A.J. Motley — a student of diagnostic sonography from Wylie, Texas
Lynn Welch — a pharmacist from Evanston, Illinois
Prabhu Balasubramanian — a product manager from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prabhu | $3,400 | $6,000 | $10,400 |
$17,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 2 W |
| Lynn | $200 | $800 | $7,200 |
$14,398
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
9 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| A.J. | $3,400 | $5,000 | $19,000 |
$20,801
New champion: $20,801 |
$21,400
23 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| 1933 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN | ABBREVIATED BANDS | INTERNATIONALITIES | FAST FOOD | "F"-STOPS |
|
$200
[26]
By year's end it was Germany's only political party
the Nazi Party
A.J.
|
$200
[18]
In 2009 this Wash. State man gave $3.8 billion to charity, working in part to make vaccines against malaria, TB & AIDS
Bill Gates
A.J.
|
$200
[13]
RHCP is short for this band featuring Flea on bass
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
A.J.
|
$200
[6]
Until recently in Great Britain this dog breed was known as the Alsatian
the German shepherd
Lynn
|
$200
[8]
This type of chicken at KFC sounds like another type of food altogether, but it's just bite-sized pieces of white meat chicken
popcorn chicken
Prabhu
|
$200
[1]
Italian word for the last piece of an opera or concert
finale
Prabhu
|
|
$400
[27]
In California ground was broken for the building of this modern wonder
the Golden Gate Bridge
A.J.
|
$400
[19]
In 2009 Forbes said this Nebraska man had lost $25 billion in 12 months
Warren Buffett
A.J.
|
$400
[14]
Ska-rock band MMB is The Mighty Mighty these
the Bosstones
A.J.
|
$400
[7]
In this sport invented in Melbourne, goals are worth 6 points & "behinds" are worth 1
Australian rules football
Prabhu
|
$400
[9]
Haven't had enough sugar? There are 97 grams of it in a Small Caramel Frosty from this chain
Wendy's
A.J.
|
$400
[2]
The outer limit of a field of science; the opening of "Star Trek" mentioned one
frontier
Prabhu
|
|
$600
[30]
Ratified in 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition, put into effect by this amendment
the 18th Amendment
Prabhu
Lynn
|
$600
[20]
Mark Pincus, who gave us this crop-growing game, is said to have invested $40,000 in Facebook & made $425 million
FarmVille
Lynn
|
$600
[15]
For a recent tour & album, these 2 groups banded together as NKOTBSB
New Kids on the Block & the Backstreet Boys
A.J.
|
$600
[23]
In "The Big Lebowski", The Dude called this cocktail a "Caucasian"
a White Russian
Lynn
|
$600
[10]
This restaurant rolled out a new french fry recipe in 2011; try 'em with the BK Single Stacker
Burger King
Prabhu
|
$600
[3]
Involving liquor & a match, this French verb is the last step in preparing Steak Diane
flambé
Prabhu
|
|
$800
[28]
After years of running reprinted, condensed articles, this magazine published its first original signed article
Reader's Digest
A.J.
|
$800
[21]
Arkansas' Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was founded by Alice of this wealthy family
the Waltons
A.J.
|
$800
[16]
ELO is Electric Light Orchestra; ELP is Emerson, Lake & him
Palmer
A.J.
|
$800
[24]
A Geneva council in 1713 set forth rules on the opening of these controversial numbered financial tools
Swiss bank accounts
|
$800
[11]
Carl's Jr. & this more eastern burger joint are sister restaurants with nearly identical gold star logos
Hardee's
Prabhu
|
$800
[4]
The outer edge of something, or a spooky Fox TV show
Fringe
A.J.
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
He came to the U.S. in 1933 & helped found the School of American Ballet
George Balanchine
A.J.
|
$1,000
[22]
This Texas computer maker bought $200 million of his own stock in the summer of 2008
Michael Dell
Prabhu
|
$1,000
[17]
LP isn't just a long-playing record--it's also this "New Divide" band
Linkin Park
|
$1,000
[25]
Your barista knows it's also called a cafetiere or a plunge-filter
a French press
Prabhu
|
$1,000
[12]
Go to this eatery's drivethrudiet.com & read about Christine's weight loss using Fresco items
Taco Bell
A.J.
|
$1,000
[5]
Major League Baseball games that end this way are all scored 9-0
forfeit
Prabhu
|
| WE LOVE "L.A." | THE 50 STATES | MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES | THE HARD STUFF | OXYMORONS | THEILIAD& THEODYSSEY |
|
$400
[11]
In 1913 he was sent to the Colored Waifs Home in New Orleans, where he learned to play cornet
Louis Armstrong
Prabhu
|
$400
[1]
It became the 49th state January 3, 1959
Alaska
A.J.
|
$400
[6]
2011:A nickname for Britain's prime minister from 1979 to 1990
The Iron Lady
Prabhu
|
$400
[16]
In 2009 scientists announced that lonsdaleite, formed by meteor impacts, is 58% harder than this pricey hard stuff
diamond
Lynn
|
$400
[21]
Alliterative expression of dismay favored by "Peanuts" characters
good grief
Lynn
|
DD
$400
[28]
In order to retrieve the body, this man kisses the hands that killed his son
King Priam
A.J.
|
|
$800
[12]
On July 17, 1951 in Hollywood, the Ball dropped this actress, a Desilu production
Lucie Arnaz
A.J.
|
$800
[2]
Wyoming's state reptile is this "horned" creature
the horned toad
Prabhu
|
$800
[7]
2008:Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth Class
WALL-E
Prabhu
|
$800
[17]
The most common plutonic rock in the Earth's crust, it makes a great building stone; don't take it for...
granite
Lynn
|
$800
[22]
1980 Travolta movie about mechanical bulls & bravery
Urban Cowboy
|
$800
[26]
Apollo & Athena appropriately assume the shape of these carrion eaters to observe the battling Greeks & Trojans
vultures
A.J.
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Known for girlswear, this London-based company traces its roots to patchwork quilts made in 1953
Laura Ashley
Lynn
|
$1,200
[3]
West Quoddy Head in this state is the easternmost piece of land in the continental United States
Maine
Prabhu
|
$1,200
[8]
1996:Alcatraz
The Rock
A.J.
|
$1,600
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The mineral orthoclase scratches a pane of glass, but apatite doesn't, which puts glass between orthoclase & apatite on this scale, devised by a German mineralogist to measure hardness
Mohs
A.J.
|
$1,200
[23]
A substitute master of ceremonies for a TV talk show
a guest host
|
$1,600
[27]
The war could have ended quickly if these 2 men hadn't been kept from their duel by the goddess Aphrodite
Paris & Menelaus
|
|
$1,600
[14]
From 1978 to 1982 this actress was livin' on the air in Cincinnati... Cincinnati, WKRP
Loni Anderson
A.J.
|
$1,600
[4]
This daughter of immigrants from India was elected South Carolina's governor in 2010
Nikki Haley
Lynn
|
$1,600
[9]
2009:Human consciousness injected into an alien physical body
Avatar
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
The star variety of this deep blue gemstone has other minerals embedded inside super-hard corundum
sapphire
Lynn
|
$1,600
[24]
King prawns
jumbo shrimp
Prabhu
|
$2,000
[29]
Odysseus' now aged former nanny Eurycleia recognizes him by this physical sign
a scar
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Thisseventh-generation Tennessean now represents the state in the Senate
Lamar Alexander
A.J.
|
$2,000
[5]
Bays along the coast of this state include Great Egg Harbor, Barnegat & Sandy Hook
New Jersey
|
$2,000
[10]
2012:Not just any promise, but the one Channing Tatum makes to wife Rachel McAdams
The Vow
A.J.
|
$2,000
[20]
An invisible chromium oxide film is what makes this alliterative alloy gleam
stainless steel
A.J.
|
$2,000
[25]
At any time about 200,000 Americans are these, on the way to educating our youth
student teachers
A.J.
|
— |
He said, "It is 72 years since the first inauguration of a president under our national Constitution"
Abraham Lincoln