Jeff Magee — a registered nurse from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
Donna Brutkoski — a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont
Kammy McCleery — a coordinator of experiential education and student employment from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kammy | $800 | $1,600 | $10,600 |
$16,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
15 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W |
| Donna | $3,400 | $6,600 | $16,600 |
$21,600
New champion: $21,600 |
$16,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jeff | $-400 | $400 | $2,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,400
9 R, 3 W |
| LAKES & RIVERS | CAVES | PACKAGING | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | HEY, "D.J." |
|
$200
[10]
In 2004 she co-hosted "The Fashion Police" at the Academy Awards along with her mom
Melissa Rivers
Donna
|
$200
[9]
One of the seven wonders of Barbados, Harrison's Cave is rich in formations of these hanging objects
stalactites
Kammy
Donna
|
$200
[26]
In honor of Abe Lincoln, P.J. Towle began selling his maple syrup in a container shaped like one of these structures in 1887
a log cabin
Kammy
|
$200
[6]
In campaign issues of 1856, this sanguinary adjective preceded "Kansas" & "Sumner"
"Bleeding"
Kammy
|
$200
[1]
Though it has curly leaves instead of a dense head, kale is thought to be the original version of this vegetable
cabbage
Jeff
|
$200
[17]
A stock index
Dow Jones
Donna
|
|
$400
[11]
Kim Basinger's "L.A. Confidential" character was supposted to be the spitting image of this '40s blonde bombshell
Veronica Lake
Donna
|
$400
[22]
Africa's Blombos Cave, occupied 90,000 years ago, has some of the earliest known tools of this animal substance
bone
Donna
|
$400
[27]
In 1968 Procter & Gamble introduced these in a can so fewer of them would end up broken
potato chips
Kammy
|
$400
[7]
One popular Democratic campaign slogan was "We Polked you in 1844, we shall" do this to "you in 1852"
Pierce
Kammy
|
$400
[2]
In 1493 Columbus encountered this, Hawaii's most valuable fruit crop, on the island of Guadeloupe
the pineapple
Kammy
|
$400
[18]
Hyde's better half
Dr. Jekyll
Donna
|
|
$600
[12]
He was nominated for an Oscar in 1989; his brother Joaquin, in 2001
River Phoenix
Donna
|
$600
[23]
In Europe they call some caverns these, like Italy's Blue one & Slovenia's Vast Postojna one
a grotto
Kammy
|
$600
[28]
Whitman's was the 1st company to put a guide on the inside lid of this type of package to which Mr. Gump compared life
(a box of) chocolates
Donna
|
$600
[8]
In 1900 a Republican campaign slogan promised a "full" one of these, sort of like today's lunch box
a full dinner pail
Kammy
Jeff
|
$600
[3]
Gravenstein, which is green with red streaks, is a variety of this fruit
an apple
Kammy
|
$600
[19]
It's another name for a tuxedo
a dinner jacket
Kammy
|
|
$800
[13]
Outfielder Mickey Rivers claimed, "me", this Yankees owner "& Billy (Martin) are two of a kind)
George Steinbrenner
Kammy
|
$800
[24]
A New Haven, Conn. cave was the hideout of the judges who had signed this king's death warrant in 1649
Charles I
|
— |
DD
$600
[15]
A 1924 poster for this candidate featured an electric fan
Calvin Coolidge
Donna
|
$800
[4]
This juice orange accounts for about half of the USA's yearly crop of oranges
the valencia orange
Kammy
|
$800
[20]
Legendary seducer
Don Juan
Jeff
|
|
$1,000
[14]
More chairs are thrown on "Jerry Springer", but her talk show that debuted in 1993 is still on the air, too
Ricki Lake
Donna
|
$1,000
[25]
The historic entrance to this US national park is seen here
Mammoth Cave
Kammy
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
He was the "I" on a 1908 button reading "U-N-I-Ted", (you & I, Teddy Roosevelt)
William Howard Taft
|
$1,000
[5]
This variety of grape is the USA's most important in making preserves & juice
the Concord (grape)
Donna
|
$1,000
[21]
James Buchanan Brady's gem of a moniker
Diamond Jim
Donna
|
| RAKES & LIVERS | THE STANLEY CUP | U.S. GOVERNMENT JOBS | MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES | MEN IN CHARGE | TRIPLE "A" |
|
$400
[6]
His opera "Don Giovanni" is subtitled "Il Dissoluto Punito" ("The Rake Punished")
Mozart
Donna
Jeff
|
$400
[11]
The Cup was once left in a photo studio where it was filled with earth & briefly used as this
a flowerpot
Donna
|
$400
[21]
A rural carrier associate is a 1-day-a-week substitute in this agency of the federal government
the U.S. Postal Service (post office accepted)
Jeff
|
$400
[1]
This Greek bird who rose from the ashes was probably inspired by a sacred Egyptian bird, the bennu
the phoenix
Kammy
|
$400
[16]
Prime Minister Dr. Mammohan Singh
India
Kammy
|
$400
[22]
The "World" one claims to be the all-time bestselling American reference book
almanac
Jeff
|
|
$800
[7]
The name of this liver disease is from the Greek for "orange-colored"
cirrhosis
Jeff
|
$800
[12]
In 1905 a team from the Klondike in this territory made a 23-day sled, boat & train trip to Ottawa to vie for the Cup
the Yukon Territory
Donna
|
$800
[27]
Tribal accounts managers work for this Interior Department bureau
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jeff
|
$800
[2]
Bellerophon was crippled when he was thrown from this horse as he was flying to Mount Olympus
Pegasus
Donna
|
$800
[17]
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern
Ireland
Donna
|
$800
[23]
Most of these natural disasters occur on slopes of 30-45 degrees
avalanches
Jeff
|
|
$1,200
[8]
"The Ruthless Rake" is one of the many novels by this "Queen of Romance"
Barbara Cartland
Kammy
|
$1,200
[13]
(Alex Trebek presents the clue from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.)Thisgreat goalie has his first name misspelled many times on the Stanley Cup, including as "J-A-C" and "J-A-C-Q"
Jacques Plante
Kammy
|
— |
$1,200
[3]
This many-headed serpent of Greek mythology lived in Lake Lerna in Argolis
the hydra
Kammy
|
$1,200
[18]
President Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe
Donna
|
$1,200
[24]
The World War II light show seenherecomes from these
antiaircraft guns
Kammy
Donna
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The portal vein & this artery supply blood to the liver
the hepatic artery
Jeff
|
$1,600
[14]
This team from the sunny South broke Canadian hearts by beating Calgary for the Cup in 2004
the Tampa Bay Lightning
Donna
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[4]
These monsters who were half-woman, half-bird tormented Phineus until driven away by the sons of the north wind
the harpies
Kammy
|
$1,600
[19]
Prime Minister John Howard
Australia
Kammy
|
$2,000
[26]
Thistable helps insurance companies set premiums based on how long you're likely to live
an actuarial table
Donna
|
|
$2,000
[10]
William Hogarth began this series of moralizing works around 1735
The Rake's Progress
|
$2,000
[15]
(Alex Trebek presents the clue from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.) In 2001, hockey fans everywhere were thrilled for thisex-Boston defenseman when he won his first Stanley Cup in a 22-year career
Ray Bourque
Donna
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
One story says that Hera used the 100 eyes of this gigantic monster to decorate the tail of her peacock
Argus
Jeff
|
$2,000
[20]
Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero
Spain
Donna
Jeff
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
If a crowded shopping mall fills you with terror, you have this
agoraphobia
Kammy
|
This writer was born in Germantown, Penn. on Nov. 29, 1832, the second of 4 daughters
Louisa May Alcott