Patti Clements — an attorney from Audubon, Pennsylvania
Clayton Hanson — a park ranger from Spokane, Washington
Kendra Anspaugh — a community college instructor from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendra | $8,200 | $11,000 | $22,800 |
$27,000
2-day champion: $61,300 |
$23,000
29 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Clayton | $400 | $2,000 | $7,600 |
$10,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
10 R, 3 W |
| Patti | $800 | $2,600 | $5,200 |
$10,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE MIDDLE AGES | GOV. ABBREV. | THE SPOUSE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE | THE LIGHTER "SIDE" | MICHIGAN | GO BLUE! |
|
$200
[11]
In 1955, 52-year-old Ray Kroc opened his first burger joint in the chain called not Kroc's but this
McDonald's
Kendra
|
$200
[26]
In 2011 President Obama named general Martin Dempsey chairman of the JCS, this
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kendra
|
$200
[21]
...Katie Holmes
Nicole Kidman
Kendra
|
$200
[16]
FDR began giving these "chats" in 1933
fireside chats
Clayton
|
$200
[1]
This state capital on the Grand River at its junction with the Red Cedar River was once called "Biddle Town"
Lansing
Kendra
|
$200
[6]
The moans of these 150-ton animals allow them to communicate with each other 1,000 miles away
the blue whale
Patti
|
|
$400
[12]
Diocletian was right around 40 when he took this title in 284 A.D.
Roman emperor
Clayton
|
$400
[27]
DA is the Department of the Army; DEA is this administration
the Drug Enforcement Administration
Kendra
Clayton
|
$400
[22]
...Ashton Kutcher
Bruce Willis
Kendra
|
$400
[17]
It precedes "manner" to describe a doctor's deportment with patients
bedside
Kendra
|
$400
[2]
Population-wise, in 1950 this was the fourth-largest city in the U.S.; by 2000, it was eighth
Detroit
Kendra
|
$400
[7]
"Find health insurance options" & "find a doctor or a hospital" are links at bcbs.com, the site for this
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kendra
|
|
$600
[13]
In 1988 50-year-old Helen Thayer battled bears to become the first woman to travel solo to the magnetic this
the North Pole
Patti
|
$600
[28]
Helping communities to recover after a disaster, FEMA is this agency
the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Clayton
|
$600
[23]
...Melania Trump
Marla Maples
Kendra
Clayton
|
$600
[18]
Proverbially, if you can't hit this "of a barn", your accuracy is lacking
the broad side
Kendra
|
$600
[3]
Michigan touches all the Great Lakes except this one
Ontario
Kendra
|
$600
[8]
Nickname of Danish king Harald, killed in a 10th c. battle, maybe for lack of a wireless headset
Bluetooth
Kendra
|
|
$800
[14]
He was 48 when he created Charlie Bucket, a poor child who finds a golden ticket
Roald Dahl
Kendra
|
$800
[29]
Use your GPS to get to the GPO, this place, where you can get all kinds of publications
the Government Printing Office
Clayton
|
$800
[24]
...Steffi Graf
Brooke Shields
|
$800
[19]
Car trouble? There's a "request" this "assistance" button on the AAA southern Calif. website
roadside assistance
Patti
|
$1,000
[5]
Seen here is a shot from an annual festival in this city
Holland, Michigan
Kendra
|
$800
[9]
Sure & the Kerry blue this, 'tis a dog from Ireland
a terrier
Kendra
|
|
$1,000
[15]
At the 1942 battle of El Alamein, 54-year-old Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery beat this "foxy" 50-year-old
(Erwin) Rommel ("the Desert Fox")
Kendra
|
$1,000
[30]
NASA is the National Aeronautics & Space Administration; JSC is this NASA facility
the Johnson Space Center
Clayton
|
$1,000
[25]
...Nancy Reagan
Jane Wyman
Patti
|
$1,000
[20]
This 7-letter word means to abate
subside
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
The wives of the co-founders of the city now home to the University of Michigan both had this first name
Ann (Arbor)
Kendra
|
$1,000
[10]
My "mood"? This deep blue dye, used to color cotton & wool; a synthetic one is made from aniline, a coal-tar product
indigo
Kendra
|
| MADAM, I'M ADAM SMITH | A TALE OF ONE CITY | DOCUMENTARIES | NEW MATH | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS | NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS |
|
$400
[13]
Folks never seem to remember, but my masterwork is actually titled "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this
The Wealth of Nations
Clayton
|
$400
[8]
Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
Paris
Patti
|
$400
[2]
Werner Herzog's documentary about the late activist & bear lover Timothy Treadwell is titled this "man"
Grizzly Man
Patti
|
$400
[26]
In books, Orwell's title year minus Peter Gent's "North Dallas"
1944
Patti
|
$400
[20]
The returned portion of a movie ticket
the stub
Patti
|
$400
[1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Raw acorns can be poisonous but Native Americans found that, once cracked & cleaned, they could use the ground-up meal in breads & in soups for this purpose, like cornstarch
a thickener
Kendra
Clayton
|
|
$800
[14]
I spent most of the final years of my life in this Scottish capital, where I died & am buried
Edinburgh
Kendra
|
$800
[9]
Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City"
New York
Clayton
|
$800
[4]
"The Smartest Guys in the Room" was the subtitle of a 2005 doc about this corrupt title corporation
Enron
Patti
|
$800
[27]
Number of hulls on a catamaran times the number of days in April
60
Patti
|
$800
[21]
A protective frock worn by a scientist
a labcoat
Kendra
Patti
|
$800
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The three sisters are a familiar trio in Native American cuisine; the first is corn, which grows up into the air; then come beans that climb stalks, & this last sister, like the calabaza, gives shade to the other two
squash
Kendra
|
|
$1,200
[15]
At 40, I quit my professor gig to act as this private teacher, from Latin for "watcher", for a young duke (I got a big raise)
a tutor
Patti
|
$1,200
[10]
William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
Verona
Kendra
|
$1,200
[5]
This actor narrated "March of the Penguins"
Morgan Freeman
Patti
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
4 score & 7 minus the syllables in a haiku
70
Kendra
|
$1,200
[22]
To change allegiance from one country to another; the figure skating Protopopovs did it in 1979
defect
Patti
|
$1,200
[17]
In 1814 a war named for this dried meat & berry staple was fought between rival fur companies
pemmican
Clayton
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The 20 poundnoteshows me & my great idea of the stages of work gettingsplit among specialists; it's this 3-word concept
division of labor
Patti
|
$1,600
[11]
Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely"
Los Angeles
Patti
|
$1,600
[6]
2010's "Exit Through the Gift Shop" examined the guerrilla street artist known by this 6-letter name
Banksy
Kendra
|
$1,200
[28]
A baker's dozen plus the numerical gun salute for the arrival of the vice president (it's 2 fewer than the prez)
32 (19 and 13)
Kendra
|
$1,600
[23]
Marja in this country was in the news in 2010
Afghanistan
|
$1,600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Native Americans traditionally preparedsalmonby splitting them & placing them on planks of this evergreen conifer
cedar
Clayton
|
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
I once wrote that without seeing it, men are led to "advance the interest of the society" by this anatomical agent
an invisible hand
Patti
|
$2,000
[12]
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment"
St. Petersburg
Clayton
Patti
|
$2,000
[7]
(I'm Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children's Zone.) From Davis Guggenheim, the Academy Award-winning director of "An Inconvenient Truth", comes this deeply personal exploration of the state of public education in the U.S., a 2010 clarion call of our times
Waiting for "Superman"
Kendra
|
$2,000
[30]
"Men on the dead man's chest" in "Treasure Island" divided by books in the Pentateuch
3
|
$2,000
[24]
Boisterous merrymaking involving pranks; don't go low!
hijinks
|
$2,000
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) This seed was originally grown in the Andes & is used like couscous or rice & is high in protein
quinoa
Kendra
|
In 2010, 467 years after his death, this man at odds with the church was reburied with honors at a Polish cathedral
Nicolaus Copernicus