Dan McShane game 2.
Julie Podlesni — a law clerk for a federal judge from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Sean Norris — a hockey arena announcer from Portland, Oregon
Dan McShane — a baseball game logger from West Islip, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $600 | $2,200 | $16,200 |
$5,599
2-day champion: $24,400 |
$17,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sean | $400 | $400 | $800 |
$844
3rd place: $1,000 |
$800
7 R, 3 W |
| Julie | $1,600 | $5,400 | $13,400 |
$1,602
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| BEATLEWOMANIA | THE FOOD CHAIN | LABOR DAY FOR HERCULES | POINT THE "FINGER" | SO VERY JANUARY 9 | A BUCKET LIST |
|
$200
[7]
Lady Gaga was among the stars who joined her new "Plastic" band for a 2010 rendition of "Give Peace A Chance"
Yoko Ono
Dan
|
$200
[12]
This convenience store was born when the Southland Ice Co. sold milk & eggs after grocery stores closed
7-Eleven
Dan
Julie
|
$200
[20]
Hercules is often depicted wearing this animal's skin; killing the Nemean one was quite a labor
a lion
Julie
|
$200
[1]
The identification of the unique marks a gun leaves on a bullet is called "ballistic" this--no dusting required
a fingerprint
Sean
|
$200
[6]
1570:Suspecting a revolt in the city of Novgorod, this man captured the city & executed many there
Ivan the Terrible
Julie
|
$800
[5]
Taste a thousand-dollar bottle of wine from this chateau bought by a Rothschild in 1868
(Chateau) Lafite
Julie
|
|
$400
[8]
Ringo Starr wed first wife Maureen Cox in London in 1965; she'd been born in this Mersey River city in 1946
Liverpool
Dan
|
$400
[13]
This company's first Supercenter opened in 1988 & included a grocery & 36 departments of general merchandise
Walmart
Julie
|
$400
[21]
Hercules used 2 rivers to clean these Augean structures
the stables
Dan
|
$400
[4]
After dining on finger foods, dip your digits into one of these to clean off
a finger bowl
Sean
|
$400
[3]
2007:Ending years of intense speculation, Apple introduced this product
the iPhone
Dan
|
$1,000
[22]
Learn to speak Romansch & these 3 other official languages of Switzerland
German, French & Italian
Dan
Sean
|
|
$600
[9]
Buddy Clark's 1947 chart-topping song "Linda" was written about the future wife of this Beatle (when she was 5 years old)
Paul McCartney
Dan
|
$600
[14]
Starting in 1980 as a small store in Austin, today this grocery chain is one of the world's leaders in organic & natural foods
Whole Foods
Julie
|
$600
[17]
For his last labor, Hercules had to go to Hades & subdue this canine that had a dragon for a tail
Cerberus
Julie
|
$600
[23]
The lunula is the small white crescent-moon-shaped part of one of these
fingernails
Julie
|
$600
[27]
1987:This country's forces launched a major offensive against the Iraqi city of Basra
Iran
Julie
|
— |
|
$800
[10]
"Half of what I say is meaningless", John Lennon sang on "Julia", which bears the name of this woman in his life
his mother
Julie
|
$800
[15]
Established in 1859, this transoceanic supermarket merged with Pathmark in 2007
A&P (Atlantic & Pacific)
|
$800
[18]
Hercules went to the ends of the Earth to get these; maybe he wanted his tarte tatin to taste just right
(the Golden) Apples (of the Hesperides)
Julie
|
$800
[2]
Close basketball shot from the tip of the hand into the basket
a finger roll
Dan
Sean
|
$800
[26]
1861:This state seceded, prompting Jefferson Davis to leave the U.S. Senate
Mississippi
Dan
Julie
|
— |
|
$1,000
[11]
Before she was married to Eric Clapton, George Harrison wrote the song "Something" about her
Pattie Boyd
Sean
Julie
|
$1,000
[16]
This company, stock symbol WINN on the NASDAQ, got its name "because of" acquisitions
Winn-Dixie
Sean
|
DD
$800
[19]
Hercules hunted down a brass-hooved stag that was sacred to this goddess
Diana
Julie
|
$1,000
[24]
Elmira Corning Regional Airport is one gateway to this scenic region
the Finger Lakes
Dan
|
$1,000
[25]
1960:Construction began on the high dam at this Egyptian location
Aswan
Julie
|
— |
| THE SEA AROUND US | WHAT'S NEXT? | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT | FELONIOUS MONKS | BROADCASTER NEWS | WEIRD WORDS |
|
$400
[9]
The song "This Land Is Your Land" mentions these waters, a warm ocean current flowing in the North Atlantic
the Gulf Stream waters
Dan
Sean
|
$400
[21]
Apollo missions that landed on the Moon:11, 12, this
14
Dan
|
$400
[7]
In 1861 this poet wrote about "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
Longfellow
Julie
|
$400
[2]
In 1589 a fanatical monk named Jacques Clement assassinated this country's reigning King Henry III
France
Sean
|
$1,200
[26]
Here's the "Situation": this anchor began his career in 1972 working for Reuters in Tel Aviv
(Wolf) Blitzer
Dan
|
$1,200
[1]
A cruciverbalist is someone who engages in this endeavor
crosswords
Julie
|
|
$800
[17]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Australia.) This section of water known as the Backpacker's Express carries unwary tourists out to sea; it's one of these currents, similar to an undertow, that draws water away from shore
a rip current
Dan
|
$800
[22]
On the periodic table:Carbon, nitrogen, this
oxygen
Dan
|
$800
[8]
This poem begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary"
"The Raven"
Julie
|
$800
[4]
John de Roma is one of the brutal monks in the 16th c. Protestant "Book of" these people who died for their faith
Martyrs
Dan
|
$1,600
[14]
This "Current" newsman wrote the book "The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders"
Keith Olbermann
Dan
|
$1,600
[25]
Seen in rodeos, estrapade is a horse's attempt to remove this
its rider
Julie
|
|
$1,200
[18]
It's hard to visit, but this deepest trench, in the Pacific Ocean, was designated a U.S. national monument
the Mariana Trench
Dan
|
$1,200
[10]
White House state dinner May 7, 2007:Soup, fish, meat, this course
salad
Dan
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
"Midnight's Children" by Salman Rusdie tells of the post-colonial era in this nation where Rushdie was born
India
Dan
|
$1,200
[3]
Friar Vicente de Valverde gave Atahuallpa the choice of death by fire or garrote; he chose the latter & this empire ended
the Incan Empire
Dan
|
$2,000
[23]
(Hi. I'm Chris Matthews.) In 2004 I received the award for excellence in broadcast journalism named for this longtime news partner of Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Julie
|
$2,000
[24]
Want to open your Veuve Clicquot with style? Try sabrage, where you use one of these
a sword
Julie
|
|
$1,600
[19]
The Gulf of Volos or Pagasai, anciently called Sinus Pagasaeus, is an arm of this sea
the Aegean
Dan
|
$1,600
[11]
States, alphabetically:New Mexico, New York, this
North Carolina
Sean
|
$1,600
[13]
"The Book" gift shop in Savannah, Georgia offers souvenirs associated with this John Berendt bestseller
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
AKA Saloth Sar, he was a novice monk for a time in Cambodia before becoming infamous for "Killing Fields"
Pol Pot
Dan
|
— | — |
|
$2,000
[20]
This is a measure of certain minerals in the water; for the deep waters of the Dead Sea, it's about 332 parts per thousand
salinity
Dan
|
$2,000
[12]
Geologic time eras:Paleozoic, Mesozoic, this
Cenozoic
|
$2,000
[16]
James Leo Herlihy wrote this 1965 novel about Joe Buck, who tries to make it in New York as a stud for hire
Midnight Cowboy
Dan
|
$2,000
[6]
As the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain, this Dominican authorized torture
Torquemada
Dan
Sean
|
— | — |
An early scene in this 2011 film is set in Tonsberg, Norway in the year 965 A.D.
Thor