Vince Gatton — an actor from New York, New York
Melanie Spratford — a caterer from Chicago, Illinois
Alex Wright — a university administrator from Upper Arlington, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $4,400 | $7,200 | $9,600 |
$16,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
18 R, 3 W |
| Melanie | $2,600 | $4,400 | $10,400 |
$19,201
New champion: $19,201 |
$8,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Vince | $1,000 | $0 | $8,000 |
$15,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| MOVIE QUOTES | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD | MY PRECIOUS | "ILE" BE BACK | HELLO, GORGEOUS! | TO INFINITY & BEYOND |
|
$200
[7]
2010: "Drop the 'the'. Just Facebook, it's cleaner"
The Social Network
Alex
|
$200
[26]
This country's King Leopold III spent much of World War II as a prisoner in his own castle
Belgium
Melanie
|
$200
[17]
A New York City importer sells the Caspian Almas Osetra Malossol variety of this for just over $20k per kilo
caviar
Melanie
|
$200
[12]
"Nimble" & "spry" are synonyms for this 5-letter adjective
agile
Melanie
|
$200
[2]
Similar to rouge, this cosmetic used to color the cheeks means "to make red, as from shame"
blush
Melanie
|
$200
[1]
In math, the usual way to indicate an infinite set is to put this after the last element you list
three dots
|
|
$400
[8]
1939: "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"
The Wizard of Oz
Vince
|
$400
[27]
In the 1300s Scotland had 3 kings named this, including the Bruce
Robert
Vince
|
$400
[18]
This silvery-white (not blonde) metal, element number 78, fetches more than $1,500 an ounce
platinum
Alex
Vince
|
$400
[13]
In 2008 the fine for fare evasion on New York subways went up to $100, so don't jump this structure
a turnstile
Melanie
|
$400
[3]
Wine not is a shade in Revlon's lipstick line named for this finish that's not glossy but this opposite, also a finish for photos
matte
Alex
|
$400
[22]
Seen in many travel magazines, theinfinity poolat the Perivolas suites on Santorini overlooks this sea
the Aegean
Alex
|
|
$600
[9]
2007: "You changed your name to McLovin?"
Superbad
Vince
|
$600
[28]
This eldest son of Queen Victoria ascended the throne upon her death in 1901
Edward VII
Melanie
|
$600
[19]
The fresh white Alba type of this fungus from Italy sells for $3,500 per pound
a truffle
Alex
|
$600
[14]
The liver secretes this greenish stuff
bile
Alex
|
$600
[4]
A kit like the one seenhereis named for this smoldering eye look; blend the shadows properly to achieve the look
smoky (eye)
Alex
|
$600
[23]
This 20th century Dutch artist tried to capture infinity in a frame in pictures like "Circle Limit III"
(M.C.) Escher
Alex
|
|
$800
[10]
1946: "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings"
It's a Wonderful Life
Alex
|
DD
$800
[29]
Charles I, who died in 1922, was the last emperor of Austria & as Charles IV, the last king of this country
Hungary
Vince
|
$800
[20]
Lucky for us all, the weapons-grade variety of this stuff that powered the second atomic bomb costs almost $11,000 a gram
plutonium
Vince
|
$800
[15]
We call it a cell phone, but the chaps in Britain call it this
a mobile
Melanie
|
$800
[5]
Appropriately, a type of big makeup brush is named for this form of Japanese drama that features heavy makeup
kabuki
Alex
|
$800
[24]
This mathematician & "strip"-per who died in 1868 studied points at infinity in geometry
Möbius
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[11]
1968: "How could this happen?... I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast--where did I go right?"
The Producers
Alex
|
$1,000
[30]
Dethroned in 1952, this king of Egypt died of a heart attack in 1965 at age 45
Farouk
|
$1,000
[21]
Sur la Table sells the Spanish Mancha-Oro brand of this spice for almost $500 an ounce
saffron
Melanie
|
$1,000
[16]
Cunning or duplicity
guile
Melanie
|
$1,000
[6]
To give your curls definition use this hair dryer attachment seen here
a diffuser
Melanie
|
$1,000
[25]
When John Dryden wrote, "Darest thou, poor worm, offend infinity?", by infinity he meant this
God (the Deity)
Vince
|
| BESTSELLERS | CELEBRITY VETERANS | THE 50 STATES | TRIPLE RHYME TIME | MUSICAL TERMS | EVERY BIT A "LADY" |
|
$400
[1]
Last name of bestselling authors Catherine (the thriller "Split Second") & Ann ("How to Talk to a Liberal")
Coulter
Melanie
|
$400
[19]
This alliteratively named actor served in the army reserve in Korea before reporting for duty
Alan Alda
Vince
|
$400
[6]
Appropriately, it has a huge state marine mammal: the bowhead whale
Alaska
Alex
Vince
|
$400
[21]
An autumn dance reception area
a fall ball hall
Vince
|
$400
[9]
In the 11th C. Guido D'Arezzo, a Benedictine monk, invented this set of parallel lines used for the placement of notes
the staff
Vince
|
$400
[14]
She outlived her presidential husband by nearly 35 years, passing away in 2007 at 94
Lady Bird Johnson
Alex
|
|
$1,200
[3]
He's ignited fires on the bestseller lists with his weepy novels, including "The Notebook" & "A Walk to Remember"
(Nicholas) Sparks
Alex
|
$800
[20]
This comic joined the navy in 1956 & was a hospital corpsman, probably not handing out Jell-O pudding pops
Bill Cosby
Alex
|
$800
[7]
This state's natural land regions include the Klamath Mountains & the Columbia Plateau
Oregon
Alex
|
$800
[22]
Feeble Athenian stream
a weak Greek creek
Alex
|
$800
[10]
The direction "adagissimo" means to play even more slowly than this similar-sounding 6-letter word
adagio
Melanie
|
$800
[15]
As an infant Sir Lancelot was swept off by this enchantress who later sent him to Arthur's court
the Lady of the Lake
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The title of this bestseller by Julia Glass refers to a trio of summers in the life of the McLeod family
Three Junes
Vince
|
$1,200
[26]
This actor & martial artist was an Air Force man before becoming a "Texas Ranger" on TV
Chuck Norris
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
Iowa's nickname the Hawkeye state is said to honor this Sauk chief who fought the U.S. in an 1832 war
Black Hawk
|
$1,200
[23]
A warning that some of the T's & button-downs are grimy
a shirt dirt alert
|
DD
$1,600
[11]
This specific term refers to one who writes the text of an opera
the librettist
Melanie
|
$1,200
[16]
Seen in the portrait here, this teen briefly reigned over England in 1553
Lady Jane Grey
Vince
|
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
Seth Grahame-Smith revealed an unknown aspect of the Civil War in the horror-history hybrid called Him: "Vampire Hunter"
Abraham Lincoln
Melanie
|
$1,600
[27]
He served in Vietnam before joining New York's finest as Det. Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue"
(Dennis) Franz
Melanie
|
$1,600
[29]
(Alex Trebek walks along a river with grass, a bridge and a building in the background.) I'm in Cumberland, in this state; this city of 20,000 has a long history as a vital transport hub; it was the site of the first national road & also the terminus of the C&O Canal, which goes all the way to Washington, D.C.
Maryland
Alex
Melanie
Vince
|
$1,600
[24]
A tall & thin but grouchy Derek Jeter
a lanky cranky Yankee
|
$1,600
[12]
When a dot is placed above a musical note, it is played this way, the opposite of legato
staccato
Melanie
|
$1,600
[17]
She speaks the line "Tell me, daughter Juliet, how stands your disposition to be married?"
Lady Capulet
Melanie
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Marc Ostrofsky's "Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet" is punningly titled "Get Rich" this
Click
|
$2,000
[28]
Thisradio personality, and ex-Air Force Captain, has been known to have some stern conversations
Robin Quivers
Melanie
|
$2,000
[30]
Its 3 most recent governors: Jane Hull, Janet Napolitano, Jan Brewer
Arizona
Vince
|
$2,000
[25]
Weighty Camaro tax
a heavy Chevy levy
Vince
|
$2,000
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a musical staff with 3 lowercase B's superimposed.) First used on the B note, accidental symbols are allvariationsof the letter B; the flat lowers pitch, the sharp raises it & this symbol cancels a flat or sharp
a natural
Vince
|
$2,000
[18]
It's the pretty-as-a-picture butterfly seen here
Painted Lady
|
This site was active from 1892 to 1954; its busiest day was April 17, 1907 when 11,747 were processed
Ellis Island