Ian Pickus — a public radio producer from Rensselaer, New York
Grant Wing — an office manager from Vancouver, British Columbia
Joe McKee — a percussionist from Palos Heights, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $2,200 | $3,800 | $14,200 |
$26,900
2-day champion: $49,500 |
$14,200
17 R, 2 W |
| Grant | $1,800 | $3,600 | $13,400 |
$26,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Ian | $1,800 | $3,400 | $11,000 |
$7,798
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| STATE PARKS | FIRST NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY | STUPID ANSWERS | '80s FADS | SCRAMBLED ACHES | THE DAN, PATRICK SHOW |
|
$200
[16]
Catskill State Park
New York
Joe
|
$200
[6]
Need to change a tire? No problem if you have one of these portable devices to lift the car
jacks
Joe
|
$200
[20]
This Stephen King novel says, "There was a clown in the stormdrain ... it was a clown, like in the circus or on TV"
"It"
Ian
|
$200
[1]
These "kids" from Babyland General Hospital came with a birth certificate & adoption papers
Cabbage Patch Kids
Grant
|
$200
[26]
BROTH
a throb
Ian
|
$200
[11]
(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) In 1984, the 48 touchdown passes by this Dolphin quarterback obliterated the old single season record of 36 held by Y.A. Tittle & George Blanda
Dan Marino
Ian
|
|
$400
[17]
Pocahontas State Park
Virginia
Joe
Ian
|
$400
[7]
To hit or injure slightly, or to give yourself a small cut while shaving--ouch!
nick
Grant
|
$400
[22]
In 1542 this daughter of Mary of Guise became the Queen of the Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots
Ian
|
$400
[2]
Theseshoes were first a big hit in the 1980s
jellies
Grant
|
$400
[27]
SIR NAP
sprain
|
$400
[12]
(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) He coached the Lakers to 4 NBA titles in the '80s; now he catches some heat as Miami's president & part-time owner
Pat Riley
Ian
|
|
$600
[18]
Myles Standish State Park
Massachusetts
Ian
|
$600
[8]
Its definitions include elegance, mercy & moral strength, as well as a prayer said before meals
grace
Joe
|
$600
[23]
President John Tyler was the son of Mary Armistead & this governor
John Tyler
Joe
|
$600
[3]
The sticky, octopus-shaped toys called "wacky" these slowly descended when hurled at an upright surface
Wacky WallWalkers
Ian
|
$600
[28]
TO LANCE AIR
laceration
|
$600
[13]
(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) I'm often confused with this Indy car driver who had 5 top 5 finishes in 2009, including 3rd at the Indy 500; it must be the hair
Danica Patrick
Joe
|
|
$800
[19]
Willamette Stone State Park
Oregon
Joe
Grant
|
$800
[9]
This nickname for Henry can also mean a coil, or a looped bundle of thread
Hank
Ian
|
$800
[24]
Chevron's red & blue logo is this heraldic shape, meant to convey rank & service
a chevron
Ian
|
$800
[4]
Thesecharacterswere created in Belgium way back in 1958, but hit it big in the U.S. in the 1980s
the Smurfs
Grant
|
$800
[29]
RUBIES
a bruise
|
$800
[14]
(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) In 2010 Patrick Kane's overtime goal gave this team its first Stanley Cup in 49 years
the Blackhawks
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Tippecanoe River State Park
Indiana
Joe
Ian
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
The 2 common names, one female, one male, that are synonyms for a Christmas song or hymn
Carol and Noel
Ian
|
$1,000
[25]
In Dutch, this royal was known as Willem Hendrik, Prins van Oranje
William of Orange
Joe
Grant
|
$1,000
[5]
This 5-letter word preceded "boppers" or "bobbers" in the name of novelty bobbing antennas that you wore on your head
deely
Grant
|
$1,000
[30]
WET GIN
a twinge
|
$1,000
[15]
(Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) This decathlete got top billing over "Dave" in a '92 ad campaign but didn't make the Olympic team; 4 years later, he won gold
Dan O'Brien
Grant
|
| ALL EARS | FAMILY MOVIES | POTENT POTABLES | ARBOR DAY READING? | "B"4 | & AFTER |
|
$400
[16]
Injury, infection & loud noises can cause this membrane between the external ear canal & middle ear to rupture
the eardrum
Ian
|
$400
[21]
1980:"Coal Miner's _____"
Daughter
Joe
|
$400
[23]
Drambuie is a brand of liqueur made with honey & this barley whisky
scotch
Joe
|
$400
[11]
An American colonel is in love with an Italian countess in Hemingway's "Across" this "And Into The Trees"
The River
Grant
|
$400
[1]
When you do this to "your time", you wait for a favorable opportunity
bide
Grant
|
$400
[6]
After the 1979 electoral defeat of the Labour Party, she took over for Prime Minister James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
Ian
|
|
$800
[17]
It may ring a bell that this 8-letter word is the medical term for ringing in the ears
tinnitus
Joe
|
$800
[22]
1989:"_____ Buck"
Uncle
Grant
|
$800
[24]
Meaning "white of whites", it's wine made entirely from white grapes, like a champagne made from the chardonnay grape
blanc de blancs
Joe
|
$800
[12]
This poet wrote of a self-sacrificing apple tree in "The Giving Tree"
Shel Silverstein
|
$800
[2]
A sculpture head & shoulders above the rest, or slang for to place under arrest
bust
Joe
|
$800
[7]
After Aug. 15, 1947 India & Pakistan emerged as 2 independent countries & he became India's first Prime Minister
Nehru
Grant
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) When you come down from high elevations, the air pressure outside your ear can be greater than inside; swallowing can push air from the nasal cavity through this tube into the ear, causing a popping sound
the Eustachian tube
Grant
|
$1,200
[28]
1992:"My _____ Vinny"
Cousin
Ian
|
$1,200
[25]
This brand of aromatic bitters is named for a town in Venezuela
Angostura
Grant
|
$1,200
[13]
In the title of a bestseller by Olive Ann Burns, this word comes between "Cold" & "Tree"
Sassy
Grant
|
$1,200
[3]
A thing that ruins or spoils; perhaps it's the this "of your existence"
bane
Ian
|
$1,600
[9]
After leading a 1969 coup that deposed King Idris, he was named Commander in Chief of Libya's Armed Forces
Gadhafi
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) Deriving its name from the Greek word for snail, this structure contains the actual organ of hearing
the cochlea
Joe
|
$1,600
[29]
2003:"_____ Day Care"
Daddy
Joe
|
$1,600
[26]
Armagnac is this type of single distilled spirit
brandy
Grant
Ian
|
$1,600
[14]
"Dinosaurs Before Dark" is the first book in this kids' series by Mary Pope Osborne
the Magic Tree House series
|
$1,600
[4]
The second of any series, as in chemistry or physics
beta
Grant
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
After a psy-ops team blasted Van Halen for 10 days at this general, hiding in Panama's Vatican Embassy, he said no mas
(Manuel) Noriega
Grant
|
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
That's right, cowboy! The stapes, the smallest bone in the ear & the body, is more commonly called this
the stirrup
Grant
|
$2,000
[30]
1992:"Stop! Or My _____ Will Shoot"
Mom
Ian
|
$2,000
[27]
The desert plant used to make tequila is blue this
agave
Ian
|
$2,000
[15]
Francie knows that the tree in her yard isn't a pine or a hemlock in this classic by Betty Smith
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Grant
|
$2,000
[5]
This monetary unit of Thailand equals 100 satangs
baht
Joe
|
$2,000
[10]
After finishing second to Lincoln in the 1860 popular vote for president, this senator died on June 3, 1861
(Stephen) Douglas
Ian
|
In 1909 he completed his last painting, a canvas called "Driftwood"
Winslow Homer