Lisa Longo — a stay-at-home mother from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Stewart Tuttle — a foreign service officer from Vienna, Virginia
Nick Condon — a research chemist originally from Lakewood, Colorado (whose 3-day cash winnings total $80,101)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick | $2,800 | $5,800 | $18,200 |
$8,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Stewart | $3,200 | $6,400 | $22,400 |
$36,500
New champion: $36,500 |
$13,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Lisa | $2,200 | $2,800 | $5,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
12 R, 3 W |
| FUN WITH ELEMENTS | '80s TV | IT'S "AL" DELICIOUS | POETS & POETRY | IT'S A DISASTER | BE PREPARED |
|
$200
[1]
The name of this element begins with a synonym for "automobile"
carbon
Nick
|
$200
[4]
Before Frasier got his own show, he was one of the patrons at the Boston bar on this show
Cheers
Nick
|
$200
[21]
Named for a Roman restaurateur, this simple dish is known for its sauce of butter, Parmesan & heavy cream
(fettuccine) Alfredo
Lisa
|
$200
[8]
This "Walden" prose master wrote less well-remembered poems like "Within the Circuit of This Plodding Life"
(Henry David) Thoreau
Lisa
|
$200
[16]
A coal mine explosion in this state's town of Monongah claimed 362 lives in 1907
West Virginia
Nick
Stewart
|
$200
[24]
In 1789 George Washington said, "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving" this
peace
Stewart
|
|
$400
[2]
This element, No. 16 on the periodic table, has a pelt at the end of its name
sulfur
|
$400
[6]
Rue McClanahan played Aunt Fran & Vicki Lawrence was the title character on this '80s sitcom
Mama's Family
Lisa
|
$400
[22]
It's the protein in egg whites
albumen
Lisa
|
$400
[11]
Lord Byron wrote wistfully, "I am ashes where once I was" this
fire
Nick
|
$400
[17]
The last major eruption of Mount St. Helens was in this presidential election year
1980
Nick
Lisa
|
$400
[25]
He remarked, "one word sums up... the responsibility of any vice president & that one word is 'to be prepared'"
Dan Quayle
Nick
Lisa
|
|
$600
[3]
You'll find a short term for a graduate of a particular college in this abundant metallic element
aluminum
Lisa
|
$600
[7]
John Goodman played the husband of the title character on this sitcom that debuted in 1988
Roseanne
Stewart
|
$600
[23]
This Italian term is used to describe pasta that is not overdone
al dente
Stewart
|
$600
[12]
First name of the 16th & 17th century poet whose "Hymn to God the Father" uses the word "done" 7 times in 18 lines
John
Nick
|
$600
[18]
Spectacular May 1937 newsreel footage showed this New Jersey air disaster
(the crash of) the Hindenburg
Nick
|
$600
[26]
Semper paratus, meaning "always prepared", is the motto of this branch of the U.S. military
the Coast Guard
Stewart
|
|
$800
[5]
Atomic number 35, this element begins with the first name of Ichabod Crane's rival
bromine
Stewart
|
$800
[9]
Bruce Willis & Cybill Shepherd were an unlikely pair of detectives on this show
Moonlighting
Nick
|
$800
[29]
Reptilian nickname for an avocado
an alligator pear
Nick
|
$800
[14]
This Lake Poet married Mary Hutchinson, of whom he wrote, "She was a Phantom of delight"
Wordsworth
Stewart
|
$800
[19]
Among the deadliest of its kind on record, one of these named Mitch engulfed Central America in Oct. 1998
a hurricane
Stewart
|
$800
[27]
This youth organization, the FFA, prepares young people for careers in agriculture
the Future Farmers of America
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This element that's "ph" balanced (it has 2 of them) ends with the name of an Egyptian falcon god
phosphorus
Stewart
|
DD
$1,400
[13]
This '80s detective show used the same production facilities in Hawaii that were used for the old "Hawaii Five-O"
Magnum, P.I.
Nick
|
$1,000
[30]
Made from pimiento berry, it's so-named because it tastes like nutmeg, cinnamon & cloves
allspice
Nick
|
$1,000
[15]
Editor Harriet Monroe said this man "has an eccentric system of typography which... intrudes itself irritatingly"
E. E. Cummings
Lisa
|
$1,000
[20]
Called the worst industrial accident in history, a poisonous gas leak in this Indian city in December 1984 killed thousands
Bhopal
Stewart
|
$1,000
[28]
There was a method to his 1936 book "An Actor Prepares"
(Constantin) Stanislavski
Stewart
|
| CAPITAL RIVERS | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT | & IN OTHER NEWS... | LEGISLATIVE LEGACIES | GOULASH | DOUBLE THE W |
|
$400
[7]
Cairo
the Nile
Nick
|
$400
[1]
In a 2011 film Leighton Meester does more to annoy Minka Kelly than borrow her sweaters as this title character
The Roommate
Lisa
|
$400
[12]
The autumn of 1989 felt a symbolic one of these in Berlin & a literal one in California on Oct. 17
an earthquake
Stewart
|
$400
[28]
Gaylord Nelson, the father of Earth Day, also helped get through this 1973 act keeping critters from going extinct
the Endangered Species Act
Lisa
|
$400
[6]
Cerulean, a shade of this color, is derived from a Latin word meaning "sky" or "heavens"
blue
Stewart
|
$400
[30]
When this bird comes back to Capistrano, you'll see that it's a cliff one
a swallow
Nick
|
|
$800
[23]
Belgrade
the Danube
Stewart
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.) It's easy to see why Stage 15here at Sony Studios, the largest soundstage in the Western hemisphere, was used to film hits like "Men in Black" I & II, the "Spider Man" films, & this 1939 magical classic MGM musical
The Wizard of Oz
Nick
|
$800
[16]
In the U.S., 1812 means war; in this country it means the Constitution that established its parliament, the Cortes
Spain
Stewart
|
$1,200
[22]
(Hillary Clinton delivers the clue.) One of my proudest achievements as a senator was when this fellow New York senator & I secured $20 billion for New York's recovery after 9/11
Charles ("Chuck") Schumer
Nick
|
$800
[8]
After a little trouble staying on the ballot, he was easily elected mayor of Chicago in 2011
(Rahm) Emanuel
Nick
Stewart
|
$800
[29]
When you're alone & life is making you lonely, you can always go to this main business section of a city
downtown
Stewart
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Phnom Penh
the Mekong
Stewart
|
$1,200
[3]
"It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk"--time for this Lady Antebellum hit, a big winner at the Grammys in 2011
"Need You Now"
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1776 Timur Shah moved his capital from Kandahar to this present-day world capital
Kabul
Nick
Stewart
|
$1,600
[17]
This Minnesotan put his name on the act that provided for enforcing Prohibition
(Andrew) Volstead
Stewart
|
$1,200
[9]
This type of glass decoration is made by wrapping a paper pattern around the glass & dipping it in acid
etch
Lisa
|
$1,200
[25]
TV's Carol Brady was one before she wed Mike
a widow
Lisa
|
|
$1,600
[21]
Warsaw
the Vistula
Nick
Stewart
|
$1,600
[4]
Thiscomic strip was the last one approved by William Randolph Hearst; he's been marching along since 1950
Beetle Bailey
Nick
|
$1,600
[13]
1066 brought the royal wedding of German king Henry IV & this daughter of the Count of Savoy; no word on how "big" she was
Bertha
Nick
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1947 this senator & Rep. Hartley teamed up to regulate labor union activities
Taft
Stewart
|
$1,600
[10]
Roskilde Cathedral has been the burial place for this nation's monarchs since the 16th century
Denmark
|
$1,600
[24]
There are about 300 species of this tree that usually grows near water
the willow
Lisa
|
|
$2,000
[18]
Bamako, Mali
the Niger
Stewart
|
$2,000
[5]
This "Queen of Mean" is a regular on Comedy Central's roasts
Lisa Lampanelli
Lisa
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
In 1914 James Joyce finally found a publisher for this collection of stories about the people of his native city
Dubliners
Nick
|
DD
$10,000
[27]
Galusha Grow was the father of this 1862 law giving Western land to anyone who'd settle & improve it
the Homestead Act
Stewart
|
$2,000
[11]
The name of this scientific order to which caimans belong is from the Greek for "pebble of worms"
Crocodilians
Nick
|
$2,000
[26]
This word means "lacking dexterity" & can also describe a difficult social situation
awkward
Stewart
|
Penned by a British author, it became a No. 1 bestseller in the U.S. in 1959, 31 years after it was initially banned
Lady Chatterley's Lover