Eileen O'Toole — a student of economics from Boulder, Colorado
Dennis Wright — a welder from Council Grove, Kansas
Cathy Guiles — a copy editor originally from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy | $2,800 | $2,600 | $12,600 |
$6,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Dennis | $3,600 | $10,400 | $25,200 |
$25,200
New champion: $25,200 |
$20,600
26 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Eileen | $-200 | $-600 | $3,000 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
7 R, 4 W |
| NATIONAL PARKS | IT DIDN'T SELL AT McDONALD'S | THE IMMORTALS | HYPHENATED TERMS | GOVERNORS SPEAK | WORD & PHRASE DECADES |
|
$200
[9]
This highest point in Washington State has its own national park
Mount Rainier
Dennis
|
$200
[1]
A meatless option, the Hula Burger was this fruit, grilled & topped with cheese
a pineapple
Eileen
|
$200
[6]
This J.M. Barrie character was "the boy who wouldn't grow up"
Peter Pan
Dennis
|
$200
[16]
Broadband has largely replaced this type of internet connection using a phone line
dial-up
Dennis
Eileen
|
$200
[19]
At the 2004 Republican Convention, this governor told critics, "Don't be economic girlie men"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Eileen
|
$200
[26]
Punk rock
the '70s
Dennis
|
|
$400
[10]
Landscape Arch, one of the world's longest natural arches, is found at a national park in this state
Utah
Dennis
|
$400
[2]
For dinner, McDonald's had Mc Pa Mc Pa Mc Pa Mc Pa Mc Pa Mc Pa Mc PaMcPastaadeordersquiringcialnsider drive-thru windows
pizza
Cathy
|
$400
[7]
If he really was the historic figure he's linked with, this character introduced in an 1897 novel would be 581
Dracula
Cathy
Eileen
|
$400
[17]
It refers to a member of the English-speaking people inhabiting England before the Norman Conquest
Anglo-Saxon
Cathy
|
$400
[21]
"Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine it would be this close", said this Fla. Gov. about election night 2000
Jeb Bush
Dennis
|
$400
[27]
Hooverville
the '30s
Dennis
|
|
$600
[11]
In 1980 Mount McKinley National Park was renamed this, the native name for the mountain
Denali
Cathy
|
$600
[3]
This large portion led to a PR problem in the wake of a Morgan Spurlock documentary & was discontinued by the end of 2004
super size
Cathy
|
$600
[8]
In this film, Indiana Jones meets a knight who's guarding a chalice that grants eternal life
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
|
$600
[18]
Thisflower is often used in boquets, as seen here, with roses
baby's-breath
Dennis
|
$600
[22]
"I look at my time as Governor with a sense of what might have been", this New Yorker said in resigning on March 12, 2008
(Elliot) Spitzer
Dennis
|
$600
[28]
Bummer, as in "Bummer, man"
the '60s
Cathy
Dennis
|
|
$800
[13]
Alphabetically first among the National Parks, this park in Maine was originally named for Lafayette
Acadia
Dennis
|
$800
[4]
Naturally, a 91% fat-free burger was called the McThis Deluxe
Lean
Cathy
|
$800
[14]
In "L.O.T.R.", this half-elf character renounces her eternal life to marry the mortal Aragorn & later dies aged 2,901
Arwen
Cathy
|
$800
[20]
It's the 3-word hyphenated term for the person who represents you in court
attorney-at-law
Dennis
|
$800
[23]
This S.C. Gov. said, "I developed a relationship with what started out as a dear, dear friend from Argentina"
(Mark) Sanford
Cathy
|
$800
[29]
Air Force
the 1910s
Cathy
Dennis
Eileen
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Accessible only by boat or seaplane, Isle Royale National Park is located in this Great Lake
Superior
Dennis
Eileen
|
$1,000
[5]
Adults weren't interested in the burger marketed to them & called this "deluxe", after a McDonald's symbol
the Arch Deluxe
Dennis
|
$1,000
[15]
As this title movie immortal, Connor MacLeod is a member of a mysterious race who die only when their heads are lopped off
Highlander
Eileen
|
DD
$3,200
[25]
Willard Libby developed a method of this, used to determine the age of fossils & the like
carbon-dating
Dennis
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1963 this Alabamian said there'd be "no more liquor drinking in your Governor's Mansion"
George Wallace
Dennis
|
$1,000
[30]
Weirdo
the '50s
|
| LET'S TALK ABOUT "SEX" | WHO WROTE THE NO. 1 HIT? | AUTHORS WITH MASS. APPEAL | ABDICATIONS | IN UNION | THERE IS STRENGTH |
|
$400
[6]
Half a dozen born at the same time
sextuplets
Cathy
Dennis
|
$400
[21]
Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You": this female country artist
Dolly Parton
Cathy
|
$400
[16]
An 1860s poem that begins "Because I could not stop for death" is by this woman from western Massachusetts
Emily Dickinson
Cathy
|
$400
[26]
Constantine I abdicated twice, in 1917 & 1922, as king of this country
Greece
Cathy
|
$400
[1]
Pull up a chair; it's a strike in which workers remain idle in their workplace until a settlement is reached
sit-in (or sit-down strike)
Dennis
|
$400
[11]
The crushing strength of concrete is about 3 of these weight units per square inch; for granite, more than 10
tons
Dennis
|
|
$800
[7]
Someone over the age of 59 but not yet 70
a sexagenarian
Dennis
Eileen
|
$800
[22]
Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock": Mike Stoller & this late partner
Jerry Leiber
Cathy
|
$800
[17]
Born July 4, 1804 in Salem, he added a w to his last name when he began publishing
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Cathy
|
$800
[27]
Philip V, founder of this whiskey-named dynasty in Spain, abdicated in 1724 but came back when his son died
the Bourbons
Dennis
|
$1,200
[3]
IUPAT is the "International Union of" these (the house kind, not the beret-wearing kind) "& Allied Trades"
painters
Cathy
|
$800
[12]
This measure of potent potable strength equals twice the percentage of alcohol by volume
proof
Eileen
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Some think a box found on a Pacific atoll in 1940 contained one of these navigational aids belonging to Amelia Earhart
a sextant
Dennis
|
$1,200
[23]
Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me": this woman, a hit-writing machine
(Diane) Warren
Cathy
|
$1,200
[18]
Born July 12, 1817 in Concord, this writer who liked his alone time had only 2 books published in his lifetime
Thoreau
Cathy
|
$1,200
[28]
Omar Ali Saifuddin III quit the throne of this sultanate on Borneo in 1967 but later became minister of defense
Brunei
Cathy
|
$1,600
[4]
The 1886 Haymarket Riots were a bloody confrontation between unions & police in this city
Chicago
Dennis
|
$1,200
[13]
Special denim shirts have been developed for those trying to break the weightlifting mark in this supine style
bench press
|
|
$1,600
[9]
A Mae West movie title, or one type of musical combo
a sextet
Cathy
|
$1,600
[24]
The Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn!": this folk icon formerly with the Weavers
Pete Seeger
Dennis
|
$2,000
[20]
In 2010 this mystery author whose characters include Jesse Stone died at his desk in Cambridge
(Robert B.) Parker
Dennis
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1654 she stunned Europe by abdicating the Swedish throne because of her secret Conversion to Catholicism
Queen Christina
|
$2,000
[5]
These skilled people are combined with aerospace workers in a union that's big at Boeing
machinists
Cathy
Dennis
|
$1,600
[14]
To erase data from a disk is to de-this German whose name is a measure of magnetic field strength
Gauss
Eileen
|
|
$2,000
[10]
This person is in charge of the holy objects of a church
the sexton
Dennis
|
$2,000
[25]
Kenny Rogers' "Lady": this man, also a recording artist
Lionel Richie
Dennis
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
Before the rags-to-riches stories (& more than 100 books), his story began on Jan. 13, 1832 in Revere
Horatio Alger
Cathy
|
$2,000
[30]
Louis-Philippe, known as roi citoyen or this "king", abdicated in 1848, becoming the last King of France
Citizen King
Dennis
|
DD
$3,200
[2]
Formed by 7 janitor organizations, the SEIU is this type of "Employees International Union"
a service employee
Dennis
|
$2,000
[15]
(Sarah and Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrate with wet paper towel and a stack of coins.) When wet, paper products have varied amounts of this type of strength, the maximum load a material can support without fracture
tensile strength
Eileen
|
In 1953 the maker of this board game was flooded with letters with ideas for timing devices, turntables & bags to hold game pieces
Scrabble