Matt Larson — a technical support specialist from Denver, Colorado
Roberta Candalino — a homemaker from Bedford, Texas
Monica Iyer — a law clerk from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monica | $1,800 | $4,200 | $10,800 |
$5,598
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Roberta | $400 | $2,900 | $13,200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $4,400 | $6,800 | $16,000 |
$5,599
New champion: $5,599 |
$16,000
21 R, 1 W |
| A NOVEL CATEGORY | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE | CARBAGE | BORN & DIED | NO DICE | 5 IN A "ROW" |
|
$200
[1]
Published posthumously, "Sleeping Murder" was her last novel to feature miss Jane Marple
Agatha Christie
Matt
|
$200
[2]
The 4 Seasons, or Fergie: "B.G.D.C."
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
Monica
|
$200
[11]
The Citation & Corsair were models of this Ford failure of the 1950s
the Edsel
Roberta
|
$200
[16]
Born: Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts. Died: Aug. 25, 2009, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy
Matt
|
$200
[23]
Gingerbread playing tokens pass through the peppermint forest in this game for preschoolers
Candy Land
Roberta
|
$200
[21]
They're the first 5 words of the little ditty that ends, "life is but a dream"
Row, row, row your boat
Roberta
|
|
$400
[3]
Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" was originally published in this language
German
Monica
|
$400
[7]
Seal: "K.F.A.R."
"Kiss From A Rose"
Monica
|
$400
[12]
Time said this 1980s Slavic import "had the distinct feeling of something assembled at gunpoint"
the Yugo
Matt
|
$400
[17]
Born: 570, Mecca. Died: June 8, 632, Medina
Muhammad
Monica
|
$400
[24]
Shown here is the creation of the powerful piece called this
the king
Matt
|
$400
[22]
It's the groove made in the ground by a plow
a furrow
Monica
|
|
$600
[4]
This weepy 1970 bestseller begins with the line "What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?"
Love Story
Monica
|
$600
[8]
Cheap Trick:"I.W.Y.T.W.M."
"I Want You To Want Me"
Matt
|
$600
[13]
The Sierra Club derisively dubbed this gargantuan SUV "the Ford Valdez"
the Excursion
Matt
|
DD
$500
[19]
Born: Nov. 2, 1755, Vienna, Austria. Died: Oct. 16. 1793, Paris, France
Marie Antoinette
Roberta
|
$600
[26]
The "hock" is the last card drawn in this once-popular game, a homophone of an ancient ruler
faro
|
$600
[25]
As it allows you to take books on loan, a library card is also known as this type of card
a borrowing card
Monica
|
|
$800
[5]
Oddly, Eric van Lustbader has written more of the Jason Bourne novels than this original author did
Robert Ludlum
Matt
|
$800
[9]
Carrie Underwood & her Louisville Slugger: "B.H.C."
"Before He Cheats"
Matt
|
$800
[14]
Powered(?) by a 90-hp engine, the 1982 model of this iconic Chevy sports car took 20 seconds to go from zero to 60
the Camaro
Monica
Roberta
|
$600
[18]
Born: Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India. Died: Jan. 30, 1948, New Delhi, India
Gandhi
Roberta
|
$800
[27]
Shogi is a Japanese variant of this board game but captured pieces can be used by the opponent
chess
Matt
|
$800
[29]
When you're wrong & you admit it, you "eat" this bird; now wipe your mouth!
crow
Monica
|
|
$1,000
[6]
"The Ghost Writer" & "Exit Ghost" are 2 of the novels featuring this author's alter ego Nathan Zuckerman
Philip Roth
Monica
|
$1,000
[10]
The Fray: "H.T.S.A.L."
"How To Save A Life"
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
This model was the infamous focus of Ralph Nader's 1965 expose "Unsafe At Any Speed"
the Corvair
Roberta
|
$1,000
[20]
Born: June 14, 1928, Rosario, Argentina. Died: Oct. 9, 1967, Bolivia
Che Guevara
Matt
|
$1,000
[28]
This Mattel game has 2 decks of cards for "things" & "descriptions" & your "thing" must try to match the "description"
Apples to Apples
Monica
|
$1,000
[30]
TV's Baretta may have had a pet cockatoo, but his theme song was "Keep Your Eye On" this
"The Sparrow"
Roberta
|
| LINGUISTICS | BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS | PASS THE VEGGIES | CATCHING A FEW "Z"s | PENNSYLVANIA DREAMIN' | ON SUCH A WINTER'S DAY |
|
$400
[4]
In European languages, this, such as masculine or feminine, is often unpredictable
the gender
Monica
|
$400
[7]
She had us at "Cold Mountain"
Renée Zellweger
Roberta
|
$400
[1]
This favorite of Popeye makes an excellent "wilted" side dish
spinach
Roberta
|
$400
[10]
6-letter word: go to the left, now right, back left, then right again
zigzag
Matt
|
$400
[15]
The Pennsylvania state Capitol dome rises 272 feet above this city
Harrisburg
Matt
|
$400
[20]
On Jan. 15, 1827 a man exited an oven (holding an overdone steak!) in a suit of this in a test of its heat resistance
asbestos
Roberta
|
|
DD
$500
[9]
It's not just a Louisiana French dialect, but any language that evolves from pidgin speech
Creole
Roberta
|
$800
[8]
No driving over a cliff for her in "The Accidental Tourist"
Geena Davis
Monica
Roberta
|
$800
[2]
Please pass the small, round pearl type of these around; the cream sauce is delicious!
onions
Matt
|
$800
[11]
This rock musician brought his wild, macabre style to his first feature directorial effort, "House of 1000 Corpses"
Rob Zombie
Matt
|
$800
[16]
The western tip of this city's Golden Triangle--where the Ohio River begins--is called the point
Pittsburgh
Matt
|
$800
[21]
On Dec. 27, 1900 she staged her 1st big "raid" when she marched on a Wichita saloon & smashed all liquor bottles in reach
Carrie Nation
Monica
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a linguistic diagram on the monitor.) In English, standard word order is SVO, short for this; in Japanese, it's SOV
subject, verb, object
Matt
|
$1,200
[17]
She won for "My Cousin Vinny" & has been nominated 2 other times, as well
Marisa Tomei
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
For carb cutters, "Joy of Cooking" has a recipe for this vegetable, mashed as a substitute for potatoes
cauliflower
Monica
Roberta
|
$1,200
[12]
Atomic number 30, it's often used in sunscreen
zinc
Roberta
|
$1,200
[25]
Well, we're living here in this "town" that lies on the Lehigh River across from Bethlehem
Allentown
Roberta
|
$1,200
[22]
He & Alfred Vail demonstrated their telegraph publicly for the first time on Jan. 6, 1838 in Morristown
(Samuel) Morse
Monica
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Study of the Indo-European family began in 1786 with a scholar noting this ancient tongue's affinity with Greek & Latin
Sanskrit
Monica
|
$1,600
[18]
She won for "Tootsie", a few years after not even being nominated for "King Kong"
Jessica Lange
Roberta
|
$1,600
[5]
Argenteuil, France is famous for its white type of this, which is grown underground
asparagus
Monica
|
$1,600
[13]
This term meaning "just don't" is applied to policies like those in California schools for students carrying guns
zero-tolerance
Matt
|
$1,600
[26]
In 1850 this city that loves Feb. 2 became a borough; in 1850 this city that loves Feb. 2 became a borough; in 1850...
Punxsutawney
Roberta
|
$2,000
[24]
In his Feb. 18, 1861 inaugural address, he spoke of "the absence of wrong on our part"
Jefferson Davis
Monica
Roberta
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Forming statements not about here & now is called this, like the amount of water moved by a floating body
displacement
Monica
|
$2,000
[19]
She took home an Oscar for "From Here to Eternity" & later starred in one of TV's most wholesome sitcoms
Donna Reed
Roberta
|
$2,000
[6]
Pablo Neruda said this thistlelike plant had a "tender heart" & a "small helmet under its scales"
an artichoke
Matt
|
$2,000
[14]
The Matura diamond is a colorless variety of this 6-letter mineral
zircon
Roberta
|
$2,000
[27]
This city with a hyphenated name was named for 2 British politicians who defended the American colonies in parliament
Wilkes-Barre
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
On Jan. 14, 2011 President Ben Ali fled this African country as his people protested his 23-year rule
Tunisia
Monica
|
This term for the lowest level of the ocean that the Sun's rays can reach shares its name with a classic 1960s TV show
the twilight zone