Beverly Jones — an attorney for a nonprofit originally from Spokane, Washington
Matt Neville — a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut
Lisa Bloomberg — a medical student from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 2-day cash winnings total $55,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $4,100 | $6,700 | $11,100 |
$22,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Matt | $1,200 | $2,800 | $20,400 |
$23,000
New champion: $23,000 |
$18,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Beverly | $2,000 | $5,200 | $8,800 |
$9,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,800
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| BESTSELLERS OF THE 1950s | SUPER BOWL MVPs | TAXED BY TAXES | YOU SAY MYANMAR, I SAY BURMA | TAKING STOCK | 3 Bs, IF YOU PLEASE |
|
$200
[1]
A new "Revised Standard Version" of this book topped the nonfiction charts in 1954
The Bible
Beverly
|
$200
[26]
In 2002 & 2004, this Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady
Lisa
|
$200
[2]
This country singer had to go "On the Road Again" after the IRS seized his ranch because he owed back taxes
Willie Nelson
Beverly
|
$200
[13]
Until 1937, Burma was a province of this big neighboring current country
India
Matt
|
$200
[21]
BA isn't Bank of America but this plane-making company
Boeing
Matt
|
$200
[7]
The fat layer between the skin & muscles of whales
blubber
Lisa
|
|
$400
[10]
The "Picture Cook Book" attributed to this fictional woman rules the list in 1950
Betty Crocker
Beverly
|
$400
[27]
In 2000, this St. Louis QB, who later showed off his moves in season 11 of "Dancing with the Stars"
(Kurt) Warner
Beverly
|
$400
[3]
Before his 1931 tax evasion conviction, he joked that Uncle Sam can't collect legal taxes on illegal money
Al Capone
Lisa
|
$400
[14]
Yangon & this are both names for Burma's longtime capital
Rangoon
Matt
|
$400
[22]
This low-cost Airline spread its LUV from Texas
South West
Beverly
|
$400
[8]
Superstar of sports & "Jeopardy!" seen here
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Beverly
|
|
$600
[18]
This Edna Ferber novel was a "huge" success when it was published in 1952
Giant
Matt
|
$600
[28]
In 1999, this Denver quarterback
Elway
Beverly
|
$600
[4]
This first "Survivor" winner was voted off his home & into a jail for failing to pay taxes on his winnings
Richard Hatch
Lisa
|
$600
[15]
Nearly 90% of Burmese practice this religion
Buddhism
Lisa
|
$600
[23]
This retailer, WAG, has good medicine
Walgreens
Lisa
|
$600
[9]
Messrs. Flay, Fischer & Orr
Bobby
Matt
|
|
$800
[19]
The 1958 bestseller "Kids Say the Darndest Things!" by this man was based on a segment on his hit TV show
Art Linkletter
|
$800
[29]
In 1992, this Cowboys quarterback
(Troy) Aikman
Beverly
|
$800
[5]
This "Queen of Mean" hotelier was jailed for tax evasion
Leona Helmsley
Beverly
|
$800
[16]
Burma has universal suffrage, but from 1990 until Nov. 7, 2010, its govt. did not bother having these
elections
Matt
|
$800
[24]
A recent offering by KO, this company, was a zero--that's the name of the product
Coca-Cola
Lisa
|
$800
[11]
6-letter word meaning to talk in an incoherent fashion, on & on & on...
babble
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This work by Norman Vincent Peale had us all feeling good in 1955
The Power of Positive Thinking
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1976, this Pittsburgh Steelers non-quarterback who became an ABC sportscaster
Lynn Swann
|
$1,000
[6]
Dennis Kozlowski was jailed for sales tax evasion & fraud while running this conglomerate (not the Mattel toy brand)
Tyco
|
$1,000
[17]
Burma has about 1,200 miles of coastline on the Andaman Sea & this big bay
the Bay of Bengal
Lisa
|
$1,000
[25]
This company, DE, makes hay into stacks with tractors
John Deere
Beverly
|
DD
$1,500
[12]
A person who hates or fears books
a bibliophobe
Lisa
|
| PRESIDENTS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | TATTOOED LADIES | COIN OF THE REALM | "P"s & "Q"s | MILTON | BRADLEY |
|
$400
[21]
The first president of Congress, Peyton Randolph gaveled Congress to order on September 5, 1774 in this city
Philadelphia
Beverly
|
$400
[6]
This "Tomb Raider" & humanitarian activist has a "Know Your Rights" shoulder tattoo
Angelina Jolie
Beverly
|
$400
[1]
1966:1 yuan depicting Chiang Kai-Shek
Taiwan
Matt
|
$400
[11]
A small commemorative tablet, perhaps for that gunk on your teeth
a plaque
Matt
|
$400
[30]
Respectively the 2 places named in satan's line "Better to reign in ___ than serve in ___"
hell and heaven
Lisa
Beverly
|
$400
[16]
He commanded the U.S. First Army on D-Day
Omar Bradley
Matt
|
|
$800
[22]
In the war, Thomas Mifflin was this man's aide-de-camp & later accepted the resignation of his commission
Washington
Beverly
|
$800
[7]
On one shoulder, this "Transformers" star has a paraphrase of a "King Lear" line about butterflies
Megan Fox
Matt
|
$800
[2]
1971:25 new pence depicting a barbary ape
Gibraltar
|
$800
[12]
In 4 letters, a clever or sarcastic remark
a quip
Lisa
|
$800
[29]
"Let not" this country "forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live"
"England"
Lisa
|
$800
[17]
It probably hurt for more than 60 minutes when he was wounded by shrapnel while reporting for CBS from Cambodia
Ed Bradley
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Later a writer of the Federalist Papers & Chief Justice, he served as President of Congress in 1778 & 1779
John Jay
Beverly
|
$1,200
[8]
This "Mean Girls" girl has a forearm tattoo that reads, "Stars, all we ask for is our right to twinkle"
Lindsay Lohan
Beverly
|
$1,600
[4]
1964:25 schilling depicting playwright Franz Grillparzer
Austria
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
A floor of short strips of patterned wood; Celtics star Bob Cousy was the "Prince" of it at Boston Garden
parquet
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
"No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born" in this 4-letter condition
"free"
|
$1,200
[18]
During the 2000 Democratic Convention, he released his delegates & urged them to support Al Gore
Bill Bradley
Lisa
|
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
This declaration signer from Massachusetts served the longest as President of Congress, 30 months
John Hancock
Beverly
|
$1,600
[9]
This "Heroes" cheerleader has a torso tat that reads (in misspelled Italian), "Live without regrets"
Hayden Panettiere
Lisa
|
$2,000
[5]
1982:1 balboa depicting Omar Torrijos
Panama
Lisa
|
$1,600
[14]
The type of film "Hannibal Rising" was
a prequel
Lisa
|
$1,600
[27]
"Come, and trip it, as you go, on the light ___ toe"
"fantastic"
Beverly
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1742, James Bradley, a pioneer in the study of light, succeeded this comet of a guy as Astronomer Royal
(Edmond) Halley
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[24]
In November 1781 John Hanson became the first president of Congress elected under the terms of this document
the Articles of Confederation
Matt
|
$2,000
[10]
Evan Rachel Wood has a quotation from this "Ulalume" luminary between her shoulder blades
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Matt
|
DD
$3,200
[3]
2003:1,000 tugrik depicting Chinggis Khan
Mongolia
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
Tart tasting
piquant
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
"They also serve who only ___ ___ ___"
"stand and wait"
|
$2,000
[20]
Justice Joseph Bradley's vote made this man, not Samuel Tilden, president in the disputed election of 1876
(Rutherford B.) Hayes
Matt
|
Playing in theaters since 1975, this film has had the longest continuous theatrical run in movie history
The Rocky Horror Picture Show