Sean Hansen — an assistant professor of management information systems originally from Cleveland, Ohio
Lindsay Reese — a postdoctoral researcher originally from Escanaba, Michigan
Amy Ketterling — an administrative assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $1,200 | $10,200 | $15,000 |
$30,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lindsay | $1,400 | $4,600 | $10,200 |
$15,401
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
16 R, 3 W |
| Sean | $1,600 | $3,200 | $15,400 |
$30,001
New champion: $30,001 |
$10,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| FIRST LADY FIRSTS | ACTOR-DIRECTORS | BASIC BLACK | WHAT A TOOL | AN "UN"CATEGORY | THE PANAMA CANAL |
|
$200
[12]
She's the only First Lady who's given birth to twins
Laura Bush
Lindsay
|
$200
[2]
"Tropic Thunder"(2008)
Ben Stiller
Sean
|
$200
[1]
Like a high rank in martial arts, it's the name given to the rich farmlands of central Alabama
a Black Belt
Sean
|
$200
[7]
Used for forming grooves and moldings, this carpentry tool should give you a smooth ride
a plane
Amy
|
$200
[18]
The husband of your mom's sister
your uncle
Lindsay
|
$200
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama.) Passing through the Panama Canal, we cross this line that marks the separation of water flow into the Atlantic & Pacific oceans, the same line that's been tracedup to the Rockies & down to Tierra del Fuego
the Great Divide (or Continental Divide)
Amy
|
|
$400
[13]
She was the first First Lady to live in the White House
Abigail Adams
Lindsay
Sean
|
$400
[3]
"The Great Dictator"(1940)
Charlie Chaplin
Sean
|
$400
[15]
2 of these large black birds were Odin's messengers
ravens
Amy
|
$400
[8]
As a noun, it's a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade; as a verb, it means to swindle
chisel
Sean
|
$400
[19]
The Eighth Amendment protects citizens against this kind of punishment
unusual
Amy
Lindsay
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama.) The $400 million canal project was largely due to this president, who said he let Congress keep debating while he went ahead & got it built
Theodore Roosevelt
Lindsay
|
|
$600
[14]
It was the occupation of Abigail Fillmore, the first wife of a president to hold a paying job after marriage
a teacher
|
$600
[4]
"Antwone Fisher"(2002)
Denzel Washington
|
$600
[30]
In 1347 this scourge reached Constantinople, killing thousands
Black Death
Lindsay
|
$600
[9]
Also known as a locking wing divider, it's the tool seen here
a compass
Amy
|
$600
[20]
A member of the Dalit caste in India, or Eliot Ness in Chicago
the Untouchables
Lindsay
|
$600
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama.) Because of the way Central America curves, we've traveledeast to westthrough the Panama Canal & ended up here in this body of water
the Caribbean
Sean
|
|
$800
[16]
Casting her vote in 1920, she was the first First Lady who was able to vote for her husband
(Florence) Harding
Lindsay
|
$800
[5]
"Hamlet"(1996)
Kenneth Branagh
Sean
|
$800
[23]
One theory says this nursery rhyme began as a lament at paying 1/3 of one's income each to one's lord & the church
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"
Amy
|
$800
[10]
Northern Tool offers a 2,200-rpm benchtop belt/disc this, used to grind & contour wood, plastic or metal
a sander
Lindsay
|
$800
[21]
Technically passed on, but still animate, like a zombie
undead
Amy
|
$800
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama.) The system for the lock gates can be found in the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci; the leaves, each weighing up to 730 tons, are kept sealed not by a mechanical or electronic device, but by this force exerted on them
hydrostatic pressure (or water pressure)
Amy
|
|
$1,000
[17]
21-year-old Frances Folsom was first to marry in the White House when she married this president
(Grover) Cleveland
Lindsay
|
$1,000
[6]
"One-Eyed Jacks"(1961)
Marlon Brando
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1947 the body of Elizabeth Short, known as this, was found on Norton Avenue in Los Angeles
the Black Dahlia
Amy
|
$1,000
[11]
A toothed bar with which a part engages, a movie "Transformer", or to move up by degrees
a ratchet
|
$1,000
[22]
The framework that serves as the support for the body of a car
the undercarriage
Sean
|
DD
$5,000
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama.) Thelaborof building the canal was made possible by the discovery that mosquitoes spread deadly diseases; screens, fumigations, &oiling standing waterhelped quickly eliminate this disease & drastically reduce malaria
yellow fever
Amy
|
| WHAT'S UP, PIERRE? | MEDICINE | ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS | TALE SHIPS | IN CONJUNCTION | 21st CENTURY TONY AWARDS |
|
$400
[16]
In 1892 Pierre de Coubertin first proposed reviving this competition; 4 years later (fittingly), it happened
the Olympics
Amy
|
$400
[2]
A burr hole is made in the skull to remove one of these, also called a thrombus, in the brain
a clot
Lindsay
Sean
|
$400
[21]
Don't be a dummy--head to Fort Mitchell, Kentucky to the Vent Haven Museum, vent being short for this type of performer
a ventriloquist
Sean
|
$400
[1]
The Hispaniola carries everyone to an island with hidden riches in this novel
Treasure Island
Lindsay
|
$400
[11]
We always have room for you at this small hotel
an inn
Lindsay
|
$2,000
[25]
In 2011 the Tony for Best Revival of a Play went to this Larry Kramer drama about the early years of the AIDS epidemic
The Normal Heart
Lindsay
|
|
$800
[17]
This 2-time Canadian prime minister got his master's in political economy from Harvard in 1945
Pierre Trudeau
Sean
|
$800
[4]
(Dr. Oz presents the clue.) These sociopathic cells shownhereinvading into the liver are named after the Greek word for "crab"
cancer
Lindsay
|
$800
[22]
A grinning 13-foot-tall peanut in Plains, Georgia pays tribute to this native son
Jimmy Carter
Sean
|
$800
[3]
In a Jules Verne novel, the Abraham Lincoln hunts down a sea monster but discovers it's really this boat
the Nautilus
Amy
|
$800
[12]
The earliest known use of this whitish metallic element was around 3500 B.C. in what's now Iran
tin
Amy
|
DD
$7,000
[26]
2010's winner for a musical revival was this French-named farce
La Cage aux Folles
Sean
|
|
$1,200
[18]
It's said Kate Middleton shed pre-wedding pounds using this French doctor's diet; his book was then an instant bestseller
Pierre Dukan
|
$1,200
[5]
Half of people over 60 experience diverticulosis; luckily, few get this more serious inflamed version
diverticulitis
Sean
|
$1,600
[24]
A hall of fame for these pests in Plano, Texas displays dead ones dressed as celebs & live Madagascan hissing ones
cockroaches
Sean
|
$1,200
[6]
After the ferry he was on sinks, a man is saved by the tyrannical captain of the Ghost in this Jack London novel
The Sea-Wolf
Amy
|
$1,200
[13]
This loverly product of a palm is lined with a white edible meat
coconut
Lindsay
|
— |
|
$1,600
[19]
Oh, baby! Born in 1754, this French architect & engineer became the first modern city planner in the United States
(Pierre) L'Enfant
Lindsay
|
$1,600
[7]
Irritation around tendons can make the finger curl first with difficulty, then all at once: this type of firing "finger"
a trigger finger
Amy
|
$2,000
[23]
Ice water is free & coffee is 5 cents at Wall Drug in the town of Wall in this state
South Dakota
Amy
|
$2,000
[10]
Men on the ship the Nellie listen to Marlow tell the story of an African journey in this work
Heart of Darkness
Sean
|
$1,600
[14]
Animator Paul Terry helped popularize this term for an animated show
a toon
Lindsay
|
— |
|
$2,000
[20]
Last name of Confederate Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant, whose forces helped win the First Battle of Bull Run
General Beauregard
Sean
|
$2,000
[8]
In melanosis, the skin is discolored black; this is the term for blue discoloration
cyanosis
Amy
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[9]
The Fuwalda was the ship that stranded Lord John & Lady Alice, this character's parents
Lord Greystoke (Tarzan)
Amy
|
$2,000
[15]
Where you have a knee, a horse has the stifle type of this
a joint
Lindsay
|
— |
Printmaker Richard Hamilton is credited with coining the name of this style, calling it "designed for a mass audience"
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