Christopher Short game 3.
Cindy Peterson — a crossing guard from Geneva, Illinois
Cory Biggs — a graduate student of public service from Little Rock, Arkansas
Christopher Short — a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | $1,200 | $4,000 | $14,800 |
$6,399
3-day champion: $38,399 |
$14,800
18 R, 1 W |
| Cory | $5,200 | $9,800 | $9,800 |
$4,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Cindy | $2,000 | $3,600 | $11,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ON BENDED KNEE | WHO SANG IT? | IN FLORIDA | OPRAH'S SURPRISES | LEGAL ABBREV. | A STACK OF KNOWLEDGE |
|
$200
[15]
In 2010 he gave his late mother's engagement ring to Kate Middleton in Kenya
Prince William
Cindy
|
$200
[1]
"U Can't Touch This" &"2 Legit 2 Quit"
MC Hammer
Christopher
|
$200
[21]
A short-lived craze
a fad
Christopher
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$200
[13]
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) One of my favorite moments on the show is when a "Star Search" winner came on to sing "Isn't She Lovely" & part way through found this man backing him up on a harmonica
Stevie Wonder
Cory
|
$200
[27]
Enacted by Congress, the U.C.M.J is the Uniform Code of this type of Justice
Military
Cory
|
$200
[8]
This "stack" is a large chimney or vertical pipe through which combustion gases escape
a smokestack
Christopher
|
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$400
[16]
He talked Grace Kelly out of acting after "High Society" & brought her into high society for their 1956 wedding
Prince Rainier
Christopher
|
$400
[2]
"What Would You Say" &"Crash Into Me"
Dave Matthews
Cory
|
$400
[25]
Don't venture up the creek without this synonym for a paddle
an oar
Cory
|
$400
[14]
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) A moment that meant so much to me was when a man who'd lost 300 lbs came on & we were able to give him this iconic brand of German sports car; he thought he'd never even fit into it
a Porsche
Cindy
|
$400
[28]
If you're using a name other than your own for your company, you should file the D.B.A. certificate, short for this
doing business as
Christopher
|
$400
[9]
Carl Sandburg called this city not only the "hog butcher for the world" but also "stacker of wheat"
Chicago
Cory
|
|
$600
[17]
Fellow scientist Marie attended his 1895 thesis presentation on magnetism; a proposal soon followed
(Pierre) Curie
Cory
|
$600
[3]
"Bad Blood" & "Laughter In The Rain"
Neil Sedaka
|
$600
[26]
The hairdo sported by the young Michael Jackson
an afro
Cory
|
$600
[20]
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I thought I was doing a show on juries back in 1994 but it turned out to be a surprise 40th birthday party for me; Patti LaBelle & this "Queen of Soul" made my day by being there
Aretha Franklin
Cindy
|
$600
[5]
A T.R.O. is a temporary one of these injunctions
a restraining order
Cory
|
$600
[10]
Referring to public access, it's where you'll find the open & closed stacks on a college campus
the library
Cindy
|
|
$800
[18]
In 1931 publisher George Palmer Putnam kept this aviatrix on the ground long enough to marry her
Amelia Earhart
Christopher
|
$800
[4]
"Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" &"Keep Their Heads Ringin'"
Dr. Dre
Cory
|
$800
[29]
A sudden, short attack, like the Great Northfield, Minnesota one
a raid
Cindy
|
$800
[23]
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) In 2003 I surprised a New Orleans nanny named Fannie with some gifts, including a new van & it was that van that helped Fannie & her family escape this natural disaster
Hurricane Katrina
Cory
|
$1,000
[7]
The amount of time you have to file a lawsuit is determined by an S.O.L., one of these
a statute of limitations
Cindy
|
$800
[11]
In restaurant slang, an order of pancakes with maple syrup is "a stack of" this state
Vermont
Christopher
|
|
$1,000
[19]
He was on bended knee twice before Frida Kahlo; the 2 were married in 1929 & after a separation, again in 1941
Diego Rivera
Cory
|
$1,000
[22]
"Undone--The Sweater Song" &"Buddy Holly"
Weezer
Cory
|
— |
$1,000
[24]
(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) In 2006 I reunited sisters Clemantine & Claire Wamariya with their parents--the girls hadn't seen them since escaping the 1994 genocide in this African country
Rwanda
Christopher
|
DD
$1,800
[6]
If you signed an N.D.A., one of these agreements, you've got to keep your mouth shut
a non-disclosure agreement
Cory
|
$1,000
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some anatomical diagrams on the monitor.) Despite the vast difference in their heights, a human & a giraffe both have 7 of these bones in the neck, stacked one on top of the other
vertebra
Cory
|
| ON BATTERED KNEE | MR. SPEAKER (OF THE HOUSE) | WORLD HERITAGE SITES | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME | NOVEL "T"s | SUFFIXES |
|
$400
[26]
This golfer had reconstructive knee surgery after winning the 2008 U.S. Open on one good leg
Tiger Woods
Christopher
|
$400
[23]
He was on the cover of the Nov. 15, 2010 Time magazine with the caption "Mr. Speaker"
John Boehner
Cory
|
$400
[12]
Enormous stone figures called moai put this island on UNESCO's list
Easter Island
Cindy
|
$400
[16]
Gable, Clifford, Kent
Clark
Cindy
|
$400
[1]
In the title of a favorite by S.E. Hinton, these 3 words precede "This Is Now"
That Was Then
Christopher
Cory
|
$400
[7]
"Brainy" suffix that can denote manner or direction, as when added to "clock"
-wise
Christopher
|
|
$800
[27]
Playing for Real Madrid in 2007, this soccer star bent his knee unlike himself, damaging a ligament
Beckham
Christopher
|
$800
[24]
3 Georgians have served as Speaker of the House: 2 Democrats & from 1995 to 1999 this Republican
Gingrich
Christopher
|
$800
[13]
UNESCO mentioned the magnificent monuments of the historic center of this Czech city, including the Charles Bridge
Prague
Cindy
|
$800
[17]
Ellis, Farrell, Mason
Perry
Christopher
Cory
|
$800
[2]
Don't let the title mislead you: this 1844 novel relates the adventures of 4 swashbuckling heroes
The Three Musketeers
Cindy
|
$800
[8]
When this suffix is added to a number, it means that a building has that number of units
-plex
Cory
|
|
$1,200
[28]
When it comes to gruesome leg injuries, this Redskin quarterback's 1985 one is always cringe-worthy
(Joe) Theismann
Christopher
|
$1,200
[4]
While William Bankhead was Speaker, this daughter was appearing on stage in "The Little Foxes"
Tallulah
Cindy
|
DD
$1,600
[11]
In listing this citadel, UNESCO lauded Phidias, a sculptor who "transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument"
the Acropolis
Cory
|
$1,200
[18]
Jennings (a real guy), Smithers (an animated one)
Waylon
Christopher
|
$1,200
[3]
The full title of this sequel continues "and What Alice Found There"
Through the Looking-Glass
Cory
|
$1,200
[21]
Thinking of the suffix of several Asian countries will help you with the name of this tribal area where the Waziris live
Waziristan
Cory
|
| — |
$1,600
[9]
This "Great Compromiser" from Kentucky was elected Speaker in 1811 on the very first day he set foot in the House
Henry Clay
Cory
Cindy
|
$1,600
[14]
L'Anse aux Meadows, with the remains of an 11th century Viking settlement, is at the tip of this Canadian province
Newfoundland
Christopher
|
$1,600
[19]
Zubiri, Herbert, Cugat
Xavier
Cindy
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
This Hardy novel is subtitled "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented"
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Cindy
|
$1,600
[22]
By itself, it's a geographic line; as a suffix, it means turning toward something
-tropic
Cindy
|
| — |
$2,000
[10]
Of the 49 years this Texan spent in the House of Representatives, nearly 17 were as Speaker--Mister...
Sam Rayburn
|
$2,000
[15]
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia includes this monolith, which aboriginals of the region call Uluru
Ayers Rock
Christopher
|
$2,000
[20]
Vance (of 19th century North Carolina politics), Pike (of geographic "Peak" fame)
Zebulon
Cindy
|
$2,000
[6]
Chinua Achebe's first novel, about the leader of an Igbo community, is called these "Fall Apart", a line from Yeats
Things
Cindy
|
$2,000
[25]
This suffix can mean "headed in the direction of" or "not headed anywhere because you're trapped by"
-bound
Christopher
|
The latest "Bartlett's" lists quotes chronologically; the first quotes come from this country
Egypt