Randy Cauthen — a poet and professor originally from Charleston, South Carolina
Elisabeth Carrel — a copy editor from Elgin, Illinois
Sarah Curtis — a mechanical and electrical drafter from Oceanside, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $400 | $3,600 | $11,200 |
$50
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
14 R, 2 W |
| Elisabeth | $3,200 | $3,800 | $13,000 |
$24,000
New champion: $24,000 |
$13,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Randy | $1,400 | $4,000 | $16,200 |
$6,153
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| A BEASTLY CATEGORY | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES | CRITIQUING SHAKESPEARE | E FOLLOWS F | HUSBANDS | GREAT JANES |
|
$200
[20]
1856 saw the first import of these desert animals for use by the U.S. Army in the American Southwest
camels
Elisabeth
|
$200
[18]
It can refer to a large number of bees, especially if looking for a new home, or of other insects such as locusts
a swarm
Sarah
|
$200
[3]
This evolutionary scientist found Shakespeare "so intolerably dull that it nauseated me"
Darwin
Randy
|
$200
[16]
Kola nuts from a West African tree have been a source of this stimulant used in American soft drinks
caffeine
Sarah
|
$200
[8]
Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson's, though they're separated
Al Gore
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
Since 2000 this writer has 18 credits on imdb.com, including an "Emma" miniseries; not bad for being dead for 195 years
Jane Austen
Sarah
|
|
$400
[22]
Sericulture, the use of these "worms" in fiber manufacture, goes back more than 4,000 years
silkworms
Randy
|
$400
[19]
Superman is able to "leap tall buildings in a single" one of these jumps
a bound
Randy
|
$400
[4]
This Russian writer & noble didn't have much use for the Bard, saying his works were immoral, vulgar & senseless
Tolstoy
Randy
|
$400
[17]
Middle age, or a crisis of doubt & anxiety experienced by some during that period
midlife
Randy
|
$400
[9]
Jacqueline Bouvier's 2
John F. Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis
Elisabeth
Randy
|
$400
[2]
Seen here, Jane Kaczmarek played Lois, the harried mom on this sitcom about a boy genius
Malcolm in the Middle
Randy
|
|
$600
[21]
Orso is the Italian word for this carnivore
a bear
Sarah
|
$600
[23]
When used before a date, the abbreviation c. stands for this
circa
Randy
|
$600
[5]
Of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this 17th c. diarist wrote that it was "the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw"
(Samuel) Pepys
Elisabeth
|
$600
[26]
A public declaration of principles & policies; Marx issued one in 1848
a manifesto
Elisabeth
|
$600
[10]
Marilyn Monroe's last 2
Arthur Miller & Joe DiMaggio
Elisabeth
|
$600
[13]
Published in 2011, "Prime Time", a guide to living the second half of life successfully, is by this actress & workout pioneer
Jane Fonda
Randy
|
|
$800
[29]
An Alpine variety of this amphibian can stay pregnant for 3 years & 2 months
a salamander
Sarah
|
$800
[24]
Poet Edward Fitzgerald wanted this amount "of wine, a loaf of bread and thou beside me singing in the wilderness"
a jug
Randy
|
DD
$600
[6]
When he described "Hamlet"' as "a vulgar and barbarous drama", this French author was quite candid
Voltaire
Elisabeth
|
$800
[27]
This small, thin disk of unleavened bread is used in the Eucharist
a wafer
Elisabeth
|
$800
[11]
Octavia's (we'll give you Gaius Marcellus, whom she married around 54 B.C., but you supply this second hubby)
Mark Antony
Elisabeth
Randy
|
$800
[14]
The theme to this cartoon show mentions "his boy Elroy. Daughter Judy. Jane, his wife"
The Jetsons
Elisabeth
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
A 5-letter term for a field of beans or pumpkins
a patch
Sarah
|
$1,000
[7]
This 3-named Irish dramatist despised Shakespeare so much he wanted "to dig him up and throw stones at him"
George Bernard Shaw
Randy
|
$1,000
[28]
It's the term for fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord
fealty
Sarah
Elisabeth
|
$1,000
[12]
The former Holly Knowlton, a 1995 "Jeopardy!" contestant, is seen here with this husband of hers
Petraeus
Elisabeth
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1997 this Perry Farrell band had "Been Caught Stealing" Flea of the Chili Peppers, who took over on bass for Eric Avery
Jane's Addiction
Sarah
|
| AMERICAN COMPOSERS | INTERNAL RHYMES | TV FOR "U" | GEOGRAPHIC NAME DERIVATIONS | HOME | ON THE RANGE |
|
$400
[25]
Stevie Wonder's song "Sir Duke" was a tribute to this jazzy composer & bandleader
Duke Ellington
Sarah
|
$400
[11]
A jumbled mixture; sometimes it's a "Jeopardy!" category
hodgepodge
Elisabeth
|
$400
[1]
The name of this "Star Trek" communications officer is similar to the Swahili word for "freedom"
Uhura
Randy
|
$400
[6]
Appropriately, its name is from the Arabic for "desert"
the Sahara
Elisabeth
|
$400
[16]
One wife at a time stayed with him at Beehive House in Salt Lake City; many others lived next door at Lion's House
Brigham Young
Elisabeth
|
$400
[24]
To prepare the globe type of this veggie, trim the thorny tips of its outer leaves & steam it on the stove top
an artichoke
Randy
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Magic moments for this composer & Hal David included writing the 1958 Perry Como hit "Magic Moments"
(Burt) Bacharach
Randy
|
$800
[12]
To return by the same route one has previously taken
backtrack
|
$800
[2]
The president of Hooters went incognito & worked in the kitchen on an episode of this reality show
Undercover Boss
Sarah
|
$800
[10]
This nation that borders Germany takes its name from words meaning "eastern empire"
Austria
Randy
|
$800
[17]
The E! network series "The Girls Next Door" is set in this Holmby Hills mansion
the Playboy Mansion
Randy
|
$800
[26]
The name of this dish of rice stirred in hot butter or oil before simmering on the range top comes from the Persian
pilaf
Sarah
Elisabeth
|
|
DD
$1,400
[22]
His song "I Love Paris" was no doubt inspired by his years of living there
Cole Porter
Randy
|
$1,200
[13]
In a "Twilight Zone" episode, "To Serve Man" was the title of one of these
a cookbook
Randy
|
$1,200
[3]
"The Simpsons" began as part of this comedienne's show
Tracey Ullman
Sarah
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1932 this Middle Eastern country took on part of the name of its ruling family
Saudi Arabia
Elisabeth
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1910 this temperance crusader founded a school in Hatchet Hall, her home in Arkansas
Carry Nation
Elisabeth
Randy
|
$1,200
[27]
Stir often when making a roux for this thick Creole stew whose name comes from a word for "okra"
gumbo
Elisabeth
|
|
$2,000
[23]
The opera "Einstein on the Beach" was a collaboration between Robert Wilson & this composer
(Philip) Glass
Randy
|
$1,600
[14]
Something that is gratis
a freebie
Randy
|
$1,600
[4]
Wally Cox voiced the title canine superhero on this classic cartoon
Underdog
Randy
|
$1,600
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Of New York City's 5 boroughs, these two are named for real people; one a Swede, the other a royal
the Bronx & Queens
Randy
|
$1,600
[19]
From an upstairs studio in the Olson House in Cushing, Maine, this artist made Christina Olson & the house famous
Andrew Wyeth
Elisabeth
|
$2,000
[28]
To cook Japanese noodles, whether somen, soba or these thick wheat ones, gradually add them to a pot of boiling water
udon
Sarah
|
| — |
DD
$3,200
[15]
Originally this term referred to ammunition fired at game to get food; today it means a critical remark
a potshot
Randy
|
$2,000
[5]
Poppy Montgomery stars as Carrie Wells, who remembers almost everything, on this CBS drama
Unforgettable
Sarah
|
$2,000
[9]
This former Asian capital was named for the Hindu goddess of death & time
Calcutta
Sarah
|
$2,000
[20]
After the original wooden home burned down, Cornelius Vanderbilt built this Rhode Island mansion
the Breakers
Elisabeth
|
— |
This Robert De Niro film is known in Italian as "Il cacciatore"
The Deer Hunter