Dan Adkison — a copy editor from Brooklyn, New York
Eileen McQuiggan — a former teacher and stay-at-home mom from Orlando, Florida
Mary Harris — a knitting store owner from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | $-800 | $200 | $4,200 |
$4,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
10 R, 5 W |
| Eileen | $1,800 | $2,600 | $2,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
8 R, 3 W |
| Dan | $5,600 | $9,800 | $14,600 |
$13,200
New champion: $13,200 |
$18,200
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| I WANT A GREEN CAR | CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE | A PREFIXER UPPER | NEWSPAPERS | THE STAFF OFTHE DANA CARVEY SHOW | CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA |
|
$200
[16]
This company's LPG-powered Elantra was introduced in Korea in 2009
Hyundai
Mary
|
$200
[1]
Shakespeare based these 2 characters on a certain Miss Cappelletti & a Mr. Montecchi
Romeo & Juliet
Dan
|
$200
[7]
"Demo-":Of this group, by this group, for this group
the people
Dan
|
$200
[6]
It's a family affair--Adolph Ochs' great-grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., became its publisher in 1992
The New York Times
Mary
Eileen
|
$200
[26]
The show lasted only 8 episodes despite great talent including Dana, who gained fame as this dude in "Wayne's World"
Garth
Dan
|
$200
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' i Afrika" evolved into the South African national anthem; "Nkosi" is God, so the title means this
God Bless Africa
Mary
Dan
|
|
$400
[17]
The Toyota Prius gets 9.5 out of 10 in its air pollution score, based partly on levels of PM, this type of matter
particulate
Dan
|
$400
[2]
This detective was partly based on Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Joseph Bell
Sherlock Holmes
Eileen
Dan
|
$400
[12]
"Cryo-":In this condition
frozen
Eileen
|
$400
[8]
A career was born in 1955 when Esther Lederer took over the Ann Landers column of this city's Sun-Times
Chicago
Mary
|
— |
$400
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The Khoisan family of languages gave its click sound to some of this southern African group of over 500 languages, including Xhosa
Bantu
Dan
|
|
$600
[23]
It's Chevy's extended range electric vehicle launched in 2010
the Volt
Dan
|
$600
[3]
The character of Natty Bumppo in "The Leatherstocking Tales" was based on this frontiersman
Daniel Boone
|
$600
[13]
"Sino-":Of this ethnicity
Chinese
Dan
|
$600
[9]
Now web only, this paper founded by Mary Baker Eddy features only one religious article per issue
The Christian Science Monitor
Dan
|
— |
$600
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The gumboot dance originated among workers who would communicate & express themselves with the boots they wore in these dank, damp workplaces
mines
Dan
|
|
$800
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew drives a battery electric vehicle from Ford.) The engine isn't the only conservation-friendly component of Ford's BEV; these vital parts are regenerative, meaning when they are used, they convert friction energy back into electricity to charge the car
the brakes
Dan
|
$800
[4]
Victor Hugo based this fugitive on Eugene Vidocq, a convict turned businessman & private detective
Jean Valjean
Eileen
|
$800
[14]
"Dodeca-":Of this many parts
12
Eileen
Dan
|
$1,000
[11]
It grew out of the Iowa Star, begun in 1849
The Des Moines Register
Dan
|
— |
$800
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) A Ndebele village features striking art mainly done by women; the most celebrated is Esther Mahlangu, who was invited to create anart carfor this German company
BMW
Eileen
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Still driving that noxious LEV, low emission vehicle? The 2012 Honda Accord is a PZEV, for "partial" this
partial zero
Mary
|
$1,000
[5]
Joel Chandler Harris based this storyteller on a former slave he had met in Georgia
Uncle Remus
Dan
|
$1,000
[15]
"Calli-":Of this quality
beauty
Mary
|
DD
$2,400
[10]
Published continuously for military personnel since World War II, it now has about 420,000 daily readers
Stars and Stripes
Dan
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The short stabbing spear replacing the long throwing spear was an innovation of this Zulu chief who died in 1828; he also taught how to hook away an enemy's shield, exposing his ribs
Shaka
Dan
|
| THAT'S WHERE I DRAW THE LION | NOTABLE WOMEN | BOOKS ABOUT ROCK STARS | U.S. RIVERS | THE FIRST LETTER IS... | HOW 'BOUT THEM APPLES? |
|
$400
[21]
British artist P J Crook painted this slave& his lion friend
Androcles
|
$400
[16]
The first name of this 1980s political leader of the Philippines means "heart" in Spanish
Corazon (Aquino)
Eileen
|
$400
[7]
"Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind"
Kurt Cobain
Dan
|
$400
[6]
The artificially created Lake Mead in Nevada has an outlet to the sea via this river
the Colorado
Mary
|
$400
[1]
Z:The British call this cucumber-like edible item a courgette
a zucchini
Mary
|
$1,200
[28]
Don't "kid" yourself--this apple developed in the 1970s is named for the blush of its skin, not for a film festival
Sundance
Dan
|
|
$800
[22]
An angel & a lion standing pensively on a bridge in a painting called "Homesickness"--it has to be by this Belgian
René Magritte
|
$800
[17]
Shejoined the Sisters of Notre Dame at age 16; her career as an art expert came later
Sister Wendy
|
$1,200
[13]
"Tommyland"
Tommy Lee
Mary
Eileen
Dan
|
$800
[8]
Most of Texas' rivers flow directly into the Gulf of Mexico, but the Pecos River flows into this border river
the Rio Grande
Mary
|
$800
[2]
U:Different from peptic ones, chronic leg ones may result from poor blood circulation caused by diabetes
ulcer
Eileen
|
$1,600
[27]
This large reddish-green apple is grown in New York State, like the acting brothers of the same name
the Baldwin
Mary
|
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Carpaccio painted thelionas asymbolof St. Mark, patron of this city where Carpaccio lived
Venice
Dan
|
$1,200
[18]
Margaret Mead's first book was "Coming of Age in" this place
Samoa
Mary
|
$1,600
[14]
"No One Here Gets Out Alive"
Jim Morrison
|
$1,200
[9]
To distinguish it from another river, "of the North" is usually added to the name of this river that flows into Canada
the Red
Dan
|
$1,200
[3]
V:A small, hand-held piece of luggage
valise
Mary
|
$2,000
[26]
Developed in the 1950s by Purdue, Rutgers & Illinois breeders, these crisp dessert apples were named for a king of Troy
King Priam
|
|
$1,600
[24]
The nice lion in "The Peaceable Kingdom" helped support Edward Hicks' vocation preaching in this state's Bucks Cty.
Pennsylvania
Dan
|
$1,600
[19]
This president of Liberia shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Dan
|
$2,000
[15]
From a singer & TV talent judge: "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?"
Steven Tyler
Mary
Eileen
|
$1,600
[10]
This river whose name is from the Dutch for "hidden river" once supplied Philadelphia with its drinking water
Schuylkill
Mary
|
$1,600
[4]
Y:An Army recruit, or a nickname of Charlie Parker
yardbird
Eileen
|
— |
|
$2,000
[25]
Around 1621 this Flemish master painted"The Lion Hunt", which is not going so well for the hunters
Peter Paul Rubens
|
$2,000
[20]
Sophia Packard & Harriet Giles co-founded what became this Atlanta college for African-American women
Spelman College
|
DD
$5,000
[12]
"The Quiet One"
George Harrison
Dan
|
$2,000
[11]
If you park by this 670-mile river in Montana & Wyoming, you're beside the longest undammed river in the lower 48
the Yellowstone
Dan
|
$2,000
[5]
Q:An adjective meaning everyday
quotidian
Dan
|
— |
This title guy says, "Do you believe in my innocence, in the fiendishness of my accusers? Reassure me with a hallelujah!"
Elmer Gantry