Michael Tvaruzka — a contract specialist from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Jesse Tow — an after-school program coach from Austin, Texas
Joey Falco — a writer from Santa Monica, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey | $4,800 | $5,200 | $13,200 |
$20,000
2-day champion: $23,999 |
$7,400
14 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Jesse | $1,400 | $2,400 | $9,200 |
$15,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Michael | $600 | $4,000 | $7,600 |
$15,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
14 R, 4 W |
| BOW TIES ARE COOL | ALL "INN" | HOUSTON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM | BEGGARS CAN'T BE BOOZERS | KISSING | I GOT TO FIRST BASE |
|
$200
[26]
Shoo-be-doo-be-doo--it doesn't get much cooler than this guy, who founded Reprise Records in 1960
Sinatra
Joey
|
$200
[21]
Guiltlessness
innocence
Joey
Michael
|
$200
[16]
Shots were fired in the 1842-43 "Archive War", triggered by an attempt to move the capital from here to Houston
Austin
Jesse
|
$200
[7]
In 2009 Carlsberg introduced a variety of this priced at $350 a bottle
beer
Jesse
|
$200
[5]
In most versions of this tale, like Tchaikovsky's in 1890, a kiss awakens the princess
"Sleeping Beauty"
Jesse
|
$200
[1]
Interference from the player in this position put me on first base--Posada, you fool!
the catcher
Joey
|
|
$400
[27]
Thisfood magnate ran track at Purdue & in 1969, launched his first popcorn brand
(Orville) Redenbacher
Joey
|
$400
[22]
Countless
innumerable
Michael
|
$400
[17]
Houston's economy took a hit in 2001 when this biggest U.S. energy trading company collapsed
Enron
Jesse
|
$400
[9]
Frankie Valli wasn't on hand in 1989 when a waiter broke a $225,000 bottle of wine at this NYC restaurant
The Four Seasons
Joey
|
$400
[8]
In a novel he says, "None of the fools you've known have kissed you like this... your precious Charles... or your stupid Ashley"
Rhett Butler
|
$400
[2]
I took this route to first base, "BB" in your scorecard
a walk (or base on balls)
Jesse
|
|
$600
[28]
Seen here giving clues on "Jeopardy!", this guy graduated from Cornell with a mechanical engineering degree
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Joey
|
$600
[23]
A novelty, or something newly introduced
innovative (or innovation)
Jesse
|
$600
[18]
A deadly riot took place in Houston in August of this year, shortly after the U.S. entered World War I
1917
Joey
Jesse
|
$800
[11]
Distilled in Jamaica, a 1940 bottle of Wray & Nephew, this stuff, is now valued at $850,000 plus
rum
Michael
|
$600
[13]
In a book by Ellen Schreiber, 16-year-old Raven longs for a kiss from one of these creatures, much in literary vogue
a vampire
Joey
|
$600
[3]
My teammate pulled a muscle rounding first after his single, so I went in as this
a pinch runner
Jesse
|
|
$800
[29]
America's family doctor, this1980s Surgeon General rocked a bow tie
(C. Everett) Koop
Michael
|
$800
[24]
Existing from birth
innate
Michael
|
$800
[19]
In 1937 Texas created this "control district" to combat a disaster that wreaked havoc in 1929 & 1935
a flood control district
Jesse
Michael
|
$1,000
[12]
In 2005 a Korean businessman paid more than $70,000 for one of the last bottles of 1926 Macallan, a brand of this
Scotch
Joey
Michael
|
$800
[14]
Marlene Dietrich called this love of hers "Papa" & wrote to him, "I want to kiss you forever and a day"
Ernest Hemingway
|
$800
[4]
I wish I could say I hit a line drive, but it was a popup; the fielder dropped it & was charged with this
an error
Michael
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
A private place with limited access, perhaps in a religious building
an inner sanctum
Michael
|
$1,000
[20]
Union forces captured this nearby island in October 1862; the Rebs took it back the next year
Galveston
Michael
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
This film director & winery owner is said to have kept the empty bottle of a $24,000 1941 Cabernet atop his refrigerator
Francis Ford Coppola
Joey
|
$1,000
[15]
Ryabovich gets a kiss by mistake from a mystery woman in a short story by this Russian dramatist
Chekhov
Jesse
|
$1,000
[6]
As often happened with all-time leaders Craig Biggio & Ron Hunt, I crowded the plate & got on base this way
hit by a pitch
Joey
Jesse
|
| ROYAL WOMEN | MOVIE PROLOGUES | INTERNATIONAL PLURAL-ISM | MAPMAKING | SPACE: THE FINAL CATEGORY | "M"ISCELLANY |
|
$400
[18]
The play "Crown Matrimonial" gives the point of view of this lady who has a ship in Long Beach named for her
Queen Mary
Jesse
|
$400
[7]
"The fortunate ones, through money or influence or luck, might obtain exit visas & scurry to Lisbon"
Casablanca
Joey
|
$400
[6]
In Spanish:Un año, dos...
años
Michael
|
$400
[1]
On a weather map this type of front is usually indicated by a blue line with blue triangles
a cold front
Jesse
|
$400
[12]
That's super! In 1987 an exploding star in the Large Magellanic Cloud was the first of these in 400 years seen by naked eye
a supernova
Jesse
|
$2,000
[25]
As a student, this Asian leader was convicted of murdering his father's rival in an election
Ferdinand Marcos
Michael
|
|
$800
[19]
After dating an elephant trainer & traveling with his circus, this Monaco royal married an acrobat
Princess Stephanie
|
$1,200
[9]
"Early in the 21st century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase"
Blade Runner
Jesse
|
$800
[13]
In Italian:Uno bambino, due...
bambini
Joey
Michael
|
$800
[2]
The "compass" type of this flower is used on maps to indicate the cardinal directions
a rose
Jesse
|
$800
[14]
Here's a picture of the rings of Uranus taken by this device that was launched into orbit in 1990
the Hubble Telescope
Joey
|
— |
|
$1,200
[20]
This queen of France was the great-granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent
Catherine de' Medici
|
$1,600
[10]
"Robert Gould Shaw, the son of wealthy Boston abolitionists, was 23 years old when he enlisted to fight in the war"
Glory
|
$1,200
[22]
In Greek:Ho polus, hoi...
polloi
Joey
|
$1,200
[3]
On a topographic map, contour lines join points of equal this
altitude (or elevation)
Jesse
|
$1,200
[15]
An approaching one of these named Elenin caused fear in 2011; in the end, a NASA scientist said his car had more pull on Earth
a comet
Joey
Michael
|
— |
|
$1,600
[21]
Starting a weird circle, this royal daughter's first boyfriend was Andrew Parker Bowles
Princess Anne
|
$2,000
[11]
"Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire"
Star Wars: A New Hope
Joey
Jesse
Michael
|
$1,600
[23]
In German:Ein Herr, zwei...
Herren
Michael
|
$2,000
[5]
Isohyets are lines that join places that have equal this for a given period
rain (or precipitation)
|
$1,600
[16]
In 1997 "peace" did not reign after a ship collided with the Spektr module of this Russian craft, causing an air leak
Mir
Michael
|
— |
| — |
DD
$5,600
[8]
"The winter of 180 A.D., Emperor Marcus Aurelius' twelve-year campaign against the Barbarian tribes in Germania"
Gladiator
Joey
|
$2,000
[24]
In French:Un cheval, deux...
chevaux
Michael
|
DD
$4,800
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Greenland is much smaller than South America, but scale is distorted on this type of map named for a 16th century Fleming, so the farther away from the equator you get, the larger the distortion
Mercator
Jesse
|
$2,000
[17]
This brightest star in Canis Major has more than twice the diameter of the Sun & gives off nearly 30 times as much light
Sirius
Jesse
|
— |
A. cavaticus, the scientific name of the barn spider, inspired the middle initial & last name of a character in this book
Charlotte's Web