Mike Hatch — a men's clothing sales associate from Gainesville, Georgia
Betsy Schroeder — a graduate student of veterinary medicine from Blacksburg, Virginia
Brandon Libby — an actor and Phillie Phanstormer from Mount Ephraim, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | $1,400 | $1,800 | $1,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,000
6 R, 4 W |
| Betsy | $2,000 | $7,600 | $9,200 |
$12,200
New champion: $12,200 |
$11,200
20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $2,000 | $1,200 | $1,100 |
$1,650
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 8 W |
| DR. MASSEUSE RHYMES | TAKE IT "SLOW" | GOLD | AT WIDE RECEIVER FOR THIS TEAM... | PUNCH | JUDEA |
|
$200
[11]
A knot I've found, oh, heck! / in this muscle of the upper part of my neck / but not in my ol' a-sneezius! / no! 'tis in my...
trapezius
Brandon
|
$200
[6]
The ball must arc at least 3 feet in this type of softball
slow pitch
Betsy
|
$200
[15]
Gold in the form seen here, it can also mean priceless pieces of wisdom
nuggets
Betsy
|
$200
[1]
1988: John Taylor, Jerry Rice; Taylor caught Super Bowl XXIII's game-winning pass, but Rice got MVP
the 49ers
Betsy
|
$200
[21]
No joke, it comes at the end of a joke
a punchline
Mike
|
$200
[24]
The territory of Judea became part of this empire in 63 B.C.
the Roman Empire
Mike
|
|
$400
[12]
Arising from 3 heads / this extensor muscle's dead / my upper arm does no more reps / until some help for my...
triceps
Mike
|
$400
[7]
Hamilton beach sells a programmable one of these to keep pot roast at the right temperature
a slow cooker
Mike
|
$400
[17]
Still widely used today, these extremely thin sheets of gold were used for gilding medieval manuscripts
gold leaf
Betsy
|
$400
[2]
2009: Wes Welker, Randy Moss; they had a pretty good quarterback
the New England Patriots
Brandon
|
$400
[22]
An unexpected blow, or a 2011 movie about a girl named Babydoll with a wild imagination
sucker punch
Brandon
|
$800
[26]
This ruler of Judea attempted to kill the infant Jesus
Herod
Betsy
|
|
$600
[13]
The innermost of the 3 in each rear / is a pain when I try to sit in a bus / it is amiss, now please do this / fix my gluteus...
minimus
Betsy
|
$600
[8]
In "The Streets of Laredo", this line that became a book & movie title precedes "& play the fife lowly"
bang the drum slowly
Brandon
|
$600
[18]
Gold has the atomic number 79 & this chemical symbol
Au (Aurum)
Betsy
|
$600
[3]
2008: Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne; they had a pretty good quarterback
the Indianapolis Colts
Brandon
|
$600
[28]
Fighting puppets Punch & Judy have been around since this period that began in 1660 with the return of Charles II
the Restoration
Mike
|
$1,000
[25]
Galilee, Samaria & Judea in the south were the 3 traditional divisions of this ancient area with a still-current name
Palestine
|
|
$800
[14]
The longest in the body / this muscle feels ungodly / rest my thigh at the bar? glorious! / now work on my...
sartorius
|
$800
[9]
"Layla" guitarist's lazy moniker
Slowhand
Mike
|
$800
[19]
The 1897 Canadian gold rush named for this river occurred around the confluence of the Yukon River & it
the Klondike
|
$800
[4]
1976: Fred Biletnikoff, Cliff Branch (Fred's in the Hall of Fame; Cliff may get there, too)
the (Oakland) Raiders
Betsy
|
$800
[27]
A blow to the back of the neck is the punch named for this animal
a rabbit punch
Betsy
Mike
|
— |
|
$1,000
[16]
Internal or external / the pain there's infernal / feel my abdomen go weak / it means indirect, it's my...
oblique
Betsy
|
$1,000
[10]
What camera crews call "over-cranking" produces this effect
slow motion
Mike
|
$1,000
[20]
A fabled lost city of gold lends its name to this California county
El Dorado
Betsy
Mike
|
$1,000
[5]
1978: John Stallworth, Lynn Swann; who do you double cover with that combo?
the Steelers
Mike
|
$1,000
[23]
The name of this red wine punch is from the Spanish for "Bleeding"
sangria
Betsy
|
— |
| COATS OF ARMS | TV GUIDE SAYS | INVENTIVE MINDS | THE GREEN PAGES | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT | ____ THE ____ |
|
$400
[24]
This country's coat of arms features a Maori chieftain & a European woman supporting the shield
New Zealand
Mike
|
$400
[16]
"Rachel and Finn decide to throw a duet competition to give Sam a better chance to win"
Glee
Betsy
|
$400
[11]
His cotton gin gets all the press, but he had a nail-making business even before he went to Yale
Eli Whitney
Betsy
|
$400
[21]
Al Gore made his environmental sentiments clear in the 1992 book this "in the Balance"
Earth
Betsy
Mike
|
$400
[6]
Bertha Landes, the first woman mayor of a large U.S. city, presided over this largest Washington city in the 1920s
Seattle
Mike
|
$400
[1]
This expression meaning opposite one's basic temperament refers to the direction of fibers in wood
against the grain
Brandon
Betsy
|
|
$800
[25]
The coat of arms of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific features the Norfolk species of this conifer
a pine tree
|
$800
[17]
"Bob and Jillian lead community-wide fitness challenges in seven cities"
The Biggest Loser
Betsy
|
$800
[12]
On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray was a few hours behind this man at the U.S. Patent Office, filing a speech-transmitting device
Bell
Mike
|
$800
[22]
It was just deserts for Burton Bernstein with his study of "The Great & Terrible wilderness" of this desert of Moses
the Sinai
Betsy
Mike
|
$800
[7]
Formerly director of Arkansas' department of health, in 1993 Joycelyn Elders was appointed to this higher post
the Surgeon General
Betsy
|
$800
[2]
To be in a tight spot is to be here "without a paddle"
up the creek
Mike
|
|
$2,000
[26]
On Singapore's coat of arms, the lion represents Singapore itself & a tiger represents its historical link to this country
Malaysia
Betsy
Mike
|
$1,200
[18]
"Brainiac visits Clark from the future"
Smallville
Betsy
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1837 he built a smooth, hard moldboard out of a circular saw, & seeing nothing ran like 'em, began to make steel plows
John Deere
Brandon
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Victor Scheffer's "The Year of" this mammal is a 1969 classic study on the conservation of an ocean species
the whale
Betsy
|
$1,200
[8]
Born in New York to parents from Puerto Rico, this Supreme Court justice calls herself a "Nuyorican"
Sotomayor
Mike
|
$1,200
[3]
Street performers collect money by doing this, literally & figuratively
pass the hat
Brandon
Betsy
|
| — |
$1,600
[19]
"Cesar tries rehabilitating three dog-wolf crossbreeds"
The Dog Whisperer
Brandon
|
$1,600
[14]
Sir Frederick Abel's invention of cordite eliminated this, produced by gunpowder, from the battlefield
smoke
|
— |
$1,600
[9]
Oveta Culp Hobby, the only woman in Eisenhower's cabinet, was the first head of this department, HEW for short
Health, Education & Welfare
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
To sternly demand hard work; it's also something Indiana Jones often does
crack the whip
Mike
|
| — |
$2,000
[20]
"Howard baffles Sheldon"
The Big Bang Theory
Betsy
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1888 his lightweight, box-shaped invention eliminated the need for glass photographic plates
(George) Eastman
Brandon
Betsy
Mike
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
His widow Muriel became Minnesota's first female senator when she filled his vacant seat in 1978
Hubert Humphrey
Mike
|
$2,000
[5]
One item in a violinist's bag of tricks is the thin, glassy tone made by playing "sul ponticello", Italian for this
on the bridge
Mike
|
Since 1066, the longest consecutive period when the monarch had the same name was 116 years with this given name
George