David Schuman — a communications and economics student originally from Ardsley, New York
Sophie Hill — a Navy analyst from Coronado, California
Erin Zwiener — a conservation journalist and pet-sitter from Abiquiu, New Mexico (whose 3-day cash winnings total $53,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin! | $800 | $-1,800 | $3,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
11 R, 7 W |
| Sophie | $2,600 | $4,200 | $8,100 |
$4,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| David | $2,000 | $2,300 | $6,300 |
$4,300
New champion: $4,300 |
$7,600
17 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH | WELCOME TO MY "FLAT" | SUCH A LITERARY CHARACTER! | IT'S ALL GREEK LETTERS TO ME | BILLBOARD'S TOP MONEY MAKERS OF 2011 | TAX-ONOMY |
|
$200
[9]
Frederic Chopin
Poland
Erin!
David
|
$200
[10]
You're brilliant! You know this word refers to handing out excessive compliments
flattery
Erin!
|
$200
[4]
In some editions he's identified on the title page as "Tom Sawyer's Comrade"
Huckleberry Finn
Erin!
|
$200
[1]
It's the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet, not the last
zeta
Erin!
|
$200
[14]
No. 1 with nearly $36 million was this young blonde country singer who still looks totally shocked after yet another award win
(Taylor) Swift
Erin!
|
$400
[28]
Death duty is another name for this type of tax
an estate tax
Sophie
|
|
$400
[13]
Edward Elgar
England
|
$400
[29]
To be "caught" this anatomical way is to be caught unprepared
flat-footed
David
|
$400
[5]
It must have depressed Eeyore even more to realize he's not the title character in this 1926 work
Winnie the Pooh
David
|
$400
[2]
Baaa! This Greek letter immediately precedes mu
lambda
Erin!
|
$400
[24]
With $13 million, she was rolling in the deep dough
Adele
David
|
$600
[27]
In Dec. 2011 House Republicans agreed to extend a cut in the tax called this because it comes out of worker's checks
a payroll tax
Sophie
|
|
$600
[15]
Franz Schubert
Austria
Erin!
|
$600
[20]
The Sony 55-inch Bravia EX500, for example
a flat-screen
Sophie
|
$600
[6]
Robert Bloch based this motel owner in his novel "Psycho" on convicted Wisconsin killer Ed Gein
Norman Bates
David
|
$600
[3]
It comes before "Crucis" to indicate the third-brightest star in the constellation Crux
gamma
Sophie
|
$600
[23]
When you make nearly $16 million like this New Jersey band, you're livin' on more than a prayer
Bon Jovi
David
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1966's Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, the Supreme Court ruled these taxes on voting were unconstitutional
poll taxes
Sophie
|
|
$800
[16]
Hector Berlioz
France
Erin!
David
|
$800
[19]
Thishairstyle can also refer to certain warships
a flattop
Sophie
|
$800
[7]
"Peter flung my arm... to a crocodile" is a line from this captain in "Peter Pan"
Captain Hook
David
|
$800
[11]
This Greek letter seenheresure marks the spot
xi
Erin!
|
$800
[22]
We like "The Sweetest Taboo" too, but were still surprised to see this 1-named singer at No. 6
Sade
Erin!
Sophie
|
DD
$1,300
[25]
If you've owned property for more than a year & sell it for a profit, you'll owe the long-term type of this tax
capital gains
David
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazil
Erin!
Sophie
|
$1,000
[18]
This organization of unorthodox geographic views dates back almost 200 years & reopened to new members in 2009
Flat Earth organization
David
|
$1,000
[8]
Spymaster Karla is George Smiley's adversary in books by this man
John le Carré
Sophie
|
$1,000
[12]
This 18th Greek letter precedes "chi" in the name of a well-known fraternity
sigma
Sophie
|
$1,000
[21]
No. 9 with $13 million, he made the country charts his "Kinda Party"
Jason Aldean
|
— |
| PHOENIX | DAYTIME SOAPS FOR SHORT | "M"ISCELLANY | TO YOUR HEALTH | THESE PUNS ARE OFFAL | THE ADMIRALS CLUB |
|
$400
[25]
The Salt River Valley, home to Phoenix as well as Mesa & Tempe, is nicknamed "The Valley of" this
the Sun
Sophie
|
$400
[23]
Susan Lucci's longtime gig:"AMC"
All My Children
David
|
$400
[6]
Habitat 67in this North American city is a landmark in 20th century architecture
Montreal, Canada
David
|
$400
[28]
Also known as renal lithiasis, these small, hard deposits can be made of mineral & acid salts
a kidney stone
David
|
$400
[1]
The Soviet Union's economy was slow to recover after World War II; it just kept this dictator
Stalin
David
|
$800
[29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a figurehead in the Sydney, Australia Nat'l Maritime Museum.) The figurehead of this famed admiral, who died off Cape Trafalgar & became an English national hero, comes from an 1814 British battleship
Nelson
Sophie
David
|
|
$800
[24]
This airline once based in Phoenix merged with U.S. Airways & the arena once named for it is now the U.S. Airways Center
America West
|
$800
[19]
Even to old fans it's "Y&R"
The Young and the Restless
Erin!
|
$800
[7]
Marlon Brando was one of the actors who used this approach of deep character identification
method acting
David
|
$800
[27]
In the body, dietary tryptophan is converted to vitamin B3, aka this
niacin
|
$800
[2]
Without this branch of mathematics pioneered by Euclid, life would be pointless
geometry
David
|
$1,600
[15]
The Japanese capitulation was signed on Sept. 2, 1945 on the USS Missouri, the flagship of this fleet admiral
Nimitz
Erin!
|
|
$1,200
[14]
A popular activity in Phoenix is hiking this mountain that's said to resemble a certain animal kneeling, hence its name
Camelback Mountain
Sophie
|
$1,200
[22]
In the 1960s Agnes Nixon was its head writer:"GL"
( The ) Guiding Light
|
$1,200
[8]
They're the small but fun bumps seen here
moguls
David
|
$1,200
[18]
The upper portion of your nose is bone--the lower, cartilage; this surgical procedure can modify either or both parts
rhinoplasty
Sophie
|
$1,200
[3]
The blood bank wouldn't let me donate; I went there in this blood vessel
vein
Erin!
Sophie
David
|
$2,000
[11]
This engineer who developed the USS Nautilus, the first atomic-powered sub, was promoted to admiral in 1973
Hyman Rickover
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Phoenix is the seat of Maricopa County, home to this sheriff who's made headlines for his crackdown on illegal immigrants
(Joe) Arpaio
Sophie
|
$1,600
[21]
It stopped spinning in 2010 after a 54-year run:"ATWT"
As the World Turns
Erin!
|
$1,600
[9]
The term for a single one of the wise men who visited Jesus, it's also the title of a John Fowles novel
Magus
Erin!
Sophie
David
|
$1,600
[17]
Reconstruction of a torn ACL, short for this cruciate ligament, involves creating a new one from grafted tissue
anterior
David
|
$1,600
[4]
Young Karl flunked out of Communist school; he was getting terrible these
Marx
Sophie
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
This admiral was nicknamed the "Hero of Manila"
Admiral Dewey
Sophie
|
|
DD
$2,500
[13]
A gallery in Phoenix' Heard Museum is named for this Supreme Court justice who worked in Phoenix in the 1970s
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sophie
|
$2,000
[20]
It's set in the fictitious Midwest town of Salem:"DOOL"
Days of Our Lives
Erin!
|
$2,000
[10]
Thismonarch of Austria was the mother of Marie Antoinette
Maria Theresa
Erin!
|
$2,000
[16]
(Dr. Oz reads the clue from an operating room.) From the Greek for "clotting", it's this formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel; if it causes a blockage, you've got an embolism
a thrombosis
David
|
$2,000
[5]
Careful golfers always carry 2 pair of pants in case they get one of these rare things
a hole in one
David
|
— |
This term for a final resting place got its name because clay was dug up there for craftsmen
potter's field