang Theory
Bob
|
$800
[19]
The seal of the Treasury Department, seen on bills, includes these, which represent justice
scales
Bob
|
$800
[25]
Of the Great Lakes
Erie
Julia
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
It figures that the writer of "The Last of the Mohicans" died in this town
Cooperstown
Tom
|
$800
[23]
Freshly cut trees, or a warning by a lumberjack that a freshly cut tree is about to fall
timber
Bob
|
|
$1,000
[20]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of Sydney Harbor, with the Sydney Opera House in the background.) With the skyline of Sydney behind me, I'm in this Australian state, the first one settled by the British
New South Wales
Julia
|
$1,000
[30]
"The Fusilli Jerry","The Abstinence"
Seinfeld
Tom
|
$1,000
[21]
It's printed on the bills: "This note is" this 2-word term "for all debts, public and private"
legal tender
Julia
|
$1,000
[26]
Of Old Testament books
Job
Tom
|
$1,000
[17]
The most famous society dedicated to Sherlock Holmes is these "Irregulars"
the Baker Street Irregulars
Julia
|
$1,000
[24]
In a children's tale, he unwisely failed to heed the warning "Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden"
Peter Rabbit
Tom
|
| DOCUMENTARIES | BIRTH! HELPED FOUND THE USA! DEATH! | SOME KIND OF A NUT | THINGS WITH POCKETS | SHIP HAPPENINGS | "OOP"s |
|
$400
[1]
This singer was the subject of the 2005 documentary "No Direction Home"
Bob Dylan
Tom
Bob
|
$400
[14]
Born May 29, 1736, helped us get liberty, got death June 6, 1799
Patrick Henry
Tom
Bob
|
$400
[5]
It's the nut of the oak
an acorn
Bob
|
$400
[12]
It's the number of pockets on a standard pool table
six
Tom
|
$400
[11]
The world's largest ship, 1,500 feet long & 225 feet wide, is the Knock Nevis, one of these
supertanker
Bob
|
$400
[6]
A unit of Girl Scouts
a troop
Bob
|
|
$800
[2]
2008's "Man on Wire" chronicled Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk across this NYC landmark
the Twin Towers (or the World Trade Center)
Tom
|
$800
[21]
Born Jan. 12, 1737 in Massachusetts, served in the state's general court, signed out Oct. 8, 1793
John Hancock
Bob
|
$800
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a plate of nuts in New York.) New York City chestnut roasters know you have to slice the nut, preferably across the rounded sided, if you don't want this to happen due to pressure build-up
an explosion
Julia
|
$800
[19]
Order a falafel sandwich & it will come stuffed inside this pocket bread
pita
Tom
|
$800
[24]
In 1861 John Brooke turned this ship that had been burned to the deck into an ironclad called the Virginia
the Merrimack
Bob
|
$800
[7]
"Follow your nose" to this popular breakfast cereal
Froot Loops
Tom
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This documentary about kids in the finals of a national bee shares its name with a Hitchcock film
Spellbound
Tom
|
$1,200
[22]
Born Dec. 12, 1745, was the first to sing lead for the Supremes, faced the final decision May 17, 1829
John Jay
Tom
|
$1,200
[16]
The black variety of this tree of the genus Juglans produces edible nuts in a tough green husk
walnut
Julia
|
$1,200
[20]
A fob pocket on a vest or a pair of pants was originally designed to carry this
a watch
Bob
|
$1,200
[25]
Immortalized in a Gordon Lightfoot song, this cargo vessel sank in Lake Superior in 1975
the Edmund Fitzgerald
Julia
|
$1,200
[9]
An exclusive news story for a reporter
a scoop
Tom
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Late activist & bear lover Timothy Treadwell was profiled in a Werner Herzog film called this "Man"
Grizzly
Bob
|
$1,600
[23]
Born July 26, 1739, later served as veep but not as the leader of Parliament/Funkadelic, died April 20, 1812
(George) Clinton
Bob
|
$1,600
[17]
The name of this oily nut native to Brazil may come from a local name, Acajoba
the cashew
Julia
|
$1,600
[26]
In bowling a right-hander aims for the pocket between these 2 pins
one and three
Julia
|
$1,600
[29]
During his 1570s trip around the world, Sir Francis Drake changed his ship's name from the Pelican to this
the Golden Hind
Bob
|
$1,600
[10]
His first memoir is titled "Me, Alice"
Alice Cooper
Bob
|
|
DD
$5,000
[8]
Michael Moore's documentary about the American health care system had this 5-letter title
Sicko
Tom
|
$2,000
[28]
Cute as a "button" when born around 1735, served in the Georgia assembly, killed in a duel in 1777
Button Gwinnett
|
$2,000
[18]
They're also called filberts or cobnuts, but the makers of Frangelico liqueur call them this
hazelnuts
Julia
|
$2,000
[27]
Sticks with net pockets are used to throw a ball into the opponent's goal in this team sport
lacrosse
Tom
|
DD
$4,000
[30]
This Italian explorer was the first to sail into New York Harbor, on his ship la Dauphine around 1524
Verrazano
Bob
|
$2,000
[13]
This term for sensational promotion may come from an Old French term used to control horses
hoopla
|
A critic said that a character of his, "yearning for the moon... never saw the sixpence at his feet"; he made that into a title
Somerset Maugham