Joe Koster — a telephone technician from Pelham, New Hampshire
Megan Benitz — a museum registrar from Wathena, Kansas
Katie Proctor — a stay-at-home mom from Hendersonville, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie | $3,800 | $5,000 | $12,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Megan | $2,200 | $5,000 | $12,600 |
$6,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Joe | $1,800 | $4,400 | $18,200 |
$25,201
New champion: $25,201 |
$14,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| HOME FROM THE HOUSE | SHOP TALK | YOU'LL NEED SOME BACKUP | AT 33 | THE PLANETS | INSIDE OUTSIDE |
|
$200
[18]
When Nancy Pelosi & Maxine Waters go home from the U.S. House, they go to this state
California
Katie
|
$200
[8]
A Dallas-based store was founded in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie & this man, Carrie's hubby
Neiman
Katie
|
$200
[1]
& the Four Seasons
Frankie Valli
Katie
|
$200
[3]
At 33 he drafted the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson
Katie
|
$200
[13]
Though not the closest to the Sun, it has the highest surface temperature
Venus
Joe
|
$200
[26]
Nutritional program to get you back into your old Levi's
diet
Katie
|
|
$400
[19]
Speaker Boehner goes home to this state, where he put himself through Xavier University working as a janitor
Ohio
Joe
|
$400
[9]
Gap, Inc., not only owns The Gap & Old Navy, it also owns this chain of stores whose logo is seen here
Banana Republic
Katie
|
$400
[2]
& the Revolution
Prince
Megan
|
$400
[4]
He was 33 when he first exhibited his 32 "Campbell's Soup Cans"
(Andy) Warhol
Katie
|
$400
[14]
Around 1675 Gian Domenico Cassini observed a dark gap in this planet's main rings
Saturn
Katie
|
$400
[27]
Grass & dirt in squares for your new backyard
sod
Megan
|
|
$600
[20]
Let us be Barney Frank--the Harvard grad heads home to this state, where he also spent 8 years in its House
Massachusetts
Joe
|
$600
[10]
This store and catalog that sells gift baskets, often filled with fruit, is named for 2 brothers, sons of Samuel Rosenberg
Harry & David
Katie
|
$600
[23]
+ the Machine
Florence
Megan
|
$600
[5]
He was 33 when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church
Martin Luther
Katie
|
$600
[15]
Its volcano Olympus Mons is the highest mountain in the solar system
Mars
Katie
Joe
|
$600
[28]
To put out a fire by pouring water on it
douse
Joe
|
|
$800
[21]
With 102 years of combined service, John Conyers & John Dignell of this Midwest state are the House's 2 senior members
Michigan
Joe
|
$800
[11]
The home store of this gourmet cookware retailer uses the pineapple logo seen here, long a symbol of hospitality
Williams-Sonoma
Megan
|
$800
[24]
& the Blackhearts
Joan Jett
Katie
|
$1,000
[7]
And to think he was 33 when he published his first book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street"
Dr. Seuss
Megan
|
$800
[16]
It has the most atmospheric ozone of the 8
the Earth
Joe
|
$800
[29]
To remove, as from office
oust
Megan
|
|
$1,000
[22]
When Steny Hoyer is done whip-ping his fellow Democrats, he can head home to this state's 5th District
Maryland
|
$1,000
[12]
This department store uses a 5-pointed star as the apostrophe in its name
Macy's
Joe
|
$1,000
[25]
& the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin
Katie
Joe
|
DD
$1,400
[6]
On May 29, 1953 he literally found himself on top of the world, along with his guide
(Edmund) Hillary
Katie
|
$1,000
[17]
Of the 4 giant planets, it's the farthest from the Sun
Neptune
Megan
|
$1,000
[30]
Like all fine hotels, New York City's Waldorf Astoria has a presidential one
suite
Katie
|
| ARCHITECTURE | THE SHERLOCK HOLMES FILE | UNWANTED DISTINCTIONS | THE NO-FLY LIST | "V" IS FOR... | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE |
|
$400
[19]
6-letter adjective for a home assembled from standard parts, or for the Beatles before they were successful
prefab
Joe
|
$400
[14]
His assistant & roommate
(Dr. John) Watson
Katie
|
$400
[26]
In 1976 "Home Sweet Homer", with Yul Brynner as this wanderer, tied a Broadway record by closing after one performance
Ulysses
Katie
|
$400
[3]
A. australis is one species of this flightless bird of New Zealand
kiwi
Joe
|
$400
[2]
this synonym for diversity, said to be the spice of life
variety
Katie
|
$400
[1]
(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) The most bizarre sports story I know was the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding kneecapping fracas Well, I'd say equally twisted was the June 28, 1997 boxing match between these 2 heavyweights that featured teeth as well as fists
Tyson & Holyfield
Megan
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Yes, Clark, a pediment is a type of this triangular section of wall
a gable
Katie
|
$800
[15]
His archenemy, "the Napoleon of crime"
Moriarty
Katie
|
$800
[27]
For Angola the "CIA World Factbook" gives this figure as 38.76 years, 6 years less than the 2nd-lowest country
life expectancy
Katie
|
$800
[10]
The neck accounts for almost half the height of this largest living bird, a flightless species
the ostrich
Katie
|
$800
[4]
this visible exhalation, like fog, mist or steam
vapor
Katie
|
$800
[8]
(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the most amazing performances ever came when Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics, that was impressive Not bad, not bad, but even better might be when Roger Bannister broke this track & field time barrier in 1954
the 4-minute mile
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Small posts called balusters support the horizontal rail that, logically, is called this
a balustrade
Megan
|
$1,200
[16]
His address
221B Baker Street
Katie
|
$1,200
[28]
This Cadillac SUV is the USA's most stolen car model
the Escalade
Joe
|
$1,200
[11]
The reunion solitaire went extinct by 1746, about 65 years later than this flightless relative of Mauritius
the dodo
Megan
|
$1,200
[5]
this, the blade of a windmill
a vane
Megan
|
$1,200
[9]
(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) My greatest inspirational moment ever was Lou Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium in 1939, talk about class Yes, very, very classy, but for pure inspiration, I'll take this coach telling his Notre Dame team to "win one for the Gipper" & then rallying to defeat Army in 1928
Knute Rockne
Katie
|
|
$2,000
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew does a demonstration with a piece of paper.) Paper can be used to illustrate an architectural concept; holding the edge doesn't inspire much confidence in its structural integrity, but curve it, & you get one of these projecting structures with a simple machine in its name
a cantilever
|
$1,600
[17]
His "colorful" first case
A Study in Scarlet
Katie
Megan
Joe
|
$1,600
[29]
Ireland (not us profligate Americans) is ranked highest in amount of this related to GDP: 1,305%
debt
Katie
Megan
|
$1,600
[12]
The name of this large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand may come from a Polynesian word for "fowl"
the moa
Katie
Megan
|
DD
$1,600
[6]
this South American ruminant that's related to the guanaco
a vicuña
Megan
|
$1,600
[24]
(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) Sports perfection for me is exemplified by the 17-0 season of the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 1972That was outstanding, but I will take this Yankee pitching a perfect game, not in any old ballgame, but during the World Series
(Don) Larsen
Joe
|
|
DD
$5,000
[20]
Cupolas are small domes, but can be pointy instead of dome-shaped when found on these mosque towers
minarets
Joe
|
$2,000
[18]
The instrument on which he's "a very capable performer"
the violin
Katie
|
$2,000
[30]
Louis-Antoine was the last of these French heirs apparent; his eventual reign was a brief 20 minutes
the Dauphin
Joe
|
$2,000
[13]
The "great" species of this Arctic seabird, now extinct, was flightless; living species like the razorbill can fly
the auk
Katie
|
$2,000
[7]
these, the entire body of sacred Hindu writings
the Vedas
Joe
|
$2,000
[25]
(Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the greatest coaches ever has got to be Phil Jackson; he's won 11 titles, something even Red Auerbach couldn't do Yeah, Phil's a legend, no doubt about it, but I'll pick this college basketball wizard who won 10 men's NCAA titles from 1964 to 1975
(John) Wooden
Joe
|
This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake
Bolivia