Crystal Leonard — a stay-at-home mom and substitute teacher from Upland, California
Lindsey Peterson — an economist from Yonkers, New York
Sam Meyer — a graduate student of Middle Eastern studies originally from St. Joseph, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,432)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $3,400 | $5,400 | $12,600 |
$24,945
2-day champion: $45,377 |
$9,200
19 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Lindsey | $2,800 | $6,800 | $13,600 |
$1,958
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
17 R, 0 W |
| Crystal | $2,600 | $4,000 | $12,400 |
$12,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
17 R, 3 W |
| STRINGED INSTRUMENTS | MEET MY EXES | ANNUAL EVENTS | TIGERS BY THE TALE | SPECIAL "T"s | FUN WITH STATE NAMES |
|
$200
[11]
The OED says this word for a violin is "only in familiar or contemptuous use"
fiddle
Crystal
|
$200
[21]
Mimi Rogers &Nicole Kidman
Tom Cruise
Crystal
|
$200
[6]
The Trailing of the Sheep Festival in Ketchum & Hailey in this state has workshops on how to cook lamb & work with wool
Idaho
Lindsey
|
$200
[16]
"The House at Pooh Corner" is his lair
Tigger
Sam
Crystal
|
$200
[1]
Patron silver is a premium type of this potent potable
tequila
Lindsey
|
$200
[26]
Keep up! They are the 2 states with 3 sets of double letters
Mississippi & Tennessee
Crystal
|
|
$400
[12]
Compared to the violin, it has a low C string instead of a high E string
a viola
Sam
|
$400
[22]
Andre Previn &Frank Sinatra(she & Woody Allen never married)
Mia Farrow
Crystal
|
$400
[7]
In 1941 Congress made this a paid federal holiday, 165 years after it was first celebrated
the 4th of July (Independence Day)
Sam
Crystal
|
$400
[17]
Shere Khan is a terrible tiger in this 1894 work
The Jungle Book
Sam
|
$400
[2]
Hershey's Skor bar is this type of candy enrobed in chocolate
toffee
Lindsey
|
$400
[27]
The one letter that does not appear in any of the 50 state names
Q
Lindsey
Crystal
|
|
$600
[13]
This instrument heardhereprecedes "rain" in a Bruce Hornsby title
a mandolin
Lindsey
|
$600
[23]
Don Johnson, Steven Bauer, Don Johnson
Melanie Griffith
Crystal
|
$600
[8]
The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Salley, S.C. celebrates with a festival devoted to these fried pig intestines
chitlins
Sam
|
$600
[18]
In Angela Carter's "Lizzie's Tiger", this future ax-wielder goes to see a circus tiger
Lizzie Borden
Crystal
|
$600
[3]
These Spanish appetizers run the gamut from simple items like olives to more elaborate things like cold omelets
tapas
Lindsey
|
$600
[28]
The one vowel that does not begin a state name (& don't say "Y"; we don't need the viewer mail)
E
Sam
|
|
$800
[14]
The modern harp has 47 strings & 7 of these to raise the strings' pitch
pedals
Crystal
|
$800
[24]
Peter Allen, Jack Haley Jr., Mark Gero, David Gest
Liza Minnelli
Lindsey
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Fence painting & frog jumping contests are highlights of an annual festival held in this Missouri city
Hannibal
Sam
|
$800
[19]
A talking tiger in a popular comic strip was named for this British enlightenment philosopher
(Thomas) Hobbes
Lindsey
|
$800
[4]
The name of this Italian dessert means "carry me up" & many assume the unspoken continuation must be "to heaven"
tiramisu
Lindsey
|
$800
[29]
8 states begin with "M" & another 8 with this letter
N
Sam
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Jacqueline du Pre made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut May 14, 1965 playing Elgar's concerto for this instrument
cello
Sam
|
$1,000
[25]
John Lloyd &Greg Norman
Chris Evert
|
$1,000
[10]
This city's Wyatt Earp Days features a chili cook-off & an 1880s fashion show
Tombstone
Crystal
|
$1,000
[20]
A tiger named Richard Parker shares a life raft with a boy in Yann Martel's "Life of" him
Pi
Lindsey
|
$1,000
[5]
The Minneola is a common variety of this hybrid citrus fruit
a tangelo
Crystal
|
$1,000
[30]
The one that ends with "G"
Wyoming
Lindsey
|
| SCIENCE | TV LAW FIRMS | ALPHABETICALLY LAST | LEANING | TOWER | OF PISA |
|
$400
[1]
They're also called erythrocytes
red blood cells
Sam
|
$400
[21]
Glenn Close plays the Hewes of Hewes & Assoc. on this drama
Damages
Lindsey
|
$400
[7]
Of Ivy League schools
Yale
Crystal
|
$400
[6]
Lifting or other violent abuse of a pinball machine gets you the "slam" type of this, ending the game
a tilt
Sam
|
$400
[12]
Of all the USA's buildings, the one in Chicago originally called this has the most stories with 110
the Sears Tower
Crystal
|
$400
[17]
Pisa proudly proclaims itself the birthplace of this scientist in 1564
Galileo
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Haber process uses nitrogen & hydrogen to synthetically produce this pungent gas
ammonia
Sam
|
$800
[22]
Calista Flockhart clocked in at the firm of Cage/Fish & Associates on this wacky legal show
Ally McBeal
Crystal
|
$800
[8]
Of New York City's boroughs
Staten Island
Lindsey
|
$800
[27]
5-letter term for the bias or angle expressed in a news article
slant
Crystal
|
$800
[13]
The White Tower in Greece was once called the "Bloody Tower" because this empire executed people there
the Ottoman Empire
Sam
|
$800
[18]
During this war, Pisa suffered severe damage as a part of the Axis' Pesaro-Rimini defensive line
World War II
Lindsey
|
|
$1,600
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays a chemical formula on the monitor.) When acetic acid in vinegar reacts with CaCO3, this compound in the eggshell, bubbles of CO2form in the vinegar & dissolve the shell, leaving just the membrane
calcium carbonate
Lindsey
|
$1,200
[23]
The title vampire on this series went up against the truly demonic law firm of Wolfram & Hart
Angel
|
$1,200
[9]
Of the gods of the 4 winds in Greek myth
Zephyr
Lindsey
|
$1,200
[28]
An entry in the phone book, or what a boat is doing if it's leaning, perhaps to starboard
listing
Crystal
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1994 Seattle Weekly named this tower the "best place to get engaged"
the Space Needle
Sam
|
$1,200
[19]
Begun in 1173, the 8-story Leaning Tower of Pisa is clad in this stone
(white) marble
Crystal
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This unit of pressure is equal to about 14.7 pounds per square inch or 1 bar
one atmosphere
Sam
|
$1,600
[24]
The firm Donnell, Young, Dole & Frutt makes perfect on this legal drama that lost its appeal in 2004
The Practice
Sam
|
$1,600
[10]
Of European capitals
Zagreb
Sam
|
$1,600
[29]
Meaning "a slope", it's from the Latin for "bend toward"
incline
|
$1,600
[15]
Every night at 9:53 p.m., the Ceremony of the Keys begins, locking up this fortress on the Thames
the Tower of London
Crystal
|
$1,600
[20]
Pisa survived the collapse of the Roman Empire to become the main urban center of this central Italian region
Tuscany
|
|
DD
$3,200
[2]
The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "new"
neon
Sam
|
$2,000
[26]
Harry Hamlin played one of the named partners of the firm McKenize, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak on this glitzy drama
L.A. Law
Crystal
|
DD
$2,800
[11]
Of Rome's "First Triumvirate"
Pompey
Sam
|
$2,000
[30]
Take the apostrophe out of this word & it means to lean to one side
can't
Sam
|
$2,000
[16]
At 1,076', Sky Tower in this largest New Zealand city is the tallest free-standing structure south of the equator
Auckland
Sam
|
$2,000
[25]
Internal struggles in Pisa led to the city's defeat & occupation by this neighboring city in 1406
Florence
Sam
Lindsey
|
In the beginning this 2005 novel was simply titled "Forks"
Twilight