Danny Parra — a sportscaster from Miami, Florida
Kate Jeracki — a newspaper staff writer from Fort Collins, Colorado
Brendan Graham — a soldier and a physician from San Antonio, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $46,602)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan | $5,000 | $10,200 | $21,000 |
$19,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$21,000
25 R, 0 W |
| Kate | $-2,000 | $-600 | $11,400 |
$21,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Danny | $1,800 | $3,600 | $11,000 |
$22,000
New champion: $22,000 |
$12,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| TIE ONE ON | ALBUMS | ART "R"EVIEW | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT | STATE FLOWERS | MARK TWAIN NEVER SAID... |
|
$200
[11]
If an invitation specifies this tie, it means it's a semiformal occasion & a tuxedo is required for men
a black tie
Danny
|
$200
[14]
He sings to wife Nicole Kidman on the slow songs on his "Get Closer" CD
Keith Urban
Brendan
|
$200
[21]
The name of this art style literally means "rebirth" in French
Renaissance
Danny
|
$200
[1]
A hole in one, or a skilled fighter pilot
an ace
Danny
|
$200
[5]
The mayflower
Massachusetts
Brendan
|
$200
[16]
"Everybody talks about" this, "but nobody does anything about it"
the weather
Kate
|
|
$400
[12]
If an invitation specifies this tie, it means it's a formal occasion & tails are required for men
a white tie
Brendan
|
$400
[15]
Some of the songs on her 2010 CD "Speak Now" are said to be about Kanye West, Taylor Lautner & John Mayer
Taylor Swift
Brendan
|
$400
[27]
Donatello used a relatively flat type of this technique, where figures project from the background
relief
Brendan
|
$400
[2]
It's a connecting device in an electrical circuit designed for the insertion of a plug
a jack
Brendan
|
$400
[6]
The wild native sunflower
Kansas
Brendan
|
$400
[17]
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in" this California city
San Francisco
Kate
|
|
$600
[13]
That's Isaac Asimovrocking one of these, also called a "shoelace tie"
a bolo tie
Danny
|
$600
[22]
This group saw the writing on the wall in 1975 with "Physical Graffiti"
Led Zeppelin
Brendan
|
$600
[28]
Naturalistic -ism practiced by Caravaggio & Courbet
Realism
Brendan
|
$600
[3]
Phish musician Ernest Joseph Anastasio III, like many guys with III in their names, goes by this
Trey
Brendan
|
$600
[7]
The Rocky Mountain columbine
Colorado
Brendan
|
$600
[18]
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all" this
doubt
Danny
|
|
$800
[25]
This way of tying a tie honors a later title of Prince Edward, who popularized it in the 1920s
a Windsor
Brendan
|
$800
[23]
This Nigerian-born woman returned in 2010 with "Soldier of Love", which topped the Billboard album chart
Sade
|
$800
[29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew strokes a charcoal pencil across paper.) You can take a textured surface, a piece of paper, & charcoal, & turn it into this type of two-dimensional image
a rubbing
Kate
|
$800
[4]
The word shah means this in Persian
king
Danny
|
$800
[8]
The orange blossom
Florida
Brendan
|
$800
[19]
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and" these
statistics
Brendan
|
|
$1,000
[26]
It takes a quartet of steps--at least--to make the slip knot required for the tie with this hyphenated 3-word name
a four-in-hand
Brendan
|
$1,000
[24]
Her sophomore album "21" featured her hit "Rolling In The Deep"
Adele
Kate
Danny
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
This term can refer to a style of art or design or to a highly ornamental style of music of the late 18th century
Rococo
Kate
|
$1,000
[10]
It's slang for the type of restaurant table seen here
a deuce
Kate
|
$1,000
[9]
The yellow hibiscus
Hawaii
Brendan
Kate
|
$1,000
[20]
"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have" this
the time
Brendan
|
| IT'S A PARTY! | TIME | PLACE | OCCASION | HOPE "U" CAN MAKE IT | BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE |
|
$400
[1]
A lynx was part of the petting zoo at this hotel heiress' 30th birthday bash in 2011
Paris Hilton
Kate
|
$400
[15]
A common pitching stat spells out this 3-letter word, a specific time marked by distinctive events
era
Danny
|
$400
[6]
It's Australia's second-most populous city
Melbourne
Danny
|
$400
[11]
June 10, 1829:The "blues" of these 2 universities stroke their way down the Thames in their first boat race
Oxford & Cambridge
Kate
|
$400
[26]
It's a final proposal; there was a Bourne one in a 2007 movie title
ultimatum
Kate
|
$400
[21]
Keep your coffee hot in a vacuum flask bottle, which got this name in a 1904 contest
a Thermos
Danny
|
|
$800
[2]
The Belvedere brand of this paid $100,000 to sponsor a party for Dwyane Wade in 2011
vodka
Brendan
|
$800
[16]
In the 20th century the "jazz" one was followed by the "atomic" one
the age
Brendan
|
$1,200
[10]
Once part of Yugoslavia, this country consists of a Muslim-Croat federation & a Serbian-led republic
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Brendan
|
$800
[12]
August 25, 1916:An act of Congress establishes the U.S. NPS, this
National Park Service
Danny
|
$800
[27]
"The Elements of Style" says it is incorrect to modify this adjective that means "being the only one"
unique
Kate
|
$800
[22]
This West Coast state's 1971 "bottle bill" helped jump-start recycling in the U.S. by banning nonrefundables
Oregon
Kate
Danny
|
|
$1,200
[3]
A red carpet party for Lil Wayne Nov. 7, 2010 celebrated his homecoming after 8 months here
the pen (prison)
Brendan
|
$1,200
[17]
The time of the oscillation of the earth's axis, varying between 416 & 433 days, is the Chandler this. End of sentence
Period
Kate
|
$1,600
[9]
Pico Mogoton, Nicaragua's highest point, lies on its northern border with this country
Honduras
Danny
|
$1,200
[13]
August 12, 1851:Isaac Singer gets a U.S. patent for this machine
a sewing machine
Danny
|
$1,200
[28]
This 5-letter verb meaning "to seize by force" is often used of the throne
usurp
Kate
|
$1,200
[23]
Vintage bottles of products from this company, sold door to door by ladies since the 1880s, are now collectibles
Avon Products
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[4]
"90 Years of Excess" read a banner at the bacchanal for the birthday of the French edition of this fashion mag
Vogue
Brendan
|
$1,600
[18]
In astronomic terms, this 3-letter word describes a billion years
an eon
Brendan
|
$2,000
[8]
This "Great" depression stretches about 4,500 miles, from Syria to Mozambique
the Great Rift Valley
Danny
|
$2,000
[20]
November 9, 1923:The Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow Germany's government, fails in this city
Munich
Danny
|
$1,600
[29]
John Stuart Mill wrote the book on this philosophy that says an action is right if it promotes happiness
utilitarianism
Brendan
Danny
|
$1,600
[24]
Illegal in many places, this 1 1/2" fireworks item, also the first film Wes Anderson directed, has a 12" stick attached
a bottle rocket
Kate
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Celebs are among the 1,000-plus revelers at Shark Attack Sounds, an annual 4th of July bash at Montauk on this island
Long Island
Danny
|
$2,000
[19]
One complete heartbeat, consisting of one contraction & relaxation of the heart, makes up the cardiac this
cycle
Brendan
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
Cape Dezhnev, the easternmost point on mainland Asia, juts into this strait
the Bering Strait
Danny
|
DD
$6,000
[14]
September 21, 1897:It seems 3 months early, but the N.Y. Sun publishes an editorial famous for this 7-word phrase
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
Danny
|
$2,000
[30]
Irish name for a long, loose Irish overcoat
an Ulster
Kate
|
$2,000
[25]
Matthew 9:17 instructs us that it is not good to put this "into old bottles"
new wine
Kate
|
One of her first spoken lines is translated as "You have the face of a wise and fearless caliph"
Jeannie