Bruce Vale — a business news writer originally from Newark, Delaware
Emily Kelly — a university librarian from Somerville, Massachusetts
Brendan Graham — a soldier and a physician from San Antonio, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan | $600 | $1,000 | $11,800 |
$20,201
2-day champion: $46,602 |
$11,800
15 R, 3 W |
| Emily | $800 | $0 | $11,801 |
$801
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 9 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Bruce | $1,000 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$4,998
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
17 R, 5 W |
| VISITING THE CITY | PANTS | CHILD ACTORS | STUPID ANSWERS | LESSER-KNOWN SCIENTISTS | THE TRUTH LIES THEREIN |
|
$200
[1]
Experience Little Havana along Calle Ocho, then get sprayed at the Seaquarium
Miami
Brendan
|
$200
[26]
A synonym for freight, or pants with large bellows pockets on the sides & 2 extra-large patch pockets in front
cargo pants
Bruce
|
$200
[7]
Henry Thomas, who played this role in "E.T.", turned 40 in 2011
Elliott
Emily
|
$200
[6]
On the west, Central Park is bounded by this street
Central Park West
Brendan
Emily
Bruce
|
$200
[12]
In 1779 Dutch scientist Jan Ingenhousz published his discovery of this process in green plants
photosynthesis
Brendan
|
$200
[17]
Symbol for the second-lightest element
He
Emily
|
|
$400
[2]
First the Royal Ontario Museum, then for lunch, maybe one of the 5 Chinatowns
Toronto
Emily
|
$400
[27]
Calf-length pants styled in colorful island prints are named for this type of Hawaiian party
luau pants
Emily
|
$400
[8]
Scott Lookinland played his father, Mike, in the TV movie about the making of this sitcom
The Brady Bunch
Bruce
|
$400
[10]
This building in our national capital was originally designed by Dr. William Thornton
the Capitol
Bruce
|
$400
[13]
The "crown jewels" of Alcoa are the bits of this metal that chemist Charles Hall isolated when he was just 22
aluminum
Bruce
|
$400
[18]
Old school GPS on a shopping mall map: "You are" this
here
Emily
|
|
$600
[3]
Take the "Sound of Music" tour or visit the Hagenauer House, once home to the Mozart family
Salzburg
Emily
|
$600
[28]
When introduced, these wide, baggy pants were 4 inches longer than usual knicker length
plus fours
Brendan
Bruce
|
$600
[9]
At age 11, this future portrayer of Bella Swan was Jodie Foster's daughter in "Panic Room"
Kristen Stewart
Bruce
|
$600
[11]
This was first imprinted in black on individual M&Ms in 1950
(the letter) M
Brendan
|
$600
[14]
Gowin Knight's 1745 development of a better way to magnetize steel allowed him to improve this device used by mariners
a compass
Brendan
|
$600
[19]
Old school CBS history show: "You Are" this
There
Emily
|
|
$800
[4]
There's a great opera house on Bennelong Point from which you can see Fort Denison in the harbor
Sydney
Emily
|
$1,000
[29]
The baggy shalwar is always in fashion in this country on India's northwest border
Pakistan
Emily
|
$800
[22]
This kid with a familiar last name is seenherein a 2010 film
Jaden Smith
Bruce
|
$800
[24]
The second verse of this classic American song begins, "O beautiful for pilgrim feet"
"America The Beautiful"
Emily
|
$800
[15]
Joseph Lagrange insisted on 10 as the basic unit when standardizing French weights & measures, creating this system
the metric system
Brendan
|
$800
[20]
Colt controller
rein
Emily
Bruce
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Arriving at the train station built for the 1992 World's Fair, check out the Alcazar Palace & Biennial of Flemenco art
Seville
Emily
Bruce
|
DD
$1,400
[30]
Tight-fitting pants patterned after those worn by bullfighters aren't usually called matador pants but these
toreador pants
Emily
|
$1,000
[23]
In the 1930s Baby LeRoy played opposite this comedian, who spiked his bottle with gin to shut him up
W.C. Fields
Bruce
|
$1,000
[25]
The Mosquito Indians are a majority population of this coastal region of Honduras & Nicaragua
the Mosquito Coast
Bruce
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1785 William Withering suggested using this drug from the foxglove plant to treat heart disease
digitalis (or digoxin)
Brendan
Emily
|
$1,000
[21]
A palindromic preposition of the past
ere
Emily
Bruce
|
| 1940s AMERICAN LIT | THE TIME OF HIS LIFE | VARIE-TEAS | FIRST IN WAR | FIRST IN "P"s | LAST IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE |
|
$400
[11]
In 1947 this author's own publishing company released "Tarzan and the Foreign Legion", his last in the series
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bruce
|
$400
[12]
A patriot with but one life:1755-1776
Nathan Hale
Brendan
|
$400
[1]
This meal is found after Irish & English in the names of teas
breakfast
Bruce
|
$400
[19]
At the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, these 2 vessels fought the first engagement between ironclad warships
the Monitor & the Merrimack
Bruce
|
$400
[2]
The African gray is this type of bird; the male can precisely echo human speech
a parrot
Emily
|
$400
[14]
Casey Stengel led this "Amazin'" 1962 team to a 40-120 record, 60.5 games back, but they were first in errors
the Amazin' Mets
Brendan
|
|
$1,200
[26]
His 1942 collection "My World and Welcome to It" included "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Thurber
Emily
|
$800
[13]
A German emperor (Remember the II):1859-1941
Wilhelm II
Brendan
Emily
Bruce
|
$800
[3]
The name of this Indian tea made with milk & spices like cinnamon & cardamom is one syllable & rhymes with "pie"
chai
Brendan
|
$800
[20]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) Christian & Muslim lands are represented here on the eve of this series of wars--the first of which went from 1096 to 1099
the Crusades
Brendan
|
$800
[4]
This racket game can be played on a court that has 1, 3 or 4 walls
paddleball
Bruce
|
$800
[15]
They were "inaugurated" as a team in 2005 & have finished last 5 seasons out of 7
the (Washington) Nationals
Emily
Bruce
|
|
$1,600
[27]
This 1940 "Incident" by Walter Van Tilburg Clark tells the story of 3 men falsely accused & lynched for cattle rustling
The Ox-Bow Incident
Bruce
|
$1,200
[22]
A Mexican bandit / revolutionary / folk hero:1878-1923
Pancho Villa
Brendan
|
$1,200
[8]
This herbal tea is made with a daisylike flower; Peter Rabbit was put to bed with some
chamomile tea
Emily
|
$1,200
[21]
Charge! Composed of lesser nobles who could afford horses, weapons & armor, it first appeared around 1000 B.C.
cavalry
Emily
|
$1,200
[5]
John C. Fremont's exploration of the West earned him this nickname
"The Pathfinder"
Brendan
|
$1,200
[16]
A last-place 2006 N.L. Central finish insured a 98th straight year without a World Series title for this team
the Chicago Cubs
Bruce
|
|
$2,000
[29]
A fan asking what may have happened to Jesus' garments after the Crucifixion inspired Lloyd Douglas to write this novel
The Robe
|
$1,600
[23]
A "Mad Monk":c. 1872-1916
Rasputin
Bruce
|
$1,600
[9]
Earl Grey tea gets its flavor from this citrus fruit, sort of an acidic orange
bergamot
Emily
|
$1,600
[28]
The first major use of these vehicles was at the 1917 Battle of Cambrai, leading to a rare breakthrough on the Western Front
tanks
Emily
|
$1,600
[6]
Unlike other marsupials, bandicoots have this, formed in the lining of the uterus to nourish the fetus
a placenta
Brendan
|
$1,600
[17]
In 2007 this team was dead last in the N.L. West, but in 2010 it won the World Series
the San Francisco Giants
Brendan
|
|
DD
$5,400
[25]
This 1946 novel about a Southern politician takes its title from the "Humpty Dumpty" nursery rhyme
All the King's Men
Emily
|
$2,000
[24]
A monk who was made for peas:1822-1884
(Gregor) Mendel
Emily
|
$2,000
[10]
This strong tea is named for a place in the foothills of the Himalayas whose name means "land of the thunderbolt"
Darjeeling
|
DD
$2,799
[30]
The 1940 invasion of Norway saw the first combat use of these troops, the German Fallschirmjager
paratroopers
Emily
|
$2,000
[7]
How oxymoronic! This 10-letter name of a musical instrument means "soft loud"
a pianoforte
Emily
|
$2,000
[18]
In 1958, pitcher Robin Roberts won 17 games (yay), but this Pennsylvania team of his won only 52 more (not so yay)
the Philadelphia Phillies
Brendan
Emily
|
After living in Honduras, O. Henry coined this term for a small country dependent on a single export
a banana republic