Evan Bastian — an electrical engineer from Clovis, California
Tim Maas — an Army ammunition inspector from McAlester, Oklahoma
Quinn McDonald — an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn | $1,500 | $6,300 | $3,700 |
$6,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
17 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Tim | $1,600 | $3,200 | $20,600 |
$31,601
New champion: $31,601 |
$19,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Evan | $800 | $2,600 | $15,800 |
$31,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,800
17 R, 1 W |
| THE SENATOR OF MY WORLD | MOVIE BY SONG LYRICS | DESSERT ITEMS | 4 LETTERS IN LENGTH | THE NOVELS OF H.G. WELLS | THE SHAPE OF "THING"s TO COME |
|
$200
[12]
In 2010 Nevada went all in for this Senate majority leader in his race against Sharron Angle
Harry Reid
Quinn
|
$200
[13]
"Springtime for Hitler, and Germany, Deutschland is happy and gay"
The Producers
Quinn
|
$200
[18]
This cookie brand was marketed as a sandwich in 1921 to emphasize it could come apart & be eaten icing first
Oreo
Evan
|
$200
[1]
In medieval England it equaled the length of 3 grains of barley
an inch
Evan
|
$200
[10]
In a 1901 sci fi romance, Wells told a tale of "the first men in" this heavenly body, where they meet the Selenites
the Moon
Quinn
Tim
Evan
|
$200
[6]
A toy for a child, or a person used capriciously & selfishly by another
a plaything
Quinn
|
|
$400
[19]
In early 2010 Scott Brown defeated Martha Coakley to win the seat held by this man for 47 years
Edward Kennedy
Tim
|
$400
[14]
"Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how could I leave this behind?"
This Is Spinal Tap
Quinn
|
$400
[23]
Baked Alaska is sponge cake topped with a slab of ice cream, all of which is blanketed by this froth & then browned
meringue
Quinn
|
$400
[2]
It comes from an old Roman unit & Jim Ryun got famous by running it
a mile
Tim
|
$400
[27]
Tripod-borne aliens attack & destroy London in this scary 1898 novel
The War of the Worlds
|
$400
[7]
3-word term for increasing a bet so that you'll either owe twice as much money or zero
double or nothing
Quinn
Evan
|
|
$600
[20]
This senator from Minnesota has mayoral experience: he was the voice of Mayor McCheese on TV in "Clerks"
Al Franken
Quinn
|
$600
[15]
"I gave my love a chicken, that had no bones, I gave my love a story, that had no end, I gave..." (Bluto smashes guitar)
Animal House
Tim
|
$600
[24]
Ben & Jerry's has an ice cream called this flavor Dynamite, a play on the name of a Jon Heder film
Neopolitan
Quinn
Evan
|
$600
[3]
In 1959, due to "minor but troublesome discrepancies", the U.S. redefined this unit as .3048 meters
a foot
Tim
|
$600
[28]
Rod Taylor starred in a film version of this Wells novel in which a scientist cruises the centuries
The Time Machine
Tim
|
DD
$500
[9]
This Shakespeare comedy is set in Messina
Much Ado About Nothing
Quinn
|
|
$800
[21]
In 1981 Bernie Sanders, now a senator from this state, won the mayorship of Burlington by 10 votes
Vermont
Quinn
|
$800
[16]
1979:"Always look on the bright side of life... for life is quite absurd, and death's the final word"
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Quinn
|
$800
[25]
Introduced in 1932, this candy bar was named for its original design of separate pieces in vanilla, chocolate & strawberry
3 Musketeers
|
$800
[4]
A unit of measure for horses at the shoulder is based on the width of this
the hand
Tim
|
$800
[29]
In an 1897 work a man discovers his "refractive index" can be changed to that of air, making him this type of "man"
Invisible
Quinn
|
$600
[8]
A gummable circlet for an infant's improved dentition
a teething ring
Quinn
|
|
$1,000
[22]
In Wisconsin the 2010 Republican wave brought in Ron Johnson, sweeping out this liberal Democrat
Russ Feingold
Evan
|
$1,000
[17]
"Blame Canada, blame Canada, it seems that everything's gone wrong since Canada came along"
South Park
Quinn
|
$1,000
[26]
This brand known for its cake mixes is named for a Kentucky-born restaurant & hotel critic
Duncan Hines
Quinn
|
$1,000
[5]
A huge glass of ale with a bulb at one end is named for this measure
a yard
Quinn
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
It's the unicameral parliament of Iceland
the Althing
|
| NEW ENGLANDERS | SIBLING SPORTS RIVALRIES | THEY WERE STONED | ALPHABETICALLY LAST | LEARN SOME GERMAN | ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY |
|
$400
[6]
In 1871 telegraph operators honored him with a bronze statue in Central Park
(Samuel) Morse
Quinn
Tim
|
$400
[1]
In October 2010 these 2 sisters ranked first & third in women's tennis
Venus & Serena Williams
Evan
|
$400
[11]
The Spanish claimed this Aztec emperor was stoned to death by his own people
Moctezuma
Tim
|
$400
[16]
Of presidential surnames
Wilson
Evan
|
$400
[21]
A place to get your feet wet:Der Strand
the beach
Tim
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) The Argonne Lab grew out of World War II fission research in nearby Chicago; the first one of these was built by Fermi on a squash court, & today Argonne is continuing that heritage with new, fast types that destroy their own waste
a nuclear reactor
Quinn
Tim
Evan
|
|
$800
[7]
A wing at the Maine Medical Center bears the name of this Freeport retailer & outdoorsman
L.L. Bean
Evan
|
$800
[2]
These quarterbacks have only faced off twice in the NFL, but both times big bro sent the Giants packing
Peyton & Eli Manning
Tim
|
$800
[12]
In Greek myth, the clever Palamedes is stoned to death after he's framed by this sly epic hero
Odysseus
Quinn
|
$800
[17]
Of the -stan countries
Uzbekistan
Quinn
|
$800
[22]
A musical instrument:Das Klavier
the piano
Quinn
|
$800
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) Scientists studying the life cycle of stars have used the Argonne National Labs' supercomputer to investigate the nuclear flame bubble that builds up inside a white dwarf just before one of these spectacular events
a supernova
Evan
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Sadly, this leader of the Green Mountain Boys didn't live to see Vermont enter the Union; he died 2 years before
Ethan Allen
Tim
|
$1,200
[3]
It was said of these brothers, "Joe was the best hitter, Dom the best fielder, Vince the best singer"
the DiMaggios
Tim
|
$1,200
[13]
In Exodus 19 God warns the Israelites to keep away from this mountain while he's up there or they'll get stoned
Sinai
Tim
|
$1,200
[18]
Of the layers of Earth's atmosphere
the troposphere
Evan
|
$1,600
[24]
A country:Die Schweiz
Switzerland
Tim
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) The reactor is doing a green chemistry trick invented at Argonne--it's using plastic bags to create these, cylinders 50,000 times thinner than a hair, to increase the surface area & the power of batteries
a nanotube
Evan
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This president's father, Prescott, represented Connecticut in the Senate from 1952 to 1963
George H.W. Bush
Tim
|
$1,600
[4]
In February 2010, on their home track in Las Vegas, these brothers finished 15th & 35th in NASCAR's Shelby American race
Kyle & Kurt Busch
|
$1,600
[14]
This Islamic law system prescribes stoning as punishment for adultery
Sharia law
Evan
|
$1,600
[19]
Of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Raphael
Evan
|
$2,000
[25]
An animal:Die Fledermaus
the bat
Quinn
Tim
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) This machine assembles high-efficiency lithium ion batteries, alternately stacking positive electrodes called cathodes together with negative electrodescalled these
anodes
Evan
|
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
During a canoe ride in 1839, he realized rather than teach, he wanted to be a poet of nature
(Henry David) Thoreau
Tim
|
$2,000
[5]
Though Tiki retired from the NFL after the 2006 season, this twin brother, a cornerback, still plays for Tampa Bay
Ronde Barber
Evan
|
$2,000
[15]
After his trial by the Sanhedrin, this first Christian martyr was stoned to death
(Saint) Stephen
Tim
|
$2,000
[20]
Of the original murder weapons in Clue
the wrench
Tim
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
It's grown in a garden:Die Sonnenblume
the sunflower
Quinn
|
$2,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) The hard X-ray nanoprobe helps in the design of solar cells by allowing subatomic examination of these materials, such as silicon, which act sometimes like metal & sometimes like insulators
semiconductors
Evan
|
The last time the Democratic & Republican nominees had once been governor of the same state, this was the state
New York