Tom Nissley game 9.
Chris Quin — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
Marissa Goldsmith — a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
Tom Nissley — an online books editor from Seattle, Washington (whose 8-day cash winnings total $235,405)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $3,400 | $5,200 | $11,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,400
19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Marissa | $1,000 | $2,800 | $8,000 |
$6,000
New champion: $6,000 |
$8,000
13 R, 4 W |
| Chris | $4,200 | $5,800 | $14,600 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| CHRISTIANITY | FOOTBALL: 20-10 | LET'S GET READY TO ROOMBA! | PUNDITS | FAMILY VALUES | I WANT "MOR" |
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$200
[26]
This work published in 1611 had a dedication "to the most high & mighty prince James by the grace of God"
the King James Bible
Chris
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$200
[6]
A 20-10 win in 2001 went in Nebraska's column in its bitter rivalry with this school's Sooners
Oklahoma
Tom
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$200
[21]
The Roomba is on the hunt for this 2-word "animal", a loose, tangled ball of hair or debris found under the couch
a dust bunny
Marissa
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$200
[1]
Rick Santelli's 2009 rant on this business network inspired the Tea Party movement
CNBC
Tom
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$200
[16]
In 2008 & 2009 foundations of this Arkansas family's company claimed it gave $423 million in cash & in-kind gifts
the Waltons
Tom
|
$200
[11]
Coroner's work spot
a morgue
Marissa
|
|
$600
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows cross illustrations on the monitor.) The familiar Latin cross has been a Christian symbol for centuries; the Calvary crosscommonly seen on graves is a Latin cross mounted on 3 steps representing these 3 graces
faith, hope & charity
Tom
|
$400
[7]
One highlight at this now-departed N.J. venue was Ron Dixon's kickoff return in 2001 to start a 20-10 playoff victory
The Meadowlands (Giants Stadium)
Marissa
|
$400
[22]
Roomba ate some Bible pages...fill in a quote for me? "And" he "lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years"
Noah
Chris
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$400
[2]
"Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and their Assault on America" is one of this blonde pundit's bestsellers
Ann Coulter
Tom
Marissa
|
$400
[17]
By 1890 the 2nd John Jacob of this family had increased the family fortune to more than $75 million
the Astors
Chris
|
$400
[12]
Tiny tidbit of food
a morsel
Tom
|
|
$800
[29]
In 1540 Pope Paul III approved this religious order begun by Ignatius Loyola
the Jesuits
Marissa
|
$600
[8]
20-10 was the score when this school's Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin in 2009 for their 11th straight win
University of Iowa
Chris
|
$600
[23]
The Roomba took the tail off my rumpy-riser this cat type! ... My bad, it didn't have much of one to start
a Manx
Tom
|
$600
[3]
Thomas Friedman has won 3 Pulitzers as foreign affairs commentator for this newspaper
The New York Times
Chris
|
$600
[18]
No average Joe, this Mass. man had enough capital by 1929 to fund million-dollar trusts for each of his kids
(Joe) Kennedy
Tom
|
$600
[13]
15th century type of "play" in which good & evil are in conflict
a morality play
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Born the son of slaves in 1760, Richard Allen became the first bishop & leader of this church, the AME, in 1816
African Methodist Episcopal church
Marissa
Chris
|
$800
[9]
This team with Matt Hasselbeck at QB won a 2006 playoff game 20-10 en route to its first Super Bowl appearance
Seattle Seahawks
Tom
|
$800
[24]
Roomba sucked up this rival vacuum cleaner that uses cyclone technology, named for Brit designer James
a Dyson
Marissa
|
$800
[4]
The title of TV's "Morning" this doesn't refer to coffee but to ex-congressman Scarborough
Joe
Tom
|
$800
[19]
After setting the standard in oil, the head of this family gave $80 million to the Univ. of Chicago by the time of his death
(John D.) Rockefeller
Chris
|
$800
[14]
Group spirit of well being (& if it doesn't improve around here we're gonna start the beatings again)
morale
Marissa
|
|
DD
$1,200
[27]
In 1949 this man held a SRO 8-week crusade in a giant tent in Los Angeles that vaulted him to national fame
Billy Graham
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
Owner Arthur Blank said, "It feels great" as a Jan. 2010 win put this team over .500 for 2 straight years, a first
Atlanta Falcons
Chris
|
$1,000
[25]
My Roomba can clean an entire country! Well, maybe just this one, independent since 1929--it's only 109 acres
the Vatican
Marissa
|
$1,000
[5]
"Swift Justice with" this CNN legal analyst premiered in September 2010
Nancy Grace
Chris
|
$1,000
[20]
This "commodore" left less than 5% of his $100 mil. to his second wife & 8 daughters--the rest went mainly to his son
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
Tom
|
$1,000
[15]
A legal postponement of an ongoing activity
a moratorium
Chris
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | WHODUNIT | TAKE ME TO YOUR WORLD LEADER | CITY HOMOPHONES | NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE | THE HOUSE OF THE 7 GERBILS |
|
$400
[1]
Around 50 A.D. the Aqua Claudia brought this to Rome after a journey of 46 miles
water
Marissa
|
$400
[22]
In "The Godfather", Virgil Sollozzo & Captain McCluskey
Al Pacino
Marissa
|
$400
[26]
President Bronislaw Komorowski; that should be all you need
Poland
Tom
|
$400
[6]
Helen's beau & Priam's son
Paris
Chris
|
$400
[11]
Nathaniel is best known for this 1850 novel, a scandalous tale of adultery & repentance
The Scarlet Letter
Tom
|
$400
[16]
Gerbils are members of this animal order with impressive incisors
rodents
Tom
Marissa
|
|
$800
[2]
You probably don't have to consult an Oracle to know that the Pythian Games were held every 4 years in this city
Delphi
Chris
|
$800
[21]
In "Casablanca", 2 German couriers with letters of transit
Peter Lorre
Marissa
|
$800
[30]
Don't cry for me, President Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner
Argentina
Chris
|
$800
[7]
They sang the love song "Take My Breath Away" for "Top Gun"
Berlin
Chris
|
$800
[12]
Nathaniel added this letter to his last name when he went pro as a writer
W
Tom
|
$800
[17]
If a pair of pet gerbils are from the same family, they'll be familiar with this, rodents' main means of recognition
odor
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Cypselus of Corinth was this, a Greek term for one who takes power by force & rules oppressively
a tyrant
Chris
|
$1,200
[23]
Harvey Milk, played by Sean Penn
Josh Brolin
Tom
|
$1,200
[29]
Get up, stand up, Governor General Patrick Linton Allen; they say he's a good mon for the job
Jamaica
Marissa
|
$1,200
[8]
The act of St. Nick slowly driving his car down Hollywood Blvd. on a Saturday night?
Santa Cruz
|
$1,200
[13]
When his friend Franklin Pierce became president, Hawthorne was made a diplomat to this "fab" British city
Liverpool
Marissa
|
$1,600
[19]
The most popular pet gerbil is a species originally from this landlocked country bordering China & Russia
Mongolia
Marissa
|
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
When the Roman Republic was founded, it was headed by 2 elected officials with this "diplomatic" title
consul
Chris
|
$1,600
[28]
In "Platoon", Sergeant Barnes, played by Tom Berenger
Charlie Sheen
|
$1,600
[27]
Hey, Governor Sir Richard Gozney! Nice shorts!
Bermuda
Tom
|
$1,600
[9]
An oak for your gathering of witches?
Coventry
Chris
|
$1,600
[14]
Pallbearers at Nathaniel's funeral in 1864 included Oliver Wendell Holmes & this 3-named "Nature" author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Marissa
|
$2,000
[20]
The term "gerbil" is a corruption of the name of this similar but unrelated hopping animal of the desert
the jerboa
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The city-states of Sidon & Tyre were located in this Mediterranean region now occupied mostly by Lebanon
Phoenicia
|
$2,000
[24]
Woody Harrelson's character in "No Country For Old Men"
Javier Bardem
Tom
|
$2,000
[25]
President Idriss Deby, don't leave me hangin' in this 4-letter landlocked African country
Chad
Chris
|
$2,000
[10]
An ant that disrupts Siddhartha's picnic?
Budapest
Tom
|
$2,000
[15]
The short story "The Marble" this takes place in Italy with 3 American students involved in a grisly murder
Faun
Tom
|
DD
$2,600
[18]
Gerbillos pyramidom is a species whose common name includes the name of this country
Egypt
Tom
|
Finding the spot for this memorial caused its creator to say, "America will march along that skyline"
Mount Rushmore