Michael Vlach — a high school technology teacher from Vacaville, California
John Mingey — a physician from Erie, Pennsylvania
Nick Condon — a research chemist originally from Lakewood, Colorado (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick | $4,200 | $12,600 | $25,200 |
$30,200
3-day champion: $80,101 |
$19,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| John | $2,400 | $4,200 | $4,600 |
$3,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $200 | $3,000 | $9,800 |
$10,057
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
12 R, 2 W |
| ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL | ICONS OF DAYTIME TELEVISION | HOUDINI | KINGS, QUEENS, & JACKS | THE NEW YORK TIMESTRAVEL | IN DENIAL |
|
$200
[1]
The shape of Illinois's 4th Congressionaldistrictis an example of this practice, named for a 19th century politician
Gerrymander
John
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$200
[23]
Captain Kangaroo's crew included this right-hand man, played by Hugh Brannum
Mr. Green Jeans
Nick
|
$200
[11]
Though he claimed to have been born in the U.S., Houdini was really born in 1874 in this newly created capital of Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Nick
|
$200
[6]
This has been the national anthem of the U.K. since 1952; one word in its title changes from time to time
"God Save The Queen"
Michael
|
$200
[14]
In December 2010 the "In Transit" blog reported that his boyhood home in Hope, Ark. was named a national historic site
Bill Clinton
John
|
$200
[21]
Old Testament book
Daniel
|
|
$400
[2]
In 2004 the mayor of New Paltz, New York made news when he started performing these ceremonies
gay weddings
Nick
|
$400
[24]
On Jan. 18, 2011, after 28 years on the morning shift, this morning co-host announced he was retiring
Regis Philbin
Michael
|
$400
[12]
Harry Houdini died on this day in 1926--spooky!
Halloween
Nick
|
$400
[7]
Montague Druitt, a barrister with an interest in surgery, has been suspected of 19th c. crimes committed under this name
Jack the Ripper
Nick
|
$400
[15]
Looking for a hotel in this city? Times picks included Les Ottomans & Four Seasons the Bosphorus
Istanbul
Nick
John
|
$400
[22]
Not local, like an E.T.
alien
Nick
|
|
$600
[3]
In 2008 its city council asked governor Jennifer Granholm to remove Kwame Kilpatrick as its mayor
Detroit
Michael
|
$600
[25]
Now that's stamina! Since 1970, this soap opera character played by Susan Lucci has been married 12 times
Erica Kane
Nick
|
$600
[13]
Houdini died from a burst one of these, not as the result of an escape gone bad
an appendix
John
Michael
|
$600
[8]
This big-time boxing promoter was cleared of a 1954 murder charge when a judge found it to be justifiable homicide
Don King
Nick
|
$600
[18]
A "Weekend in New York" piece talks about visiting some permanent New Yorkers at these peaceful places, like Woodlawn
cemeteries
Michael
|
$600
[28]
"For want of" this, "the shoe was lost"
a nail
Nick
|
|
$800
[4]
In 2011 this congresswoman from Minnesota's 6th district gave a State of the Union rebuttal on behalf of the Tea Party
Michele Bachmann
John
|
$800
[26]
Barbara Walters started as a writer on this NBC morning show in 1961 & eventually became its first female co-host
The Today Show
John
|
$800
[16]
Every year on the anniversary of Houdini's death, believers & the curious hold these--so far, he hasn't shown
seances
Nick
|
$800
[9]
His first Klondike stories, collected in 1900's "The Son of the Wolf", made this man a bestselling author
Jack London
Nick
|
$800
[19]
At nytimes.com access articles on over 1,000 destinations--for this country "36 hours in Kuala Lumpur" came up
Malaysia
Michael
|
$800
[29]
Top fermented brew
ale
Nick
|
|
$1,000
[5]
When JFK gave up his House seat to run for Senate in 1952, this man who said, "All politics is local" won it & kept it until 1987
Tip O'Neill
Nick
|
$1,000
[27]
Ruta Lee & Elaine Stewart rolled the giant dice on this game show; whatever happened to that debonair fellow?
High Rollers
|
DD
$5,000
[17]
An early "ghostbuster", Houdini fell out with this detective novelist, a former friend & advocate of spiritualism
Arthur Conan Doyle
Nick
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1717 Blackbeard used the ship called this queen's Revenge to terrorize the Carolina & Virginia coasts
Queen Anne
John
|
$1,000
[20]
Among the "41 places to go in 2011" is this town near Vancouver: "The Olympians are gone. Now it's your turn"
Whistler
Michael
|
$1,000
[30]
The actor playing the principal role in a production
a lead
John
|
| EXPLORATION | BANDS BY LEAD SINGER | BOOK"S" | PARTS OF A WHOLE | WEATHER, MAN | LITTLE-USED WORDS |
|
$400
[21]
Martin Frobisher was one of the first Englishmen to look for this supposed route that led from Europe to Asia
the Northwest Passage
Nick
|
$400
[1]
Steve Perry
Journey
Nick
|
$400
[6]
Salman Rushdie won the Whitbread Prize for this controversial novel
The Satanic Verses
Nick
|
$400
[26]
Front derailleur, chain guide, sprocket cluster cassette
a bicycle
Michael
|
$400
[16]
Despite its northern latitude, Great Britain boasts a mild climate due to this warm ocean current
the Gulf Stream
Nick
|
$400
[15]
Levirate is the practice of a man marrying the widow of this person; Henry VIII did it
his brother
John
|
|
$800
[22]
This Norwegian's autobiography, "My Life as an Explorer", was published in 1927, a year before he was lost in the Arctic
(Roald) Amundsen
John
|
$800
[2]
Chris Martin
Coldplay
Michael
|
$800
[7]
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne's baby daddy in this classic
The Scarlet Letter
Nick
|
$800
[27]
Ribbon, paper bail, carriage return, space bar
a typewriter
John
|
$800
[17]
Bring a jacket--this highest continent is also the windiest
Antarctica
Nick
Michael
|
$800
[13]
A congenital mark on the skin may be called a nevus as well as this animal term
a mole
Nick
|
|
$1,600
[24]
His ship the Half Moon reached the coast of Nova Scotia in 1609 & headed south as far as Chesapeake Bay
Hudson
John
|
$1,200
[3]
Simon Le Bon
Duran Duran
Michael
|
$1,200
[8]
Gene & Phineas become BFFs at boarding school in this classic by John Knowles
A Separate Peace
|
$1,200
[28]
Gate arm lamp, highway crossing bell, crossbuck sign
a railroad crossing
John
|
$1,200
[18]
An area of high pressure, often with good weather below, has this topographical name
a ridge
|
$1,200
[11]
A holm is this geographic feature; if you know the layout of Stockholm, it makes sense
an island
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Vitus Bering made the European discovery of St. Lawrence Island & these islands, one "Big" & one "Little"
Diomede
|
$1,600
[4]
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
Michael
|
$1,600
[9]
In a children's classic, Mary Lennox learns that Mr. Craven had this title place "shut when his wife died so sudden"
The Secret Garden
Michael
|
$1,600
[29]
Exposure counter, pentaprism, take-up spool
a camera
Nick
|
$2,000
[20]
Ultraviolet radiation is mainly absorbed by the ozone layer in this larger layer of the Earth's atmosphere
the stratosphere
Nick
|
$1,600
[12]
An amtrac isn't a train, but a troop-landing vehicle that combines these 2 words
amphibious & tractor
John
|
|
DD
$6,000
[23]
Early explorers in Narragansett Bay named one of the islands this, after a Greek island
Rhode Island
John
|
$2,000
[5]
Nicole Scherzinger
The Pussycat Dolls
Michael
|
$2,000
[10]
An elderly devil instructs his young charge Wormwood in the art of temptation in this satire by C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters
Nick
|
$2,000
[30]
Blow pipe, chanter, drone
bagpipes
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
These sultry days of July & August take their name from their association with the rising of the star Sirius
the dog days (of summer)
Nick
|
$2,000
[14]
Dropping the "im", conception with the taint of original sin must be this, from the Latin for "stain"
maculate
|
A judge's directed verdict of guilty for her action in Rochester in 1872 was written before her trial began
Susan B. Anthony