Rene Cardenas — a business process analyst from San Jose, California
Susan Bowyer — a consultant originally from Ripley, West Virginia
Richard Block — an editor and writer from Diamond Bar, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard | $0 | $800 | $8,000 |
$5,600
2-day champion: $17,601 |
$9,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Susan | $0 | $2,000 | $10,400 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
12 R, 1 W |
| Rene | $2,600 | $3,800 | $13,200 |
$5,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
19 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| OEDTOP SOURCES | "AA", "BB" OR "CC" | SCENTSATIONAL! | ALFRED | LORD | TENNESSEAN |
|
$200
[1]
The OED's most-used source is the Times of this capital city
London
Richard
|
$200
[18]
To shrtn. a wd. or phrs. by omtng. ltrs.
abbreviate
Rene
|
$200
[23]
She's the heiress & celebutante behind Heiress & Can Can perfumes
Paris Hilton
Susan
|
$200
[12]
He directed his first film in 1925--we'll end the suspense, it was called "The Pleasure Garden"
Alfred Hitchcock
Rene
|
$200
[3]
For Catholics, it ends with "but deliver us from evil"
the Lord's Prayer
Richard
|
$200
[10]
Born in Pall Mall in 1887, he was one of the USA's most decorated soldiers of World War I
Alvin York
|
|
$400
[2]
The Wycliffe version of this is cited more than 9,000 times
the Bible
Rene
|
$400
[19]
A spasm of the diaphragm, or a minor setback
a hiccup
Susan
|
$400
[24]
This designer's fragrances include Curve, Realities & of course, Liz & Liz Sport
Claiborne
Richard
|
$400
[4]
What, him worry? Alfred E. Neuman is the goofy mascot & coverboy of this publication
Mad magazine
Richard
|
$400
[6]
Since 1826 Lord & this has been augmenting America's shopping experience
Taylor
Susan
|
$400
[11]
After a religious conversion, a steamboat captain of this last name built an auditorium in Nashville
Ryman
Susan
|
|
$600
[14]
The 5th-most frequently quoted source is this compendium of knowledge that's been around since 1768
the Encyclopædia Britannica
Richard
|
$600
[20]
A reel or spool upon which yarn is wound, as used in spinning
a bobbin
Susan
|
$600
[25]
Smelling of rose, jasmine, musk & apple, Light Blue is a fragrance from this design house, D&G for short
Dolce & Gabbana
Richard
|
$600
[13]
Alfred was the real first name of this man whose first of several stints managing the Yankees began in 1975
(Billy) Martin
Rene
|
$600
[7]
Don Dorcha does battle with this title figure in a Michael Flatley production
the Lord of the Dance
Rene
|
— |
|
$1,000
[16]
Begun in 1869, this periodical billed as "A Weekly Journal of Science" helps with entries from abiogenesis to zygote
Nature
Richard
|
$800
[21]
This African mammal may dig burrows 43 feet long; some "earth pig"!
an aardvark
Susan
|
$800
[26]
Hopefully, this oriental essence launched by Yves St. Laurent in 1977 won't get you arrested
Opium
Richard
|
$800
[5]
Early in this actor's career, he tried to double-cross Indy in the opening scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Alfred Molina
Rene
|
$800
[8]
The official with this ancient title is no longer Speaker of the House of Lords but still heads the Justice ministry
the Lord Chancellor
|
— |
|
DD
$1,400
[15]
William Shakespeare is second; this historical novelist with the same initials is third
Sir Walter Scott
Richard
|
$1,000
[22]
It's the land promised by God to Abraham
Canaan
Rene
|
$1,000
[27]
This classic men's cologne from Geoffrey Beene comes in a pouch of the same-named material
Grey Flannel
Richard
|
$1,000
[17]
Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley was famed for his depiction of this, as in "Early" this "at Louveciennes"
Snow
Richard
|
$1,000
[9]
Child soldiers are much of the Lord's Resistance Army revolting against the Museveni government in this African nation
Uganda
|
— |
| ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON | HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 11 | THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL | A REAL COMEDIAN | ANAGRAMS | CROSS WORLD CLUES "P" |
|
$400
[16]
"Idylls of the King" was dedicated to Prince Albert; the 1872 edition's epilogue was to her, Albert's widow
Queen Victoria
Rene
|
$400
[12]
The leaf on this country's flag has 11 points
Canada
Rene
|
$400
[7]
Held annually in NYC, the WSF was co-founded by Brian Greene, a physics prof. at this nearby Ivy League school
Columbia
Richard
Rene
|
$400
[6]
This fiery redhead seenhereis on our "A" list
(Kathy) Griffin
Rene
|
$400
[22]
Clabbers is a variant of this other word game, except you can arrange a word's letters any way you want
Scrabble
Richard
|
$400
[1]
Big Louisiana lake(13)
Pontchartrain
Susan
|
|
$800
[25]
Prime minister Robert Peel helped Tennyson with a pension & in 1850, the poet received this salaried title
Poet Laureate
Rene
|
DD
$600
[17]
Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty on behalf of Victor Emmanuel III; Cardinal Gasparri signed on behalf of this pope
Pope Pius XI
Rene
|
$800
[8]
WSF opening night honorees have included this Cambridge Univ. man, successor to the chair of Isaac Newton
(Stephen) Hawking
Susan
|
$800
[18]
She & Tina Fey were the first all-female team to anchor "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live"
(Amy) Poehler
Rene
|
$800
[23]
Wander down the road without this prison chief's OK & you might get thirty days in the hole
the warden
Rene
|
$800
[2]
What's that sound indenting Northwestern Washington State(5)
Puget
Susan
|
|
$1,200
[27]
In 1830 Tennyson & members of a group called the Apostles went to this country to try to overthrow Ferdinand VII
Spain
Susan
|
$800
[13]
It was the name of Michael Collins' mission in July 1969
Apollo 11
Rene
|
$1,200
[9]
A mind-blowing 2011 program compared reality to this type of 3-dimensional image made with light
a hologram
Rene
|
$1,200
[19]
He agreed to host the 84th annual Academy Awards--his 9th time doing so
Billy Crystal
Rene
|
$1,200
[24]
Unfortunately, these were discounted from the tax returns
deductions
|
$1,200
[3]
Manila enveloper(11)
Philippines
Rene
|
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1886 Tennyson published a new volume containing a poem that revisited this hall "Sixty Years After"
Locksley Hall
|
$1,200
[14]
11/11/11 was very unofficially named in honor of a musician in this movie comedy
Spinal Tap
Susan
|
$1,600
[10]
A 2008 WSF panel was entitled "90 is the New 50: The Science of" this word meaning protracted existence
Longevity
Richard
|
$1,600
[20]
This one of the "Original Kings of Comedy" is just a big old Ceddy Bear
Cedric the Entertainer
Richard
|
$1,600
[26]
It'll take you a picosecond to come up with this type of surgery involving small tubular cameras
endoscopic
|
$1,600
[4]
Bohemian capital(6)
Prague
Richard
|
| — |
$1,600
[15]
Chapter 11 of this code provides for the reorganization of an insolvent company
the bankruptcy code
Rene
|
DD
$2,400
[11]
Biologist Edward O. Wilson told a rapt WSF audience about the chemical "vocabulary" of these colony insects
ants
Richard
|
$2,000
[21]
The initials that serve ashislast name are an approximate phonetic spelling of his Hungarian last name
Louis C.K.
|
$2,000
[28]
My mailperson gives me my letters but never wants to talk; he wants to keep things...
impersonal
Susan
|
$2,000
[5]
Scrub plateau in southern Argentina(9)
Patagonia
Susan
|
Only 3 sites have the remains of 2 presidents: 1 at Quincy, Massachusetts, 1 at Arlington & 1 in this state capital
Richmond, Virginia