Chris Fleitas — a high school college prep counselor from San Francisco, California
Lindsy Lassere — a homemaker and fitness instructor originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana
Sergio Llorian — an attorney from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio | $400 | $1,000 | $2,600 |
$3,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
8 R, 3 W |
| Lindsy | $1,400 | $2,800 | $4,400 |
$8,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $3,000 | $6,600 | $32,400 |
$38,900
New champion: $38,900 |
$33,000
31 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| EAT-YMOLOGY | SIDEKICKS | ARCTIC WILDLIFE | UNDER THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT | "NOT" IN FRONT | OF THE CHILDREN |
|
$200
[1]
The name of this foodstuff comes from the Chinese "dou" for beans & "fu" for rotten
tofu
Sergio
|
$200
[18]
In June 2009 Hollywood mourned the passing of this longtime sidekick of Johnny Carson
Ed McMahon
Chris
|
$200
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) As an adaptation to their cold environment, these sensory organs on walruses aren't external, but they can still detect input from up to a mile away
ears
Lindsy
Chris
|
$200
[6]
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board
Labor
Lindsy
|
$200
[24]
Sometimes this verdict is "by reason of insanity"
not guilty
Sergio
|
$200
[12]
From the Greek for "child", it's a doctor who specializes in the care of children
pediatrician
Lindsy
|
|
$400
[2]
This big flatfish got its name because it was largely eaten on holy days
halibut
Lindsy
Chris
|
$400
[11]
This over 7-foot-tall "walking carpet" was Han Solo's first mate & constant companion
Chewbacca
Lindsy
|
$400
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) The Atlantic variety of this comical seabird has a parrot-like bill that can hold many fish at one time
a puffin
Chris
|
$400
[7]
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Agriculture
Lindsy
|
$400
[23]
Hyphenated term for an organization that exists to provide a service rather than to make money
a not-for-profit (not-profit accepted)
Lindsy
|
$400
[13]
In a nursery rhyme, this woman "had so many children she didn't know what to do"
the woman who lived in a shoe
Sergio
Chris
|
|
$600
[30]
This fruit's name comes from the Latin Persica praecocia, meaning "early ripening peach"
an apricot
Lindsy
|
$600
[16]
On "I Love Lucy", she was Lucy's BFF & partner in mischief
Ethel (Mertz)
Chris
|
$600
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) The fin whale, second only to the blue whale in size, moves so quickly through the water that it is known as this racing dog breed of the sea
greyhound
Sergio
|
$600
[8]
The Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Treasury
Lindsy
|
$600
[25]
Completes the title of Christopher Paul Curtis' classic novel for young adults "Bud,..."
Not Buddy
|
$600
[20]
This can be used if a child misbehaves & should be 1 minute long per year of age; in the NBA it's 20 sec. or 1 minute
a timeout
Sergio
|
|
$800
[29]
In German the "Brat" in Bratwurst means "roast"; the "wurst" means this
sausage
Lindsy
|
$800
[17]
In books & the movies, Harry Potter has 2 sidekicks: Hermione Granger & this redheaded boy
Ron Weasley
Sergio
|
$800
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) A polar bear weighs a pound at birth, but because its mother's milk is 35% this, the richest milk of any bear species, a cub can weigh 20 pounds in 3 or 4 months
fat
Lindsy
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
The Directorate for Management, The Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Homeland Security
Lindsy
|
$800
[26]
This line of denim pants for women (whether or not they are moms) is known as NYDJ for short
Not Your Daughter's Jeans
Lindsy
|
$800
[21]
1212's disastrous Children's Crusade may have been the inspiration for the story of this legendary flute player
the Pied Piper
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Originally traded as solid cakes, after granulation this substance was called sakkara, meaning grit or gravel
sugar
Chris
|
$1,000
[19]
Jay Chou is seenhereas this sidekick in a 2011 film
Kato
Sergio
Chris
|
$1,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) During development, a reindeer's antlers have a soft covering called this, named for the luxurious fabric it resembles
velvet
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
Patent and Trademark Office, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Commerce
Chris
|
$1,000
[27]
This 15-letter word means "in spite of"
notwithstanding
Chris
|
$1,000
[22]
At the park the full bucket type of this is for 2- & 3-year-olds; kids who are 4 & 5 graduate to the half bucket
a swing
Chris
|
| IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS | MATH ABBREV. & SYMBOLS | BLUES CLUES | SURFING THEOED | "B"OOKS | GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION |
|
$400
[1]
As Speaker of the House, he was Dennis Hastert's predecessor
Newt Gingrich
Chris
|
$400
[21]
In finding the area of a parallelogram, A=bh, b standing for this
base
Sergio
|
$400
[24]
Willie Dixon had the blues, saying this hard rock group didn't credit him for "Whole Lotta Love"; the sides settled in 1987
Led Zeppelin
|
$400
[20]
Janian means this many "-faced"
two
Chris
|
$400
[7]
This novel by Toni Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Beloved
Lindsy
|
$400
[8]
With more than a billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity
Roman Catholicism
Lindsy
Chris
|
|
$800
[19]
He was David's predecessor as Israel's king
Saul
Lindsy
|
$800
[22]
Regarding sets, "R" refers to real numbers & "Q" refers to this group of numbers that also begins with R
rational numbers
Chris
|
$800
[23]
This unfortunate word precedes Willie Johnson, Willie McTell & Lemon Jefferson in the performing names of bluesmen
Blind
Chris
|
$800
[12]
Misandry is "hatred of" these
men
Chris
|
$800
[2]
In 1852 Dickens started publishing this novel featuring the Jarndyces
Bleak House
Chris
|
$800
[6]
During the 5th & 6th centuries, under the T'ang Dynasty, it became "the way" of China
Taoism
Lindsy
|
|
$1,200
[16]
As center fielder for the New York Yankees, Mickey Mantle filled this Hall of Famer's shoes
Joe DiMaggio
Chris
|
$1,200
[25]
cos, in trig
cosine
Sergio
|
$1,200
[27]
After this onetime "Beale St. Blues Boy" played 342 one-nighters in 1956, we had to wonder, was the thrill gone?
B.B. King
Lindsy
|
$1,200
[13]
Addubitation is "questioning oneself as though in" this
doubt
Lindsy
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
This novel by Sinclair Lewis is a scathing indictment of middle-class America
Babbitt
Chris
|
$1,200
[9]
You'll find the official website of this religious group at www.watchtower.org
the Jehovah's Witnesses
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[18]
In 2011 Larry Page took over as CEO of Google, following this man
(Eric) Schmidt
Chris
|
$1,600
[26]
cot, also in trig
cotangent
Sergio
|
$1,600
[30]
Heard here, he popularized the blues in the U.S. & even faraway England in the 1950s"Got my mojo working /But it just won't work on you"
Muddy Waters
|
$1,600
[14]
An acnestis is "the part of the back between the shoulder blades... which an animal cannot reach to" do this to it
scratch
Chris
|
$2,000
[5]
Amelia Evans opens a cafe in this novella by Carson McCullers
Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Chris
|
$1,600
[10]
The Theravada is the more conservative of the 2 main branches of this religion
Buddhism
Sergio
Chris
|
|
DD
$5,000
[17]
As commander of U.N. forces in Korea, he preceded Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
Chris
|
$2,000
[28]
csc--what's with all the trig?
cosecant
Chris
|
$2,000
[29]
2011 is the 100th anniv. of the birth of this bluesman, known for the "Crossroads" where some say he sold his soul
Robert Johnson
Chris
|
$2,000
[15]
Deteriorism is "the doctrine that the tendency of things is to grow" this
worse
Chris
|
DD
$4,000
[3]
This children's classic is subtitled "A Life in the Woods"
Bambi
Chris
|
$2,000
[11]
Begun around 1500 by Guru Nanak, this religion incorporates elements of Hinduism
Sikhism
Chris
|
In February 1967 this Asian leader said his people would "never agree to negotiate under the threat of bombing"
Ho Chi Minh