Christen Lee — a social enterprise lawyer from Richmond, California
Taylor Cope — a financial analyst from Chicago, Illinois
Kirby Burnett — a poker dealer from Prior Lake, Minnesota (whose 2-day cash winnings total $57,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby | $2,000 | $3,400 | $13,800 |
$27,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
17 R, 2 W |
| Taylor | $2,600 | $5,800 | $14,000 |
$28,000
New champion: $28,000 |
$16,200
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Christen | $3,600 | $9,000 | $23,400 |
$18,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,400
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| CHILD-REARING | TV TO MOVIE ROLES | MUSCLE CARS | 20th CENTURY WORDS & PHRASES | BIRD BOOKS | EUROP"A" |
|
$200
[12]
Also called a binky, this comforting device can be an orthodontic issue once baby teeth start falling out
a pacifier
Taylor
|
$200
[17]
Anjelica Huston played Morticia to Raul Julia's Gomez in this 1991 flick
The Addams Family
Kirby
|
$200
[11]
John Lingenfelter remodeled this iconic Chevy sports car to go 0-60 in under 2 seconds & even race an F-18
a Corvette
Kirby
|
$200
[6]
A scientist came up with this blended word after reading a paper on "'fog and smoke"
smog
Taylor
|
$200
[18]
This book says, "I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else left for us to learn, except possibly algebra"
To Kill a Mockingbird
Kirby
|
$200
[1]
The Kifisos & Ilisos rivers flow through this capital
Athens
Taylor
|
|
$400
[13]
Michele Bachmann gave her biological children this schooling; the state wouldn't let her do it with her foster kids
homeschooling
Kirby
|
$400
[27]
In 2008, in addition to his "Office" job, he played secret agent Maxwell Smart
Steve Carell
Taylor
|
$400
[16]
A Plymouth named for this Warner Bros. cartoon character even had the horn sound to match
the Road Runner
Christen
|
$400
[7]
This 2-word term for the idea that a computer could think like a human was coined in the 1950s
artificial intelligence
Taylor
|
$400
[19]
Larry McMurtry won a Pulitzer for this Western
Lonesome Dove
Christen
|
$400
[5]
Montenegro is on this country's northern border & Greece is on its southern one
Albania
Christen
|
|
$600
[14]
Ferberizing is a controversial method for this part of baby's day
the nighttime (or sleep time)
Taylor
|
$600
[28]
When "The Dukes of Hazzard" hit the big screen, she wore the short shorts as Daisy Duke
Jessica Simpson
Christen
|
$600
[23]
The 1968 Dart GTS was a muscle car from this maker
Dodge
Christen
|
$600
[8]
This word for a large self-service store that sells household goods as well as groceries hit the shelves in 1933
a supermarket
Christen
|
$800
[21]
Maya Angelou dedicated this book to "all the strong black birds of promise who defy the odds... and sing their songs"
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Christen
|
$600
[2]
There's a Welford-on- & a Bidford-on- this English river
the Avon
Kirby
|
|
$800
[15]
TV, play dates & grades below "A" were no-nos for the kids of Amy Chua, author of "Battle Hymn of" her
a Tiger Mother
Christen
|
$800
[29]
This TV cop duo was played on the big screen by Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson
Starsky & Hutch
Kirby
Taylor
Christen
|
$800
[24]
In the '60s Ford named a fastback after this newly opened Alabama speedway
Talladega
Kirby
|
$800
[9]
This 9-letter word popped up for a place where you could enjoy a beverage or a light meal while using your computer
a cybercafe
Christen
|
$1,000
[22]
Some took flight with this 1970 allegory by Richard Bach; others felt it was bird-brained
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Kirby
|
$800
[3]
They extend from the Mediterranean near Nice to the plain of the Danube
the Alps
Kirby
|
|
$1,000
[26]
2 uses of this term are exercise on horizontal bars at the playground & a type of training pants
pull-ups
Taylor
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1997 he was George of the Jungle; in 1999, Dudley Do-Right
Brendan Fraser
Taylor
|
$1,000
[25]
V-8 engines with major displacement are alliteratively called "big" this
big block
Christen
|
$1,000
[10]
It follows "sex" to mean a certain urge; once the computer age hit, it also followed "hard"
drive
Taylor
|
DD
$2,400
[20]
A 1993 raid in Mogadishu that left 18 American soldiers dead is chronicled in this book by journalist Mark Bowden
Black Hawk Down
Christen
|
$1,000
[4]
The name of this resort town 20 miles southeast of Naples is often found between "the" & "coast"
the Amalfi Coast
Christen
|
| PLANT SCIENCE | THE BAND IS REALLY COOKING | STARTS WITH "Z" | IN THE MAGAZINE | PRESIDENTIAL RE-ELECTIONS | MORE 4 YEARS |
|
$400
[19]
This poisonous herb that was fatal to Socrates is a member of the parsley family
hemlock
Christen
|
$400
[16]
Many years apart, Willie "The Lion" Smith & Weezer recorded songs called "Pork &" these
"Beans"
Christen
|
$400
[2]
Before "out", it means to eliminate an item from a budget
zero
Kirby
|
$400
[21]
Q&A: Eddie Vedder, Rock & Roll, Random Notes
Rolling Stone
Christen
|
$400
[1]
This man won D.C. & (by 3,700 votes) Minnesota & that's it as Reagan won re-election
Mondale
Christen
|
$400
[7]
In 2004 Justin Timberlake coined a phrase when he said, "I am sorry if anyone was offended by" this at a halftime show
a wardrobe malfunction
Taylor
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This "colorful" house plant, Saintpaulia ionantha, is native to Kenya & Tanzania
a violet
Christen
|
$800
[17]
Killdozer fed us dessert with a cover version of this Don McLean hit
"American Pie"
Christen
|
$800
[9]
Get a closeup of Bruno Coumert--he won an Oscar for designing this type of lens
a zoom lens
Taylor
|
$800
[22]
Spy vs. Spy, Steal These Tweets!
Mad
Kirby
Taylor
|
$800
[3]
He defeated 2 presidents to win the office originally; in 1916 he beat Charles Evans Hughes to keep his job
Wilson
Taylor
|
$800
[8]
1934 was a bad year for bank robbers: John Dillinger was killed in Chicago & this couple went down in a Louisiana police ambush
Bonnie & Clyde
Kirby
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Also called manioc, this starchy South American tuber comes in bitter & sweet varieties
cassava (yuca accepted)
Christen
|
$1,200
[18]
In a No. 1 country hit, the Zac Brown Band sings, "You know I like my chicken" cooked this way
"Fried"
Kirby
|
$1,200
[11]
If I weren't called Alex, my name might have been shortened to this, also a European fish
Zander
Kirby
|
$1,200
[28]
100 Best Companiesto Work For, Investor Interview
Fortune
Christen
|
$1,200
[4]
Nixon was the one in '72, & with only 78,000 votes, this People's Party candidate, author & pediatrician was not
(Benjamin) Spock
Kirby
|
$1,200
[10]
This Dickens book about relatives Martin (good) & Jonas (bad) was published in 1844
Martin Chuzzlewit
Kirby
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This term refers to plants that have flowers; it comes from 2 Greek words for "receptacle" & "seed"
angiosperm
|
$1,600
[26]
Booker T. & the MG's gave their tuna salad some color & flavor with this tune
"Green Onions"
Taylor
|
$1,600
[12]
The west wind, or any gentle wind
Zephyr
Kirby
|
$1,600
[29]
Feline Groupie, Potty Anxiety
Cat Fancy
Taylor
|
$1,600
[5]
This man's 87% of the vote in Mississippi couldn't stop LBJ from returning to the Oval Office
(Barry) Goldwater
Kirby
Taylor
|
$2,000
[15]
This Austrian city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 (& again in 1976)
Innsbruck
Christen
|
|
DD
$6,000
[20]
This yellow flower of the genus Tagetes is often associated with, but probably not named for, the Virgin Mary
marigold
Christen
|
$2,000
[27]
In a seafood mood, Squeeze was pulling these from the shell
mussels
Taylor
|
$2,000
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Masada, Israel.) In the 1st century A.D., these Jews fiercely opposed Roman paganism, & many of them made their last stand here on Masada; today the word means anyone passionately committed
a Zealot
Taylor
|
$2,000
[30]
This Way In, This Way Out, Man at His Best
Esquire
Taylor
|
$2,000
[6]
The U.S. granted U.S. Grant a second term & said go west, old man to this runner-up
Horace Greeley
Kirby
|
DD
$2,200
[14]
On Nov. 17, 1734 journalist John Peter Zenger was arrested for this; a landmark freedom of the press case ensued
libel
Taylor
|
In 2002 his No. 10 jersey from the 1970 World Cup finals sold at auction for a record $220,850
Pelé