David Menchaca game 4.
Victoria Steinberg — a freelance writer from Forest Hills, New York
Curt Renshaw — a naval officer from Washington, D.C.
David Menchaca — a law student originally from Long Beach, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,102)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $2,800 | $4,200 | $12,700 |
$22,401
4-day champion: $91,503 |
$12,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Curt | $2,300 | $4,700 | $10,900 |
$19,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Victoria | $-800 | $1,600 | $11,200 |
$22,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
11 R, 1 W |
| IRON, MAN | AMERICAN YEARBOOK | SEEING SHADES OF RED | THE NAME ON THE AIRPORT | BRAND "EX" | NBA MVPs |
|
$200
[11]
The irons used in this sport may be either "cast" or "forged"
golf
Curt
|
$200
[1]
In 1920 the 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote
women
Curt
|
$200
[26]
In song it's paired with clover, "over & over"
crimson
David
|
$200
[16]
What a wonderful world! In 2001 the New Orleans airport was renamed to honor this jazz great's 100th birthday
Louis Armstrong
Curt
|
$200
[21]
This General Mills cereal that comes in corn, rice & wheat varieties is also known for its "mix"
Chex
Victoria
|
$200
[2]
1987:Magic Johnson
the Los Angeles Lakers
Curt
|
|
$400
[12]
The most common form of steel is named for this element that alloys with the iron
carbon
|
DD
$500
[7]
In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this
Alaska
Curt
|
$400
[27]
It precedes -crowned kinglet & -throated hummingbird
ruby
David
|
$400
[17]
The airport serving Grand Rapids, Michigan is named for this 38th president
Gerald Ford
Curt
|
$400
[22]
Brand of gas that wanted to "put a tiger in your tank"
Exxon
Victoria
|
$400
[3]
1997:Karl Malone
the Utah Jazz
David
|
|
$600
[13]
Common iron consists of a mixture of 4 of these, iron-54 , iron-56, iron-57 & iron-58
isotopes
Curt
|
$600
[8]
In 1830 this president signed the Indian removal act allowing the relocation of eastern tribes
Jackson
David
|
$600
[28]
Start your wine-ing, it's a former kingdom, duchy & province
Burgundy
David
|
$600
[18]
The smallest of the 3 major airports serving NYC, it's named for the mayor who oversaw its construction
LaGuardia
David
|
$600
[23]
Brand of gas that was sold by "the man who wears the star"
Texaco
David
|
$600
[4]
2009:LeBron James
Cleveland Cavaliers
Curt
|
|
$800
[14]
Fe2O3is one chemical formula for this common word, aka iron oxide
rust
Curt
|
$800
[9]
Team 6 of this elite fighting unit killed Osama bin Laden in 2011
the Navy SEALs
David
|
$800
[29]
It also means to abandon & leave without aid or resources
maroon
|
$800
[19]
A 9-foot statue of this actor graces the terminal building of the Orange County, California airport named for him
John Wayne
Victoria
|
$800
[24]
This Sprint partner's direct connect service lets your cellphone work like a walkie-talkie
Nextel
Curt
|
$800
[5]
1971:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
the Milwaukee Bucks
Curt
Victoria
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Iron is necessary for the formation of this blood protein that transports oxygen to the tissues
hemoglobin
David
|
$1,000
[10]
1952's McCarran-Walter act dropped race-based quotas for this but imposed quotas based on nationality
immigration
|
$1,000
[30]
An English aristocrat took this title swashbuckling alter ego in a 1905 novel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Victoria
|
$1,000
[20]
This Italian city's airport is named for native son Galileo Galilei
Pisa
David
Curt
|
$1,000
[25]
Nautilus, Inc. uses infomercials to sell this brand of home gym
Bowflex
|
$1,000
[6]
2011:Derrick Rose
the Chicago Bulls
|
| IRON MAN | I HOPS | AUTHORS | ITALIAN FOOD | THE CELEBRITY TWEETS | A CITY ON THE WATER |
|
$400
[16]
Frederick Charles , the "Iron Prince", led this German kingdom's troops to victory at the 1866 Battle of Koniggratz
Prussia
David
|
$400
[21]
...into a word meaning "distant" to make it a county exhibition
fair (and) far
David
|
$400
[1]
This Brit was living in Vermont in the 1890s when he wrote "Captains Courageous" & most of "Kim"
Rudyard Kipling
David
|
$400
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew helps make cheese at Eataly in New York City.) Here in New York they use cow's milk, but in Campagna traditionally mozzarella is made from the milk of this animal, which many Italian kids believe layseggs
buffalo
David
|
$400
[24]
"Yo Britney... I'mma let you be #1, but me and Jay-Z single is one of the best songs of all time!"
Kanye West
David
|
$400
[6]
Daytona Beach, Florida
the Atlantic Ocean
Curt
|
|
$800
[17]
Scholars think Eustache Dauger, valet to France's finance minister, was this prisoner who inspired Dumas
the man in the iron mask
Curt
|
$800
[22]
...into a word meaning "to join metals with heat"; now you have a synonym for "to brandish"
to weld and to wield
Curt
|
$800
[2]
This author's bookstore, called Booked Up, is only a few blocks from the movie theater seen in "The Last Picture Show"
Larry McMurtry
Victoria
|
$800
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew makes pasta at Eataly in New York City.) Roman cuisine is known for being down-to-earth; Thursday is the day for this filling dish, & you can even practice your Italian by giving us the full name
gnocchi (alla Romana)
David
|
$800
[25]
On Oct. 10 , 2011 this reality star (an omen?): "What did you guys think of my wedding? Can't believe it's all over"
Kim Kardashian
Victoria
|
$800
[7]
Easton, Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
David
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Wrestling champ & medicine ball inventor William Muldoon shared this nickname with the winner at Waterloo
the "Iron Duke"
Curt
|
$1,200
[23]
...into a female pronoun, which becomes an inheritor
her and heir
David
|
$1,200
[3]
She described the difficulties of female writers in a man's world in her 1929 essay "A Room of One's Own"
Virginia Woolf
Victoria
|
$1,200
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew watches a pizza baker toss dough at Eataly in New York City.) Tossing dough rather than rolling it makes for a lighter, airier crust, plus it'll make you feel like a real one of these, Italian for "pizza baker"
pizzaiolo
|
$1,200
[28]
"It's a good thing" this lifestyle maven asked, "Do you think I am hip?"
Martha Stewart
David
|
$1,200
[8]
Montreal, Quebec
the St. Lawrence River
Curt
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Gotz with the iron hand, real-life hero of one of this "Faust" author's plays, had a hand shot off in battle
Goethe
David
Curt
|
$1,600
[26]
...into a synonym for "decay"; now you have lawless disorder
rot and to riot
Victoria
|
$1,600
[4]
The lack of success of "Sister Carrie", his first novel, sent him into a severe depression
Theodore Dreiser
Victoria
|
$1,600
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us ice cream at Eataly in New York City.) Frozen treats have been a favorite in Italy since at least around 1600, & just as small U.S. towns have an ice cream parlor, every Italian town has this equivalent establishment
a gelateria
David
|
$1,600
[29]
Mr. Sulu, phasers on stunning: "I'm going to violate Leviticus by wearing a cotton/polyester blend"
George Takei
Victoria
|
$1,600
[9]
Pierre, South Dakota
the Missouri River
Curt
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Nickname of Oscar Cody, famous for his tears in a public service announcement
"Iron Eyes"
Curt
|
$2,000
[27]
...to the front of a word referring to a fixed charge, making it an angry adjective
rate and irate
|
$2,000
[5]
Last name of author Francine, or what she writes in novels like "Household Saints"
Prose
Victoria
|
DD
$2,500
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a pizza baker at Eataly in New York City as he prepares a pizza.) Naples is famous for pizza, including this simple but delicious one named for the queen who visited the city in 1889
pizza Margherita
David
|
— |
DD
$3,000
[10]
Shelburne, Vermont
Lake Champlain
Curt
|
The name of this fabric includes the initials of the city where it was introduced at a World's Fair site
nylon