Quinn McDonald — an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
Harley Savage — a computer programmer from Hamtramck, Michigan
Mike Nelson — a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $400 | $1,600 | $10,000 |
$4,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,800
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Harley | $1,800 | $3,400 | $7,800 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Quinn | $200 | $6,800 | $25,600 |
$20,600
New champion: $20,600 |
$24,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| COUNTRIES' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES | ALPHABET HOMOPHONES | WHO'S THE BOSS? | LET'S HAVE CHINESE | ROBERTS RULE | OF ORDER |
|
$200
[1]
Thessaloniki
Greece
Harley
|
$200
[20]
In Romania they say "da", in Japan, "hai", & in Panama, this
sí
Harley
|
$200
[6]
...of Microsoft Corporation, 1975-2000
Bill Gates
Harley
|
$200
[9]
It's the rhyming name of the Chinese equivalent of ravioli
wonton
Quinn
|
$200
[15]
He starred in "Chaplin" & in 2010 co-starred with Zach Galifianakis in "Due Date"
Downey Jr.
Mike
|
$200
[11]
Islands, from smallest in area to largest:Greenland, Cuba, Madagascar
Cuba, Madagascar, Greenland
Mike
|
|
$400
[2]
Medellin
Colombia
Mike
|
$400
[21]
A bud on a tuber, or a needle opening
an eye
Quinn
|
$400
[7]
...of the Federal Reserve System, 1987-2006
Alan Greenspan
Quinn
|
$400
[10]
Stir-fried shredded meat & veggies are mixed with scrambled eggs & served in small thin pancakes for this dish
mu shu (pork)
|
$400
[16]
He was Bob Woodward to Dustin Hoffman's Carl Bernstein
Robert Redford
Harley
|
$400
[12]
Animals, from slowest to fastest:cheetah, donkey, peregrine falcon
donkey, cheetah, peregrine falcon
Harley
|
|
$600
[3]
Bergen
Norway
Harley
|
$600
[22]
This 2-letter word precedes "Pretty Woman" in the title of a Roy Orbison No. 1 hit
Oh
Quinn
|
$600
[8]
...of Motown Records, 1959-1988
Berry Gordy
Harley
|
$600
[28]
The marquee ingredient in this soup comes from a type of swallow
bird's nest soup
Quinn
|
$600
[17]
On TV, this actor played a father who knew best & the kindly Dr. Marcus Welby
Robert Young
Quinn
|
$600
[13]
U.S. cities, from west to east:Newport News, Milwaukee, New Orleans
New Orleans, Milwaukee, Newport News
Mike
|
|
$800
[4]
Mandalay
Myanmar (or Burma)
|
$800
[23]
This insect is mentioned in Muhammad Ali's line about his boxing style
a bee
Quinn
|
$800
[25]
...of the Cuban Council of State, since February 2008
Raúl Castro
Mike
|
$800
[29]
Chow mein has crispy noodles; the name of this boiled noodle & stir-fried meat & veggies dish means "soft noodles"
lo mein
Quinn
|
$800
[18]
At the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, he won Movie Actor: Drama not for a "Twilight" film but for "Remember Me"
Pattinson
Mike
Quinn
|
DD
$800
[14]
Writers, from earliest to latest:C.S. Lewis, Sir Walter Scott, Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Scott, C.S. Lewis
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Freeport
the Bahamas
Harley
|
$1,000
[24]
A wing of a building at right angles to the main structure, or a right-angled bend in a pipe
an ell
Quinn
|
$1,000
[26]
...of Hitler's Afrika Korps, 1941-1943
Rommel
Mike
|
$1,000
[30]
Pumping air between the fowl's flesh & skin is the first step to making this elaborate "capital" dish
Peking duck
Harley
|
$1,000
[19]
For 6 years on HBO, he played sports agent Arliss Michaels
Robert Wuhl
Quinn
|
$1,000
[27]
National leaders from north to south:Hugo Chavez, Julia Gillard, Barack Obama
Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez, Julia Gillard
|
| YAD VASHEM | TEACHING | SCIENCE TERMS | WE RETITLE TV SHOWS | IN THE BOOKSTORE | DROP A LETTER |
|
$400
[30]
(Alex delivers the clue from Yad Vashem, Israel.) At Yad Vashem, which is the Jewish people's living memorial to the Holocaust, them onument to Jewish resistance fightersforms this national symbol
the Star of David
Harley
|
$400
[11]
A method of assigning letter grades based on rank among the class is called "grading on" this
a curve
Harley
|
$400
[1]
Nutation is the bobbing motion of a spinning rigid body; this toy is the classic example
a top
Quinn
|
$400
[12]
"The Wacktastic Adventures of Mulder & Scully"
The X-Files
Mike
|
$400
[6]
He explained his "Decision Points" in the 2010 book of that name
George W. Bush
Harley
|
$400
[17]
Drop a letter from the language spoken by the people of Seoul to get this sacred text of Islam
Koran/Korean
Mike
|
|
$800
[29]
(Alex shows us a large stone in Yad Vashem, Israel.) Thisstonecomes from the central synagogue in Aachen, Germany, which was destroyed on November 9, 1938, in what became known as Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken this
glass
Quinn
|
$800
[22]
The U.S. is facing a shortage of teachers of this subject--where are the new Jaime Escalantes?
calculus
Harley
|
$800
[2]
When a tree's tissues are replaced by quartz, you get this type of wood, also a synonym for "frightened"
petrified
Mike
|
$800
[13]
"Where's the Electricity?!: The Laura Ingalls Story"
Little House on the Prairie
Quinn
|
$800
[7]
He felt his "Brief History of Time" left unanswered questions, so he came up with "The Grand Design" to answer them
Stephen Hawking
Quinn
|
$800
[18]
...from a type of mediator to get this implanted device visible in the chest X-ray seen here
a pacemaker (from peacemaker)
Quinn
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Alex walks in front of the Wall of Remembrance in Yad Vashem, Israel.) Both the valiant uprising against the Nazis & the final deportation are depicted here in the Wall of Remembrance to this city's ghetto, which at one time held more than 400,000 people in just 1.3 square miles
Warsaw
Harley
|
$1,200
[23]
NASET is the "National Association of" these "Teachers", who may work with the gifted as well as the disabled
Special Education
Harley
|
$1,200
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew performs a science demonstration.) You'd expect the paper to fly up when extreme pressure is applied, but instead... the wood breaks; air couldn't flow in quickly enough between the paper, the wood & the table, so a partial this 6-letter term was formed
a vacuum
Mike
|
$1,200
[14]
"Lieutenant Van Buren"--the show should have been just about her
Law & Order
Quinn
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2010 this political daughter took readers behind the scenes of the campaign trail in "Dirty Sexy Politics"
(Meghan) McCain
Quinn
|
$1,200
[19]
...from a word for a mechanical man to get this verb that means "to cheer on"
root (from robot)
Quinn
|
|
$1,600
[27]
(Alex walks among lush green vegetation at Yad Vashem, Israel.) Symbolic of the renewal of life, trees line the avenue honoring those who risked their lives to help save the Jews; they are known as this noble word "Among the Nations"
the Righteous
Quinn
|
$1,600
[24]
This term for a list of items to be covered in a course is from the Greek for "parchment label"
syllabus
Mike
|
$1,600
[4]
The Schottky effect is a type of increase in the discharge of these subatomic particles from a heated surface
electrons
|
$1,600
[15]
"That Gabe Kaplan '70s Show"
Welcome Back, Kotter
Quinn
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
The second book in a bestselling trilogy is "The Girl Who Played with" this
Fire
Quinn
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
...from a word for a long, vehement speech to get this synonym for "swap"
trade (from tirade)
Quinn
|
|
$2,000
[26]
(Alex walks through the Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem.) The Valley of the Communities is a labyrinth of great walls with the names of over 5,000 communities, most of which no longer exist; now the architects were inspired by this biblical prophet's vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones
Ezekiel
|
$2,000
[25]
This organization started in 1990 with 500 idealistic young people working in schools in low-income communities
Teach for America
Mike
|
$2,000
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Glucose & fructose are monosaccharides; by removing a molecule of water, the two join to form this disaccharide, also known as table sugar
sucrose
Quinn
|
$2,000
[16]
"Drs. Weaver, Lockhart & Rasgotra, Medicine Women of Chicago"
ER
Mike
|
$2,000
[10]
After revealing "The Secret", she gave us "The Power"
Rhonda Byrne
|
$2,000
[21]
...from a slat on a window to get this word for a paramour
lover (from louver)
Quinn
|
After the death in combat of the previous king, he became the last one to win the crown while on the battlefield
Henry VII