Matt McQueary — a governmental auditor from Cold Spring, Kentucky
John McLean — a software consultant from Pasadena, California
Anthony Fox — an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony | $1,200 | $3,000 | $11,000 |
$10,000
2-day champion: $25,800 |
$12,400
20 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $3,600 | $5,200 | $11,500 |
$8,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Matt | $200 | $1,200 | $14,000 |
$4,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| DROP DEAD DIVA | THE BIG "C" | JUS-TIFIED | RESCUE ME | MY BOYS | THEY'RE ON CABLE TV |
|
$200
[6]
Known for her lavish spending in the White House in the 1860s, her account was closed for good in 1882
Mary Todd Lincoln
|
$200
[1]
The world's largest of these religious symbols soars 198 feet high over Effingham, Illinois & weighs 180 tons
a cross
Anthony
|
$200
[13]
Jus fluminum is the right to use these, like the Tiber
waterways (or rivers)
Anthony
|
$200
[14]
On one of her last trips on the Underground Railroad, she rescued her own parents from slavery in Md.
(Harriet) Tubman
Anthony
Matt
|
$200
[8]
Dusty Springfield sang, "The only one who could ever reach me" was "the son of" this person
the preacher man
Anthony
|
$200
[15]
In 2010 he got his own talk show on TBS (though that might not have been his original goal)
Conan O'Brien
Anthony
|
|
DD
$1,400
[7]
This jazz diva who sang "Strange Fruit" was just 44 and under arrest in her hospital bed when she passed away in 1959
Billie Holiday
Anthony
|
$400
[2]
A water tower in Stanton, Iowa has been painted like a giant one of these: at over 35,000 gal., that's a lot of java!
a cup of coffee
Anthony
|
$400
[19]
Rome's jus non scriptum translates as this, a 2-word phrase for an understood custom
unwritten law
Anthony
John
|
$400
[16]
An uplifting story of 2002 was therescueof nine men trapped for three days in one of these in Pennsylvania
a coal mine
Anthony
|
$400
[9]
In 1999 his son Robbie made a 228-foot motorcycle jump over a part of the Grand Canyon
Evel Knievel
John
|
$400
[18]
Treacherous weather conditions on the Bering Sea make for rough crab fishing on this Discovery Channel show
Deadliest Catch
John
|
| — |
$600
[3]
A Guinness record holder, one of these is 7' x 7' & contains 28,000 clues
a crossword
Anthony
|
$600
[20]
Jus gladii, the right to carry out punishment, is literally the law of this weapon
the sword
Matt
|
$600
[17]
In 1950 this future symbol of fire prevention was rescued from a fire in a New Mexico forest
Smokey the Bear
Matt
|
$600
[10]
Ronald Lauder, the son of this woman, ran for mayor of NYC in 1989
Estée Lauder
John
|
$600
[25]
"House Hunters", "Lien On Me" & "Closet Cases" are shows on this network
HGTV
Anthony
|
| — |
$800
[4]
The world's largest wheel of this food is 6' wide & weighs 1,300 pounds; when's the world's largest fondue party?
cheese
John
|
$800
[21]
Jus gentium is this 13-letter type of "law" that diplomats have to know about
international
Anthony
|
$800
[23]
In July 1976 commandos from this country rescued 103 hostages being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda
Israel
Anthony
John
|
$800
[11]
The New Testament begins, "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of" this king
David
John
|
$800
[26]
It took all "The Real Housewives of" this to restrain Teresa from going after Danielle Staub on the reunion show
New Jersey
Anthony
Matt
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
Dewberry, Alberta claims the world's largest of these, whose main purpose is serving food to cowboys
a chuckwagon
Anthony
|
$1,000
[22]
The Constitution includes jus soli, meaning citizenship is determined by this; not everyone's happy about that
birth
Anthony
|
$1,000
[24]
Short on supplies, Roanoke colonists were rescued in 1586 by this circumnavigator returning from the West Indies
Sir Francis Drake
Matt
|
$1,000
[12]
Christopher Columbus the explorer's oldest son, or Dora the Explorer's cousin
Diego
John
|
$1,000
[27]
If you're "Obsessed" & need an "Intervention", you can see those 2 shows on this letter perfect channel
A&E
Anthony
|
| IT'S AN HONOR | SPOUSE IN COMMON TO... | WHAT'S IN AN OLD TESTAMENT NAME? | WINE, WHITE WINE | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC ENDINGS | SILENT "L" |
|
$400
[8]
A tomb at this cemetery bears the inscription "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God"
Arlington
Anthony
|
$400
[1]
Amy Irving &Kate Capshaw
Steven Spielberg
Anthony
|
$400
[26]
His name means "breath"; too bad Cain took it away from him
Abel
Matt
|
$400
[9]
"C" this white grape? It's a French-named type that's used to make champagne & white burgundy
Chardonnay
Anthony
John
|
$400
[21]
Lines from the Prince of Verona end this story of woe
Romeo and Juliet
Anthony
|
$400
[2]
It contains all of an egg's fat & cholesterol
the yolk
Anthony
|
|
$800
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Jerusalem in Israel.) President of Israel is a mainly ceremonial post chosen by the Knesset; a 2007 vote chose Shimon Peres, who won this international prize in 1994
the Nobel Peace Prize
John
|
$800
[4]
Peter Horton &David E. Kelley
Michelle Pfeiffer
|
DD
$1,200
[27]
The first of the Hebrew Patriarchs, his name means "father of many"
Abraham
Matt
|
$800
[12]
The N.Y. Times said 2004 & 2007 were very good years for this 7-letter burgundy white; care for some William Fevre?
Chablis
|
$800
[22]
Lodovico speaks last in this play, addressing Iago as a "Spartan dog"
Othello
Matt
|
$800
[3]
A familiar one of these begins, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want"
a psalm
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[11]
A 2010 postage stamp was issued in Old Saybrook, Connecticut honoring this legendary actress
Katharine Hepburn
Anthony
|
$1,200
[5]
Kathryn Bigelow &Linda Hamilton
James Cameron
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
Not to judge, but the buzz is that her name comes from the Hebrew for "bee"
Deborah
|
$1,200
[13]
Italy's northeast region of Veneto & Friuli produces the grape varietal of the popular pinot gris or pinot this
grigio
John
Matt
|
$1,200
[23]
Fortinbras gets the last line in this play: "Go, bid the soldiers shoot"
Hamlet
Matt
|
$1,200
[16]
It can mean the main axis of a plant, or to pursue prey, human or otherwise
stalk
|
|
DD
$1,900
[14]
A communications building at Sam Houston State University in Texas is named for this alumnus & former CBS News anchor
Dan Rather
John
|
$1,600
[6]
Jan Smithers &Barbra Streisand
James Brolin
Matt
|
$1,600
[29]
Her name is from the Persian for "star"
Esther
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
France's Loire Valley originated this "blanc", but New Zealand's Marlborough region makes a good one, too
sauvignon
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
Albany, Kent & Edgar are the last speakers in this tragedy
King Lear
Matt
|
$1,600
[17]
They're sudden brief feelings of doubt or misgiving
qualms
Anthony
|
|
$2,000
[15]
A 185-foot-high column with a 17-foot-high statue honors him in Trafalgar Square
(Lord) Nelson
John
|
$2,000
[7]
Nicolas Cage &Thomas Jane
Patricia Arquette
Matt
|
$2,000
[30]
Hunt around & you'll find that the name of this great-grandson of Noah may mean "rebel"
Nimrod
|
$2,000
[20]
A pale greenish-yellow color indicates that a young white wine is still exhibiting small amounts of this plant pigment
chlorophyll
Anthony
|
$2,000
[25]
Richmond kills the title king & ends this play saying, "Peace lives again: that she may long live here, God say amen!"
Richard III
Matt
|
$2,000
[18]
This 5-letter word for a soothing medicinal ointment comes from the Sanskrit for "melted butter"
salve
Anthony
Matt
|
From the same state, they're the 2 presidents whose occupations are listed by World Book as "planter"
George Washington & Thomas Jefferson