Brian Mueller — an office administrator from Fountain City, Wisconsin
Liza Veeneman — a retired software developer from Aliso Viejo, California
A.J. Motley — a student of diagnostic sonography from Wylie, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $56,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. | $3,600 | $5,600 | $13,200 |
$8,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
16 R, 2 W |
| Liza | $2,000 | $3,600 | $6,400 |
$12,800
New champion: $12,800 |
$8,400
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brian | $2,200 | $3,600 | $8,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| GREAT BEGINNINGS | AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS | GUMBO | TV BUSINESSES | IT'S THE TRUTH | "BULL"! |
|
$200
[14]
In 1925 the first of these lodging places along highways & byways appeared in San Luis Obispo, California
a motel
Brian
|
$200
[9]
This crime "at the Vicarage"
Murder
A.J.
|
$200
[6]
This Vegascasino isone of thetallest pyramidsin the United States
the Luxor
Brian
|
$200
[1]
Ewing Oil
Dallas
A.J.
|
$200
[21]
Murrain, a cattle disease, is No. 5 on this Biblical list
(the ten) plagues (of Egypt)
Liza
|
$200
[26]
(Alex demonstrates the clue, using a device to amplify his voice.) Use this device to really get your point across
a bullhorn
A.J.
Brian
|
|
$400
[15]
In 1998 this relationship guru began his rise to fame by appearing on Oprah's show every Tuesday
Dr. Phil (McGraw)
Brian
|
$400
[12]
"And Then There Were" this many
None
Liza
|
$400
[7]
Europeans learned of potatoes when the Spanish conquered this empire in the 1530s
the Inca Empire
Brian
|
$400
[2]
Duff Brewery
The Simpsons
Brian
|
$400
[22]
It's the total population of the Earth to the nearest billion
7
A.J.
Brian
|
$400
[27]
An earthmover
a bulldozer
Brian
|
|
$600
[16]
A donation of 120 pounds & 400 books helped the Mass. Bay Colony start a college in the 1600s, today known as this
Harvard
Liza
|
$600
[13]
This object "Crack'd from Side to Side"
The Mirror
Brian
|
$600
[8]
Proverbially, to deal with the essential facts of a matter is to "get down to" these 2-word metallic fasteners
brass tacks
Liza
|
$600
[3]
Bluth's Original Frozen Banana
Arrested Development
A.J.
|
$600
[23]
Of the 6 states of Australia, the largest by area is this "directional" one
Western Australia
Brian
|
$600
[28]
On July 26, 1964 this Oscar winner was born in Arlington, Virginia
Sandra Bullock
Brian
|
|
$800
[19]
The Space Age began October 4, 1957 with the launch of this satellite
Sputnik
Liza
|
$800
[17]
"The Body in" this room of the house
the library
Liza
|
$800
[10]
Last name of brothers Jimmy & Tommy, who formed a big band orchestra popular in the 1930s
Dorsey
A.J.
|
$800
[4]
Luthercorp
Smallville
A.J.
|
$800
[24]
The two different integer values of the square root of 144
12 & -12
Liza
|
$800
[29]
Named for their call, these semi-aquatic critters can reach 18 inches in length when you include their hind legs
bullfrogs
A.J.
|
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Following a crisis earlier in the decade, this cabinet department was created August 4, 1977
Energy Department
Liza
|
$1,000
[18]
"Cat Among" these birds
the pigeon
Liza
|
$1,000
[11]
26 is rendered 11010 in this numbering system
the binary system
Liza
|
$1,000
[5]
Los Pollos Hermanos--best chicken in New Mexico!
Breaking Bad
A.J.
|
$1,000
[25]
Printed by the GPO & also available on the Internet, it's the daily record of House & Senate activities
the Congressional Record
Liza
|
$1,000
[30]
Gold or silver in block form
bullion
A.J.
|
| FAMOUS ARIAS | SEARCHING "HI" & "LOW" | KATHY BATES GONE WILD | COUNTRY BY NEWSPAPERS | LAST SURVIVORS | MECHANICALLY INCLINED |
|
$400
[2]
This female Spanish character sings the "Habanera" (lyrics in French)
Carmen
A.J.
|
$400
[11]
By about 300 B.C., there were more than 6,000 symbols used in this Egyptian writing
hieroglyphics
Brian
|
$400
[14]
"I'd like a man to nibble on my ear", croons kimono-clad Kathy in this musical about an orphan
Annie
Liza
Brian
|
$400
[1]
Pretoria News, Cape Times
South Africa
Brian
|
$400
[17]
As a 2-month-old, Millvina Dean was placed in lifeboat No. 10 during this tragic 1912 event; she outlived all other survivors
the sinking of the Titanic
Liza
|
$1,200
[22]
Put these 3 letters before "wheel" to get a wheel that regulates a machine's speed & uniformity of motion
fly
A.J.
|
|
$800
[7]
Mephistopheles sings in praise of the Golden Calf in this Gounod opera
Faust
Brian
|
$800
[12]
You're gonna give me this 7-letter word meaning the true, secret or inside info
the lowdown
Brian
|
$800
[18]
"It's for the best", says Kathy to James Caan before she sledgehammers him in this movie
Misery
Brian
|
$800
[3]
The Kerryman Newspaper, the Galway Advertiser
Ireland
Brian
|
$800
[24]
In 2007 Charles W. Lindberg passed away at age 86, the last survivor of the 1st flag raising on this Japanese island in WWII
Iwo Jima
A.J.
|
$1,600
[23]
The water wheel & the windmill are simple types of this, a machine with a rotor to turn flow into energy
a turbine
Brian
|
|
$1,600
[9]
He composed "La donna e mobile"
Verdi
Brian
|
$1,200
[13]
Bear down & tell us it's from the Latin for "to spend the winter"
hibernate
Liza
|
$1,200
[19]
Kathy chugged tequila in a jacuzzi with Ruth Fisher on an episode of this dark HBO drama
Six Feet Under
A.J.
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
Het Laatste Nieuws, La Nouvelle Gazette
Belgium
Brian
|
$1,600
[26]
The last survivor of this battle wasn't one of Santa Anna's men but 1-year-old Alejo Perez Jr., who lived until 1918
(the Battle of) the Alamo
Brian
|
$2,000
[27]
It's someone with a lot of energy, or a device that generates electric current by using coiled wire in a magnetic field
a dynamo
Brian
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Access your inner Caruso & remember this word, Italian for "laugh", precedes "Pagliaccio" in an aria
ridi
Liza
Brian
|
$1,600
[15]
3-word term also known as hypotension
low blood pressure
A.J.
|
$1,600
[20]
Kathy is draped in a plastic wrap dress, & little else, in a scene from this movie based on a Fannie Flagg novel
Fried Green Tomatoes
Liza
|
$1,600
[5]
Yonhap News, Chosun Ilbo
South Korea
A.J.
Brian
|
$2,000
[25]
Edwin Hughes, AKA Balaclava Ned, died in 1927, the last survivor of this attack in the Battle of Balaclava
the Charge of the Light Brigade
Liza
|
— |
|
DD
$5,000
[8]
Rossini's aria "Largo al factotum" repeats the name of this character repeatedly
Figaro
Brian
|
$2,000
[16]
It's a break or interruption in the continuity of work
a hiatus
A.J.
|
$2,000
[21]
Jack Nicholson was the lucky guy who shared a hot tub with an au naturel Kathy in this 2002 film
About Schmidt
A.J.
|
$2,000
[6]
The Nunatsiaq News,LeDroit
Canada
Brian
|
— | — |
This appointed position first held by John Dryden echoes a "Versificator Regis" of Richard I in the 12th century
Poet Laureate