Glenn Sullivan — a psychology professor from Lexington, Virginia
Matt Andelman — a family law attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland
Ellen Lewis — a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen | $1,000 | $5,000 | $7,800 |
$5,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
17 R, 3 W |
| Matt | $2,000 | $5,000 | $13,400 |
$9,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
16 R, 2 W |
| Glenn | $5,500 | $6,300 | $8,650 |
$15,601
New champion: $15,601 |
$6,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| AIRSHIPS | THEIR ONLY TOP 10 POP HIT | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! | EXTRAVAGANZA ELEGANZA | "FUN" IN | ACAPULCO |
|
$200
[8]
The passenger & crew compartment of an airship shares this name with a type of boat used in Venice
a gondola
Glenn
|
$200
[6]
1996:"Killing Me Softly"
The Fugees
Matt
|
$200
[13]
Around 447 B.C. this group led by the "Scourge of God" devastated the Balkans & drove south into Greece
the Huns
Ellen
|
$200
[19]
Valued at $3.8 mil., the most expensive one of these is encrusted with 4,517 diamonds; it'll at least hold a lipstick
a purse
Matt
|
$200
[1]
A professional solicitor of financial contributions for charity
fundraiser
Ellen
|
$200
[26]
His "Fun in Acapulco" included crooning "Bossa Nova Baby"
Elvis
Glenn
|
|
$400
[9]
In 2011 this firm announced it was phasing out its blimps in favor of rigid airships with aluminum & carbon skeletons
Goodyear
Glenn
|
$400
[7]
1969:"A Boy Named Sue"
Johnny Cash
Glenn
|
$400
[14]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were spread out over three continents: 2 were in Africa, 3 in Asia, & the 2 in Europewere the Colossus of Rhodes & this other statue
the Statue of Zeus (at Olympia)
Glenn
|
$400
[22]
A $69 hot dog (called a "haute dog") is grilled in white truffle oil & topped with this liver from a duck
foie gras
Ellen
|
$400
[2]
I've got the munchies; ah, just what I need--these savory snacks from Frito-Lay
Funyuns
Glenn
|
$400
[27]
Later president of the U.S., he caught a sailfish on his honeymoon in Acapulco in 1953
(John F.) Kennedy
Ellen
Glenn
|
|
$600
[10]
On March 31, 1936 it left Germany on its first transatlantic trip, arriving in Rio de Janeiro 4 days later
the Hindenburg
Glenn
|
$600
[17]
1987:"Touch of Grey"
The Grateful Dead
Glenn
|
$600
[15]
This king who died in 1750 B.C. left a code dealing with family laws, loans, debts & even witchcraft
Hammurabi
Ellen
|
$600
[23]
Fetching $3.6 million at auction, the "Molitor" is a violin he made in 1697
Stradivarius
Ellen
|
$600
[3]
A strict, often literal adherent to a faith's tenets & practices
fundamentalism
Glenn
|
$600
[28]
Acapulco is famous for this daring activity at La Quebrada
cliff diving
Glenn
|
|
$800
[11]
This insurance company operates 2 full-time blimps, Snoopy One & Snoopy Two
MetLife
Glenn
|
$800
[20]
1978:"Dust in the Wind"
Kansas
Glenn
|
$800
[16]
Doric columns, like at the Parthenon, had 16-20 grooves; these more slender columns at the nearby Erechtheum usually had 24
Ionic
Matt
|
$800
[24]
Go ahead & splurge on a private island; Bird Cay is just $14 million & 30 minutes from Nassau in these islands
the Bahamas
Ellen
|
$800
[4]
An official dinner, or a mathematical variable with a specified relation to another one
a function
Matt
|
$800
[29]
He spent his last days in Acapulco but died in flight on his private plane back to Houston in 1976
Howard Hughes
Ellen
|
|
DD
$1,700
[12]
He began construction of his first airship in June 1898 in a wooden hangar on Lake Constance
(Count) Zeppelin
Glenn
|
$1,000
[21]
2006:"White & Nerdy"
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Matt
|
$1,000
[18]
The 1st inscription on this 1799 discovery is in hieroglyphics, the 2nd in everyday Egyptian & the 3rd in Greek
the Rosetta Stone
Ellen
|
$1,000
[25]
He had more than 300 field animals in his private zoo at his San Simeon estate
(William Randolph) Hearst
Ellen
|
$1,000
[5]
It's a cable-operated railway going up a hillside
a funicular
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
Several of this artist's last murals were painted at the Acapulco estate of his friend Dolores Olmedo
(Diego) Rivera
Ellen
Matt
Glenn
|
| IT'S ANDREW! | LETTER PERFECT | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC MEN | "SCOPE" IT OUT | COLOR MOVIES | THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY |
|
$400
[20]
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" for this Broadway show
Evita
Ellen
|
$400
[13]
It can mean 1,000 or a baseball strikeout
K
Matt
|
$400
[1]
The porter &Duncan
Macbeth
Ellen
|
$400
[11]
This device detects sounds produced within the body & conveys them to doctors' ears through tubes
a stethoscope
Glenn
|
$400
[3]
Top ballerina Sarah Lane was Natalie Portman's dance double for this 2010 film
Black Swan
Glenn
|
$400
[26]
(Janet Napolitano gives the clue.) Threats from denial of service attacks to software are major concerns in this area, the CS in the division NCSD
Cyber Security
Glenn
|
|
$800
[21]
The son of illustrator N.C., this painter had his first exhibition in 1936 at the Art Alliance of Philadelphia
Andrew Wyeth
Ellen
|
$800
[14]
Metaphysically speaking, it's the ego
I
Ellen
|
$800
[2]
Benvolio &Friar Laurence
Romeo and Juliet
Matt
|
$800
[12]
Among the world's largest of these are the twin 400-inch ones on Mauna Kea in Hawaii
telescopes
Matt
|
$800
[6]
Ryan Reynolds gets a mystical ring that endows him with special powers in this 2011 film
Green Lantern
Matt
|
$800
[27]
(Janet Napolitano gives the clue.) In 2011, color-coded alerts were replaced by a warning system with information about particular terrorist threats, either elevated or this, meaning we think it will happen soon
imminent
Glenn
|
|
$1,200
[22]
In 1901 he sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan for a tidy $250 million
(Andrew) Carnegie
Glenn
|
$1,200
[15]
A scale measuring the popularity of a celebrity is this "rating"
Q
Matt
|
$1,200
[4]
The fool &the Dukes of Cornwall & Albany
King Lear
Ellen
|
$1,200
[18]
It's seen here& also in dramatic pursuit scenes in many a movie
a radarscope
Matt
|
$1,200
[7]
Henry Mancini got an Oscar nomination for the score to this 1964 Peter Sellers film
The Pink Panther
Ellen
|
— |
|
$1,600
[23]
Oddly, Andrew was the middle name of this "40 whacks" gal (that wasn't the only odd thing in her life, though)
Lizzie Borden
Ellen
|
$1,600
[16]
The first letter alphabetically to appear alone as a periodic table element symbol
B (for boron)
Ellen
Matt
Glenn
|
$1,600
[5]
Brabantio &Cassio
Othello
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
From the Latin for "joint", it's an instrument that looks into the interior of joints
arthroscope
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
Amanda Seyfried donned the title cloak in this 2011 film
Red Riding Hood
Glenn
|
— |
|
$2,000
[24]
This gay, often conservative British-born pundit serves up the blog "The Daily Dish"
(Andrew) Sullivan
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
Random House says it's the medieval Roman numeral for 7; makes sense
S
Glenn
|
$2,000
[8]
Octavius &Philo
Antony and Cleopatra
Ellen
Matt
Glenn
|
$2,000
[25]
In the pre-videotape era, these trademarked cameras were used to record TV shows onto 16mm film
kinescopes
|
DD
$3,150
[10]
In this animated film Fred captains the title transport to Pepperland
Yellow Submarine
Glenn
|
— |
It's the shorter, better-known name of the document "United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967"
the Pentagon Papers