Amanda Wallwin — a creative project manager from Brooklyn, New York
J.D. Lopez — a British literature lecturer and lacrosse coach originally from West Hartford, Connecticut
Ellen Dickens — an adult education director from Newcastle, Maine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen | $-200 | $3,800 | $2,200 |
$4,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| J.D. | $3,000 | $5,200 | $8,800 |
$15,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
15 R, 4 W |
| Amanda | $2,200 | $2,200 | $15,800 |
$19,000
New champion: $19,000 |
$14,600
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| I'M A ROCK STAR | I SPEAK MANY TONGUES | WHO CARES? | THEY NAMED A MOUNTAIN FOR ME | JUST GET A MOVE ON | BIG DEAL |
|
$200
[2]
Yes sir! In 2003 he got some "Satisfaction": knighthood from Prince Charles
Mick Jagger
J.D.
Amanda
|
$200
[1]
A Dutch word for a ship's galley became this last car of a train
a caboose
Amanda
|
$200
[16]
Eli Broad, whose foundation has given $75 million to fund research using these cells
stem cells
J.D.
|
$200
[21]
Mount Walsh in the Yukon is named for an officer in the North West Mounted Police, today known as this force
the Mounties
Ellen
|
$200
[11]
This vehicle on the streets of San Francisco doesn't have an engine on it, just brakes & a grip lever
a cable car
Ellen
Amanda
|
$600
[26]
In 1997 a $16.7 billion deal by Pacific Telesis & SBC was the first merger of these "infantile" companies
the Baby Bells
Ellen
|
|
$400
[6]
Before a brief marriage to Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson was married to this Motley Crue drummer
Tommy Lee
Amanda
|
$400
[7]
This Japanese word is the correct term for what's misleadingly called a tidal wave
a tsunami
Amanda
|
$400
[17]
This man, who is giving his Berkshire Hathaway fortune (that's $40 billion) to philanthropic causes
(Warren) Buffett
Ellen
|
$400
[22]
Mount Clarence King in this range is named for the man who discovered Mount Whitney
the Sierra Nevadas
Ellen
J.D.
|
$400
[12]
This bus company carries nearly 25 million people a year & more than half of them have been to college
Greyhound
J.D.
|
$800
[27]
In 1987 UAL, Inc. sold off Westin, Hertz & Hilton to focus on this main subsidiary
United Airlines
Ellen
|
|
$600
[3]
Close friend The Edge describes him as the "chairman & founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous"
Bono
Amanda
|
$600
[8]
Cursing on TV would be called a gaffe or this French phrase meaning "false step"
a faux pas
J.D.
|
$600
[18]
George Clooney & Wyclef Jean, who organized a benefit for earthquake relief called "Hope for" this country "Now"
Haiti
J.D.
|
$600
[23]
The USA's 14,264-foot Mount Evans was named for the second governor of this then-territory
Colorado
Ellen
|
$600
[13]
To confirm the existence of cosmic rays, in 1912 Victor Hess went up 16,000 feet in one of these
a balloon
Ellen
|
— |
|
$800
[4]
In a 2008 hit she sings, "So what, I'm still a rock star, I got my rock moves and I don't need you"
Pink
|
$800
[9]
A Spanish word for an Iberian wild ass became this word for a striped mammal
a zebra
J.D.
|
$800
[19]
The Environmental Defense Fund, which began with an effort to save this class of creatures from DDT
birds
Ellen
|
$800
[24]
The Agassizhorn in the Bernese section of these mountains is named for a 19th century scientist
the Alps
J.D.
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
The large wedge-tail eagle is the emblem for the Indian Pacific Train that spans this continent
Australia
Ellen
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
She sang back-up on Don Henley's "The End Of The Innocence" before her own hit "Come To My Window"
Melissa Etheridge
Amanda
|
$1,000
[10]
This word from the Hindi means a wilderness of dense overgrowth
a jungle
J.D.
|
$1,000
[20]
An advocacy group looking to eradicate poverty; it's called DATA, short for Debt, AIDS, Trade, this place
Africa
J.D.
|
$1,000
[25]
Imeni Ismail Samani Peak, the highest in Tajikistan, used to be named after this man (like some other places)
Stalin
Ellen
|
$1,000
[15]
B & H Airlines originates from this Balkan country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
— |
| PAINTED LADIES | AT RANDOM | OUR 1st ANNUAL HISTORY AWARDS | "GL"OSSARY | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS | OF THE SQUIRRELS |
|
$400
[1]
His "Melancholy Woman" & "Crouching Woman" were both painted during his Blue Period
Picasso
Amanda
|
$400
[11]
Among the 7 Ancient Wonders was this of Alexandria, which guided ships into the harbor
the Lighthouse
Ellen
|
$400
[16]
Worst Place to Catch "Our American Cousin":This venue, for its April 14, 1865 performance
Ford's Theatre
Amanda
|
$400
[4]
Pleased or willing
glad
Amanda
|
$400
[21]
Of the American league, 1921, '22, '23, '26, '27, '28... oh, forget it... & 2009
the New York Yankees
J.D.
|
$400
[23]
It's the common name for squirrels of the subfamily Pteromyinae (hint: "ptero-" is Latin for "winged")
flying squirrels
J.D.
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Sir John Lavery became the leading portrait painter of his time after he was commissioned to paint her portrait in 1888
Queen Victoria
J.D.
|
$800
[12]
A cross between tennis & ping-pong, this sport was named for a dog, not a gherkin
pickle ball
J.D.
|
$800
[17]
Best 1483 Ruthless Power Grab:This man, for his coup d'etat vs. Edward V & his execution of Lord Hastings
Richard III
Ellen
|
$800
[7]
This type of "blow" bounces off at an angle
a glance
Ellen
|
$800
[22]
Of the NFL, 1935, '52, '53, '57 (been a long drought in Motown)
the Detroit Lions
Amanda
|
$1,600
[27]
A rodent native to Indonesia is known as this starchy banana relative squirrel
a plantain squirrel
J.D.
|
|
$1,600
[5]
The paintingseenheredepicts the wife of this Scottish folk hero in "The Conflict at the Pass of Loch Ard"
Rob Roy
Ellen
J.D.
|
$1,200
[13]
According to superstition, if this body part burns, people are talking about you
your ear
Amanda
|
$1,200
[18]
The Not-So-Fast, My Friend Prize of 1948:This man, who fell a surprising 2.2 million votes short to Harry Truman
Dewey
Amanda
|
$1,200
[8]
It means "sword lily"
a gladiola
|
$1,200
[26]
Of women's Olympic ice hockey, 3 of the 4 times it's been played (not bad, eh?)
Canada
Ellen
|
$2,000
[28]
Squirrels don't just eat nuts--the diet of some species includes lagomorphs, these animals
rabbits
|
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In the painting here, the Baroque artist Guercino depicted this woman shortly before her death; notice what's in herhand
Cleopatra
Amanda
|
$1,600
[14]
At the end of a letter, P.S. stands for postscript; as an officer of the law, it stands for this
a police sergeant
|
$1,600
[19]
The Can't Keep Him Down Award:Him, for re-serving in France's army in WWI after his Dec. 1894 court-martial was cleared
Dreyfus
Ellen
Amanda
|
$1,600
[9]
5-letter word for an open space in a forest
a glade
Amanda
|
$1,600
[25]
Of the NBA, 2006 (the southernmost champs yet)
the Miami Heat
J.D.
|
— |
|
$2,000
[6]
This painting by Andrew Wyeth depicts his neighbor crawling through the grass toward her farmhouse
Christina's World
Amanda
|
$2,000
[15]
This 2005 bestseller by Elizabeth Kostova concerns a couple of modern-day hunts for Dracula
The Historian
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
The Taking My Life in My Hands Award of 1543:This woman, for marrying Henry VIII near the end of his rule, on July 12
Catherine Parr
Amanda
|
$2,000
[10]
Really slow, or really icy & big
glacial
J.D.
|
$2,000
[24]
Of the men's Chess Olympiad, 18 out of 20 times from 1952 to 1990--why did we break up a good thing?
Soviet Union
J.D.
|
— |
One of the 2 plays whose plots are set in motion by shipwrecks, one off Illyria & one off an unnamed island
(1 of) The Tempest & Twelfth Night