Rochelle Smith — a university librarian from Moscow, Idaho
Joanna Mang — a nanny from San Diego, California
Brendan DuBois — a mystery and suspense writer from Exeter, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan | $5,800 | $8,400 | $11,200 |
$7,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
21 R, 2 W |
| Joanna | $0 | $2,600 | $14,600 |
$24,600
New champion: $24,600 |
$14,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Rochelle | $1,000 | $3,400 | $13,800 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE | SPORTS PEOPLE | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" | COUNTRIES' BIGGEST CITIES | YOU DESERVE A PRIZE | CHAIN LETTER |
|
$200
[13]
Alliterative canine term for a high note-lower note combo signifying male appreciation for female beauty
a wolf whistle
Rochelle
|
$200
[26]
Nicknamed "Missy the Missile", this 2012 swimming gold medalist has size 13 feet & a 6-foot 4-inch wingspan
Missy Franklin
Joanna
|
$200
[1]
On October 2, 1656 Connecticut enacted legislation to ban members of this religious group
the Quakers
Rochelle
|
$200
[6]
Kathmandu
Nepal
Brendan
|
$200
[11]
When Janet Gaynor won the first one of these for an actress in 1929, it was actually for 3 film roles
an Oscar
Rochelle
|
$200
[21]
From the French, it's a manservant or a car parker
a valet
Brendan
|
|
$400
[14]
Cosmopolitan's tips on doing this begin with check him out, look away, then look back through lowered lashes
flirting
Brendan
|
$400
[27]
On Jan. 22, 1989 this 49ers receiver set a Super Bowl record with 215 yards
Jerry Rice
Joanna
|
$400
[2]
In February 1864 this prison opened & into its mere 26 acres, 32,000 prisoners were jammed
Andersonville
Brendan
|
$400
[7]
Karachi
Pakistan
Brendan
|
DD
$400
[12]
In 2005 this sometime banjo player received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Steve Martin
Rochelle
|
$400
[22]
This fruit is also known as a mandarin orange
a tangerine
Rochelle
|
|
$600
[18]
Those newly in love often use these words, also the title of a 1983 tearjerking film
terms of endearment
Rochelle
|
$600
[28]
She beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition tennis match
Billie Jean King
Rochelle
|
$600
[3]
In the 1970s this future vice president served as a publisher of the Huntington Herald-Press in Indiana
Dan Quayle
Brendan
|
$600
[8]
Lagos
Nigeria
Brendan
|
$600
[15]
Zubin Mehta & this '70s Secretary of State were among the first recipients of Israel's Presidential Medal
Henry Kissinger
Brendan
|
$600
[23]
You think, therefore you know this Latin word for "therefore"
ergo
Brendan
|
|
$800
[19]
Committed to each other? You're practicing this behavior, though it may be the "serial" type
monogamy
Rochelle
|
$800
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) His account of a shot at the 2012 Masters says all he did was keep it under a tree, make it rise, then hook about 40 yards--just another example of what this man calls "Bubba Golf"
Bubba Watson
|
$800
[4]
This British major who worked with Benedict Arnold was hanged as a spy on October 2, 1780
Major Andre
Brendan
|
$800
[9]
Belgrade
Serbia
Brendan
|
$800
[16]
In 2012 he & Hal David became the first songwriting duo to win the Lib. of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Burt Bacharach
|
$800
[24]
It follows "Our Bodies" in the title of a book now in its ninth edition
Ourselves
Brendan
|
|
$1,000
[20]
A nautical adjective meaning upright, or a person you're going out with exclusively
steady
Joanna
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
In 1961 JFK initiated this U.S.-Latin America development program, but it failed in just over a decade
the Alliance for Progress
|
$1,000
[10]
Aleppo
Syria
Brendan
|
$1,000
[17]
Apparently no one deserved the Pulitzer for fiction in 2012, but in 2011 Jennifer Egan won for "A Visit From" this group
the Goon Squad
Joanna
|
$1,000
[25]
A proverbial crate to stand on to make a speech; our chain letter ends with an "X"
a soapbox
Brendan
|
| MONOLOGUES | "ED" | DOC | TEA TIME MOVIE | CARNAC-IAN BONDS | THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON |
|
$400
[1]
A modern tragedy:"Hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral. Things were sad on a lotta trains"
Death of a Salesman
Brendan
|
$400
[6]
Comestible & consumable are synonyms for this
edible
Rochelle
|
$400
[21]
In most U.S. major operations, this doctor is at the head of the bed
an anesthesiologist
Brendan
|
$400
[11]
Disney's "Johnny Tremain" takes part in this Dec. 16, 1773 incident
the Boston Tea Party
Brendan
|
$400
[26]
A mutt, a swine & an amphibian
dog, hog, frog
Rochelle
|
$400
[16]
Johnny started his 30-year run as host on Oct. 1, 1962 with this "You Bet Your Life" comedian introducing him
Groucho Marx
Brendan
Rochelle
|
|
$800
[2]
A 1913 classic:"I'll have to learn to speak middle class language from you, instead of speaking proper English"
Pygmalion
Brendan
|
$800
[7]
It's another term for a large, imposing building
edifice
Brendan
|
$800
[22]
If your own immune system causes you problems, as in asthma & hives, see a this -ist or immunologist
an allergist
Joanna
Rochelle
|
$800
[12]
Johnny Depp is at least eccentric as this tea party guest in 2010's "Alice in Wonderland"
the Mad Hatter
Rochelle
|
$800
[27]
Dame Judi, a serving girl & the tool she may hit you with for calling her that
Dench, wench, wrench
Joanna
|
$800
[17]
One of Johnny's trademark moves was one of these that he'd mime at the end of his monologue
a golf swing
Brendan
|
|
$1,200
[3]
A Shakespeare tragic hero:"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
Macbeth
Rochelle
|
$1,200
[8]
To add personal opinion to an otherwise factual account
editorialize
Joanna
|
$1,200
[23]
Medical specialty of R.D. Laing, author of "The Divided Self"
psychiatry
Joanna
|
$1,200
[13]
The title character of "Rikyu" teaches this painstaking routine to the fierce warlord Hideyoshi
the Japanese tea ceremony
Joanna
|
$1,200
[28]
A smelly black & white animal, a not-so-smelly holy man & Johnny Rotten
skunk, monk, punk
Joanna
|
$1,200
[18]
On Johnny's last "Tonight Show" with guests, she serenaded Johnny with some farewell love songs
Bette Midler
Rochelle
|
|
$2,000
[5]
From Tennessee:"I wore it on Sundays for my gentlemen callers! I had it on the day I met your father"
The Glass Menagerie
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Aristotle called it "the best provision for old age"
education
Joanna
|
$1,600
[24]
For bunions, try this, a foot doctor
a podiatrist
Joanna
|
$1,600
[14]
Jack Black as this character has tea with the dolls of a Brobdingnagian girl
Gulliver
Brendan
|
— |
$1,600
[19]
Carson was unflappable even with a marmoset on his head in a visit with Joan Embery, an ambassador from this zoo
the San Diego Zoo
Rochelle
|
|
DD
$4,000
[4]
In a courtroom:"Darwin moved us forward to a hilltop... we must abandon our faith in the pleasant poetry of Genesis"
Inherit the Wind
Rochelle
|
$2,000
[10]
Dropsy is an old term for this, a swelling in the body caused by a buildup of excess fluid
edema
Joanna
|
$2,000
[25]
USCAP is the U.S. & Canadian Academy of this specialty; we hear its conventions are sorta dead
Pathologists
Brendan
|
$2,000
[15]
In "Tea with Mussolini", Cher plays a character based on this American art patron who spent a lot of time in Italy
Peggy Guggenheim
|
— |
$2,000
[20]
The set was banked with tulips when this "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me" singer wed Miss Vicki on the show in 1969
Tiny Tim
Rochelle
|
She's the only artist to have No. 1 albums in 5 consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s
Barbra Streisand