84-year-old Tampa nativeShirley Smallwoodattends the taping thanks to Jeremy Bloom's Wish of a Lifetime Foundation.
Matt Harriss — a tire and lube technician from Clemson, South Carolina
Jennifer Hills — a librarian from Twin Falls, Idaho
Boomie Aglietti — a writer for TV and stage from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boomie | $400 | $1,600 | $22,200 |
$24,400
2-day champion: $58,799 |
$20,800
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Jennifer | $2,200 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$8,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matt | $2,800 | $4,400 | $7,200 |
$3,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
14 R, 4 W |
| RELIGIOUS MATTERS | MOVIE TITLE SUBJECTS | THE 1890s | "G", LOOK AT THAT | BACK TO SCHOOL | UNDERGARMENTS |
|
$200
[11]
Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day while facing this holy city
Mecca
Boomie
|
$200
[7]
The type of film the kids use to make their own zombie movie(2011)
Super 8
Jennifer
|
$200
[1]
In 1892 this Chicago company began offering free chewing gum with each can of baking powder sold
Wrigley's
Matt
|
$200
[2]
You'relooking at what's called the Grand Canyon of Queensland--Carnarvon this
Gorge
Boomie
|
$200
[20]
English: His "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death
Tolkien
Boomie
|
$200
[26]
An uplift brassiere is more commonly known as this, moving the "up" to the end of the word
a push-up bra
Matt
|
|
$400
[13]
In the 200s B.C. Indian emperor Ashoka converted to this religion that had been founded about 300 years earlier
Buddhism
Jennifer
Matt
|
$600
[9]
Captain, Loudy, Bitey, Stinky, Lovey, Nimrod(2011)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Boomie
|
$400
[4]
On April 19, 1897 this city's marathon was run for the first time; John McDermott won in 2 hrs., 55 min., 10 sec.
Boston
Matt
|
$400
[3]
In ancient times the greyhound was trained to hunt this creature
a gazelle
Boomie
|
$400
[21]
Econ: GDP, this, is the market value of all goods made within a nation's boundaries during a given period
gross domestic product
Boomie
|
— |
|
$600
[14]
Mambos & houngans are priests & priestesses in this Haitian religion
Voodoo
Boomie
|
$800
[10]
A tiny pampered pooch named Chloe(2008)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Matt
|
$600
[5]
In 1895 this black educator delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech about improving the lot of African Americans
(Booker T.) Washington
Boomie
|
$600
[15]
Indian culture is stronger in this Western Hemisphere nation than in its neighbors
Guatemala
Jennifer
|
$600
[22]
Social studies: In 1984 this Baptist minister established the National Rainbow Coalition
Jesse Jackson
Matt
|
— |
|
$800
[19]
The name of the divine mother goddess Durga in this religion is Sanskrit for "invincible"
Hinduism
Boomie
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
High priest Imhotep(1999)
The Mummy
Jennifer
|
$800
[6]
John Philip Sousa sat down on Christmas 1896 & wrote this march, including the lyric "Hurrah for the flag of the free"
"Stars And Stripes Forever"
Jennifer
|
$800
[17]
Normally holding up to about 2 ounces of fluid, this organ aids in the digestion of fats
the gallbladder
Matt
|
$800
[23]
History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Boomie
Jennifer
|
— |
|
$1,000
[25]
Each year on the Jewish festival Simchat Torah, or "Torah rejoicing", the last part of this book of the Bible is read
Deuteronomy
|
$1,000
[16]
A 1972 Ford auto(2008)
Gran Torino
Jennifer
Matt
|
$1,000
[12]
On June 2, 1899 Butch Cassidy & this gang, also a 1969 movie title, robbed their first train near Wilcox, Wyoming
the Wild Bunch
Boomie
Matt
|
$1,000
[18]
It's the type of large support structure for launching rockets seen here, Elmer
a gantry
Matt
|
$1,000
[24]
Geography: This sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean, separates Oman & India
the Arabian Sea
Boomie
|
— |
| SHAKESPEARE | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? | THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY | THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET | IT'S A GROUP THING | "C" IN SCIENCE |
|
$400
[2]
Paris calls this character a "banished haughty Montague"
Romeo
Jennifer
|
$400
[22]
(Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) I'm always listening to this band's classics like "Crash", but true fans know you've got to see DMB live to really get the experience
Dave Matthews Band
Jennifer
|
$400
[19]
November 19:Saint Rainier's Day
Monaco
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Y:One single member of the "Bronx Bombers"
a Yankee
Jennifer
|
$400
[11]
Drop a letter from "fraction" to get this fraction of a group within a larger group
faction
Boomie
|
$400
[21]
The sandhill type of this tall wading bird breeds from Alaska to Hudson Bay
crane
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[3]
This lover of Bassanio disguises herself as a lawyer & saves Antonio
Portia
Matt
|
$800
[23]
(I'm Andy Richter.) Usually my iPod has songs by this '60s British soul singer of "I Only Want To Be With You" & "Son Of A Preacher Man"
Dusty Springfield
Jennifer
|
$800
[18]
March 17:A certain saint's day
Ireland
Boomie
|
$800
[7]
U:A general wears one & so does a private
uniform
Boomie
|
$800
[25]
It's a group of bowling teams that compete against each other, or a former association of nations
a league
Boomie
|
$800
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew swishes a quarter inside an inflated baloon.) The quarter inside the balloon continues in a circular motion, because the balloon is imposing this inward force, from the Latin for "seek the center"
centripetal
Jennifer
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & added a love affair between Edgar & Cordelia
King Lear
Boomie
|
$1,200
[24]
(Hi, I'm Rebecca Lobo.) I love just about everything by this Northern Irish rocker, including "Gloria" & "Moondance"
Van Morrison
Boomie
|
$1,200
[13]
April 30:Queen's Day, celebrating the 1909 birth of Juliana & the 1980 accession of her daughter Beatrix
the Netherlands
Boomie
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
K:It's equal to 1,000 grams
a kilo
Matt
|
$1,200
[26]
Shirley MacLaine was one of the few female members of this fabled group that also included Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra
the Rat Pack
Boomie
|
$1,600
[16]
This type of particle accelerator utilizes a spiraling path
a cyclotron
Boomie
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Act I of this tragedy is set in Venice; Act II, in Cyprus
Othello
Matt
|
$1,600
[29]
(Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni.) I'm on the sonic cutting edge listening to songs from this band's albums like "In Rainbows" or "OK Computer"
Radiohead
Boomie
|
DD
$1,700
[14]
November 3:Separation Day, commemorating its 1903 split with Colombia
Panama
Boomie
|
$1,600
[9]
H:A place to stay when on vacation
hotel
Boomie
|
$1,600
[27]
At school, kids inevitably form these exclusive groups of friends, from the French for "noise"
clique
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[17]
The name of this class of mollusks comes from Greek words meaning "head foot"
cephalopod
Boomie
Jennifer
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Some believe this comedy was written to be performed during Epiphany festivities, hence its name
Twelfth Night
Boomie
|
$2,000
[28]
(I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) You'll find this sax man who took "Giant Steps" to modernize jazz with his innovative "Sheets of Sound" playing style
John Coltrane
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[15]
September 16:Celebrating the Grito de Dolores
Mexico
|
$2,000
[10]
L:A New World capital city
Lima
Matt
|
$2,000
[30]
A synonym for group, it's often applied to "beauties" & is a collective noun for several swans
a bevy
Matt
|
DD
$2,500
[12]
Originally, this unit of measure was the amount of radioactivity given off by one gram of radium
a curie
Boomie
|
Character names in a book & movie series, the top names for 2009 & 2010 were Isabella for girls & this biblical one for boys
Jacob