Gay Haubner — a fund raiser for a non-profit from New York, New York
Tom Brown — a program analyst originally from Harleysville, Pennsylvania
Matt Neville — a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut (whose 3-day cash winnings total $65,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $600 | $4,400 | $7,800 |
$15,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $-1,000 | $2,000 | $9,200 |
$15,601
New champion: $15,601 |
$10,200
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gay | $2,000 | $5,200 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
13 R, 4 W |
| THE 1860s | COLORFUL TV SHOWS | ACT I, SCENE 1 | MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN & VALERIE | THE WHITE STUFF | "P-S-P" |
|
$200
[2]
In April 1866 this company absorbed U.S. Telegraph, giving it a complete monopoly in the United States
Western Union
Tom
|
$200
[7]
(1965-1971)"_____ Acres"
Green
Matt
|
$200
[11]
Act I, Scene 1 of this Shakespeare play takes place atop the castle at Elsinore
Hamlet
Matt
|
$200
[1]
In 1988 the remains of this explorer were moved & reburied next to Robert Peary
Matthew Henson
Matt
Gay
|
$200
[17]
Peregrine White was born aboard this ship in November 1620, Pilgrim
the Mayflower
Gay
|
$200
[26]
An association of at least 2 people joined by a contract in a business
a partnership
Tom
|
|
$400
[3]
In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich
John D.) Rockefeller
Tom
|
$400
[8]
(1988-1998)"Murphy _____"
Brown
Matt
|
$400
[13]
In the first scene of this Tennessee Williams drama, Maggie walks into the bedroom to change her dress
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gay
|
$400
[19]
In 2011 this web guy was called "the world's youngest billionaire" (but it turns out a co-founder of the site is 8 days younger)
Zuckerberg
Matt
|
$400
[18]
For 21 minutes on June 3, 1965 astronaut Ed White achieved this American first as part of the Gemini 4 mission
space walk
Matt
Tom
|
$400
[27]
This is a place where personal property is left as security in exchange for a money loan
a pawnshop
Gay
|
|
$600
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.) There was lots of partying in this city before & certainly after Lincoln was nominated for president there in 1860; hereis a $321.50 bar tab for party officials that week
Chicago
Tom
|
$600
[9]
(1984)"_____ Thunder"
Blue
|
$600
[14]
Murray, a New York police officer is among those playing poker in Act I, Scene 1 of this Neil Simon comedy
The Odd Couple
Gay
|
$600
[20]
There's an egg-eating contest in this 1967 film; remember it? Or have we got failure to communicate
Cool Hand Luke
Tom
|
$600
[23]
In the Grimm Brothers' version of the story. the evil queen uses a tight-fitting bodice to try & kill this woman
Snow White
Matt
|
$600
[28]
This plant has a large, white edible root
parsnip
Matt
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
In an 1867 article, this English physician wrote, "the first object must be the destruction of any septic germs"
Joseph Lister
Tom
|
$800
[10]
(2004-2006)"Laguna Beach: The Real _____ County"
Orange
Gay
|
$800
[15]
Joe Boyd, a real estate salesman, is watching the Washington Senators play baseball on TV as this musical opens
Damn Yankees
Matt
|
$800
[21]
Of the current Supreme Court members, the one who fits the category
John Roberts
Tom
|
$800
[24]
Get some color in your cheeks & ride a brown cow through the city of Whitehorse, the capital of this Canadian territory
the Yukon
Matt
Tom
|
$800
[29]
This software was called Display & also Image Pro before Adobe bought it
Photoshop
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In 1868 this Liberal Party member succeeded Disraeli as British Prime Minister; he served in that capacity 3 other times
Gladstone
Gay
|
$1,000
[12]
(1983-84)"The _____ Rose"
Yellow
|
$1,000
[16]
Moliere's "The Imaginary" this opens with the title character adding up his apothecary's bill
Invalid
Gay
|
$1,000
[22]
In 2007 Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury & obstruction of justice regarding the leak of the i.d. of this CIA agent
Valerie Plame
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
The glistening dunes of this New Mexico National Monument are actually miles and miles of gypsum
White Sands
Gay
|
$1,000
[30]
6-letter term for care after surgery
post-op
Tom
|
| NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES | STARS OF SPORT | MEASURING UP | BALLET HIGH | WINGS & THINGS | WHAT THE GREEK PREFIX MEANS |
|
$400
[1]
The name of this river that flows past Mount Vernon may mean "place where people trade"
the Potomac
Tom
|
$400
[11]
On Feb. 6, 2011 this Packers quaterback was named MVP of Super Bowl XLV
Aaron Rodgers
Tom
|
$400
[6]
If you're using a single yoke, it means you're preparing to connect this number of oxen
two
Tom
Gay
|
$400
[16]
Britannica says the high point of classical ballet under the czars came with 19th C. ballets from this composer
Tchaikovsky
Gay
|
$400
[27]
The Anchor Bar in New York claims to have invented these in 1964
Buffalo wings
Gay
|
$400
[21]
Proto-
early (first accepted)
Tom
|
|
$800
[2]
This capital city of Florida got its name from Creek words meaning "old town"
Tallahassee
Matt
|
$800
[12]
When Barcelona-born Pau Gasol joined this NBA team in 2008, it was called the "Spanish Acquisition"
the Lakers
Tom
|
$800
[7]
One bale of paper equals 10 of these
a ream
Tom
|
$800
[17]
The ballet "Icare" finds the title character soaring high in the air, but alas, his wings are held together with this
wax
Matt
Gay
|
$800
[30]
Flown one time only by Howard Hughes, the wingspan on this plane was an astounding 319 feet
the Spruce Goose
Tom
|
$800
[22]
Necro-
dead/death
Gay
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Merle Haggard sang, "I'm proud to be an Okie from" this place
Muskogee
Matt
Tom
|
$1,200
[13]
Father of "NCIS" star Mark, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1940 & received a Purple Heart in WWII
Tom Harmon
Tom
|
$1,200
[8]
A skein usually refers to a measurement of this reel-wound substance that's also a term for a long tale
yarn
Tom
|
$1,200
[18]
At the end of this ballet the souls of Odette & Prince Siegfried ascend high into the heavens together
Swan Lake
Gay
|
$1,200
[26]
It includes the Cabinet Room, Situation Room &, of course, the Oval Office
the West Wing
Tom
|
$1,200
[23]
Leuco-
white (bright accepted)
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1863 a Civil War battle took place around Chickamauga Creek in this state
Georgia
Gay
|
$1,600
[14]
In the 1920s this Finn won 12 total medals in the Olympics, a record for a track & field athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Tom
|
$1,600
[9]
This measure equals 128 cubic feet of wood
a cord
Tom
|
$1,600
[19]
The "Bathing Beauty Ballet" in "High Button Shoes" was a big success for this "West Side Story" choreographer
Jerome Robbins
|
$1,600
[28]
With a wingspan of nearly a foot, the Queen Alexandra birdwing is the largest one of these
a butterfly
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
Syn-
together
Gay
|
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
Massai Point in this state's Cochise County was named for an Apache warrior
Arizona
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
This 6'6" god of a man was drafted by the NFL & NBA, but his Hall of Fame career was with baseball's Padres & Yankees
Dave Winfield
|
$2,000
[10]
Energy is sold in these units, also called newton-meters, but your electric bill is probably in kilowatt-hours
joules
|
$2,000
[20]
In a ballet about this Norwegian folk hero, he insults the Mountain King's daughter & must descend quickly
Peer Gynt
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Winged Victory is a headless statue of this goddess
Nike
Matt
|
$2,000
[25]
Melano-
black
|
Held in 1579, the first Christian service in California was performed by the chaplain traveling with this English captain
Sir Francis Drake