Susan Miller — a college student from Stow, Ohio
Joe Iriana — an exterminator from Wells, Maine
Matt Douma — a standardized test scorer from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $4,000 | $7,800 | $32,800 |
$40,000
2-day champion: $54,100 |
$26,200
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Joe | $1,400 | $1,500 | $7,900 |
$15,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
14 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Susan | $800 | $2,000 | $7,600 |
$8,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
10 R, 2 W |
| EDUCATION | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOGOS | FAST FOOD MENU | NATURE STUDY | DISASTERS | I'D RATHER STAY "HOME" |
|
$200
[21]
Randi Weingarten, now president of this union, also serves on the executive council of the AFL-CIO
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Matt
Joe
|
$200
[1]
A red letter "A" with a halo
the (Los Angeles) Angels (of Anaheim)
Matt
|
$200
[16]
The Croissan'wich &the Whopper
Burger King
Matt
|
$200
[30]
Contrary to popular belief, this U.S. marsupial doesn't play dead when frightened; it's suffering from shock
an opossum
Matt
|
$200
[6]
On April 27, 2011 a mile-wide one of these devastated Tuscaloosa, Alabama
a tornado
Joe
|
$200
[9]
Longing for the familiar while away at Camp Granada
homesick
Joe
Susan
|
|
$400
[22]
Back in 1987 Aspen College began offering an MBA degree online, MBA standing for this
master's of business administration
Matt
|
$400
[2]
A black & orange bird perched on the dot of an "I" in the team's name
the (Baltimore) Orioles
Matt
|
$400
[17]
The Gordita Baja &the Burrito Supreme
Taco Bell
Susan
|
$600
[28]
In North America many spiders harm humans with their bites, including this brown one whose name means "hermit"
recluse
Joe
|
$400
[7]
Like Chicago the year before, Boston was hit by a "great" one of these in 1872
a fire
Matt
|
$400
[10]
The 1st one opened in 1979, a vast 60,000 sq. feet with empty boxes on shelves to make the inventory seem greater
Home Depot
Joe
|
|
$600
[23]
Since the 1950s the College Board has administered this program that lets high school kids study closer to college level
the AP (or Advanced Placement)
Joe
|
$600
[3]
Formerly, the team's name in red across an outline of the Liberty Bell
the (Philadelphia) Phillies
Joe
|
$600
[18]
Extra Crispy chicken &the Snacker
KFC
Joe
|
$800
[27]
The head of this plant, Helianthus annuus, can grow to more than 30 inches in diameter
the sunflower
Susan
|
$600
[8]
Tragically, in 2006, an explosion in one of these in Sago, West Virginia left 12 dead
a coal mine
Susan
|
$600
[11]
The civilian part of a country at war, or a 2011 video game in which the U.S. is occupied by North Korea
home front
Joe
|
|
$800
[24]
(I'm Harlem Children's Zone President Geoffrey Canada.) We will do whatever it takes to make sure that your child enters & succeeds in college. That's the promise I make to each family of our students attending the HCZ Promise Academy, which is this type of school named for the contract under which it operates
a charter school
Matt
|
$800
[4]
The team's name in red, outlined in blue, above a red tomahawk
the Atlanta Braves
Joe
|
$800
[19]
The All-American Roastburger &Sidekickers like the Loaded Potato Bites
Arby's
|
$1,000
[26]
Although most seals live in the ocean, some live in fresh water, like this Siberian lake, the world's deepest
Lake Baikal
Matt
|
$800
[14]
4 years before the Hindenburg, a U.S. Navy one of these plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 73
a dirigible
Joe
|
$800
[12]
4-word completion of the proverb "Curses, like chickens..."
come home to roost
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1980 the Department of Education was created out of this now-defunct Cabinet department
HEW
|
$1,000
[5]
A baseball flying past snow-capped mountains
the (Colorado) Rockies
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
Oreo Brownie Earthquake &a Butterfinger Blizzard
Dairy Queen
Matt
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew cracks a nut in Molokia, HI.) The outer covering of a macadamia nut is called this; perhaps from Middle English for "house", it covers theshell, which you crack with a hammer, then enjoy
the husk
Joe
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1931 flooding of this second-longest Chinese river is estimated to have killed nearly 4 million people
the Yellow River (or Hwang Ho)
Matt
Joe
|
$1,000
[13]
A method of treating disease with only minute amounts of remedies
homeopathy
Matt
|
| CHANNEL SURFING | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES | SHORT STORIES | DRESS CASUAL | BEFORE & AFTER | AMERICAN WOMEN |
|
$400
[1]
Its western entrance lies between Land's End, U.K. & Ushant, France
the English Channel
Matt
|
$400
[3]
(I'm Michael McKean.) A favorite film of mine is this Hitchcock classic in which a man tells Cary Grant, "That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops"
North by Northwest
Matt
|
$400
[19]
The heroine of an O. Henry story believes she will die when the last one of these falls from the ivy
a leaf
Matt
Susan
|
$400
[17]
In 2008 Christie's auctioned one of these athletic outfits worn on "The Sopranos" for $2,375
a track suit
Joe
|
$400
[7]
Arkansas capital that's a big stone between Spain & Morocco
Little Rock of Gibraltar
Matt
|
$800
[28]
This beauty seenherehas been called the world's first supermodel
Cheryl Tiegs
Matt
Joe
|
|
$800
[2]
In 1903 Otto Nordenskjold named a channel in Antarctica for this country's crown prince Gustav
Norway (& Sweden)
Susan
|
$800
[12]
(Hi. I'm Aisha Tyler.) Given the choice between the red pill or blue pill in this 1999 movie, like Neo, I'm taking the red one because I've got to know
The Matrix
Matt
|
$800
[20]
George Washington Cable's 1879 collection "Old Creole Days" contained 7 stories set in this city
New Orleans
Matt
|
$800
[18]
An effort at concealing facts by people in power, or a beach or pool garment such as a pareo
a cover-up
Susan
|
$800
[8]
The type of letter telling the second president of the United States you're not his girlfriend anymore
Dear John Adams
Matt
|
$1,200
[27]
A view from Pikes Peak inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write the words to this patriotic song
"America The Beautiful"
Susan
|
|
$1,600
[5]
This channel that shares its name with a large peninsula connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean
the Yucatán
Susan
|
$1,200
[13]
(Hi. I'm Anderson Cooper.) I appreciate the maxim "Never get out of the boat", a cardinal rule of this 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film
Apocalypse Now
Susan
|
$1,600
[22]
His "Franny" & "Zooey" stories were first published in The New Yorker
J.D. Salinger
Joe
|
$1,200
[24]
Before bringing "Survivor" to the U.S., Mark Burnett bought these for $2 & sold them for $18 on Venice Beach
t-shirts
Matt
|
$1,200
[9]
What a vampire on an HBO show might have to know to get a transfusion, such as O or AB
True Blood type
Matt
|
$1,600
[26]
She's the woman seen here with some of her artifacts
Margaret Mead
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Named for a British naturalist's ship, this channel lies within the islands of Tierra del Fuego
the Beagle
Matt
|
$1,600
[14]
(Hi. I'm David Duchovny.) I advise you to take a chance on this Peter Sellers movie about a simple gardener who knows a lot about TV & maybe about life
Being There
Joe
Susan
|
$2,000
[23]
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tales of" this contained 11 short stories in 3 sections, the first of which was "My Last Flappers"
the Jazz Age
Matt
|
$1,600
[29]
Another name for a baseball jacket, or the main team representing a college in a sport
varsity
Matt
|
$1,600
[10]
The stage where you're making enough to cover the cost of the basketball player who runs the offense
the break-even point guard
Matt
|
$2,000
[25]
From 1978 to 1997 Nancy Kassebaum, daughter of Alf Landon, represented this state in the Senate
Kansas
Susan
|
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
It's the largest of the islands separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel
Madagascar
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
(Hi. I'm CCH Pounder.) A favorite film of mine is this 1958 musical that featured the song "Bali Ha'i"; it was also the 1st film I ever saw in color
South Pacific
Joe
|
DD
$6,000
[21]
This Washington Irving character had "an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor"
Rip Van Winkle
Matt
|
$2,000
[16]
This cloth is not just for grunge musicians; an 1897 book for boys says it's "the best wear for cricket"
flannel
Matt
|
$2,000
[11]
The higher tract where heartburn originates gets a law helping servicemen go to college
the upper G.I. Bill
Matt
|
— |
English poet Thomas Hoccleve, a contemporary of this man, called him the "firste fyndere of our fair langage"
Chaucer