Mary Folley — a statistician from Charlotte, North Carolina
John Fausz — a bartender from St. Louis, Missouri
Lucas Peterson — an actor originally from Oak Park, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | $3,400 | $5,400 | $27,600 |
$20,000
2-day champion: $33,900 |
$23,800
27 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| John | $600 | $1,400 | $5,800 |
$3,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary | $2,000 | $2,400 | $8,400 |
$11,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
12 R, 2 W |
| LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS | A BUNCH OF "S.B." | STARS OF THE OLDEN SCREEN | IN THE DICTIONARY | CITY NICKNAMES |
|
$200
[16]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us polar bears at Svalbard Island in Norway.) Polar bears are well-adapted to the cold; in addition to having hollow fur that traps heat, their skin absorbs a maximum of heat because it's this color
black
Lucas
|
$200
[17]
"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
Timex
Lucas
|
$200
[1]
At one of these, help yourself to lettuce & a variety of toppings plus your choice of dressing
a salad bar
John
|
$200
[22]
Here's Lon Chaney, Sr. as this character, maybe dancing to the church bells
the Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lucas
|
$200
[8]
Under "V":To vary & go back & forth on an opinion
vacillate
John
|
$200
[6]
Akron, Ohio, once home of B.F. Goodrich:This material "Capital of the World"
rubber
Lucas
|
|
$400
[21]
The scientific name for a lion is Panthera this 3-letter word
leo
Lucas
|
$400
[18]
"Look, ma, no cavities"
Crest (toothpaste)
Lucas
|
$400
[2]
It's the type of sign the manseenhereis wearing, just waiting for your ad
a sandwich board
John
|
$400
[23]
Thiscomic, who was a huge star in the 1920s but faltered in the sound era, is trying to be a good sport
Buster Keaton
Mary
|
$400
[10]
Under "S":A servile flatterer or fawning parasite
sycophant
John
|
$400
[7]
Manila, Philippines:This aquatic gem "of the Orient"
pearl
Lucas
|
|
$600
[27]
The 2 main ways lions mark their territory are by scent-marking & by doing this
roaring
Mary
|
$600
[19]
"The pause that refreshes"
Coca-Cola
|
$600
[3]
Due to overfishing, many restaurants have banished the fish called Chilean this from their menus
sea bass
Lucas
|
$600
[24]
She was America's sweetheart, lookingherelike a Dutch peasant
Mary Pickford
Mary
|
$600
[13]
Under "B":Nonsense! Poppycock! "The classic bluffing game"!
Balderdash
John
|
$600
[9]
Rockland, Maine:This aquatic creature "Capital of the World"
lobster
Lucas
|
|
$800
[28]
Sometimes called an Indian tiger, it can eat 60 pounds in one night
a Bengal tiger
Lucas
|
$800
[20]
"Tastes so good, cats ask for it by name"
Meow Mix
John
|
$800
[4]
Years after Little Big Horn, this Sioux chief joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Sitting Bull
Lucas
|
$800
[25]
As his name might indicate, this comic sometimes liked to throw his weight around
Fatty Arbuckle
Lucas
|
$800
[14]
Under "Q":To drink a beverage copiously & heartily
quaff
Lucas
|
$800
[11]
Edinburgh, Scotland, home to many a thinker:This Greek city "of the North"
Athens
John
|
|
$1,000
[29]
An estimated 350 to 400 of this type of tiger, aka the amur, live in the wild, primarily in the birch forests of eastern Russia
the Siberian tiger
John
|
$1,000
[26]
"Think small"
Volkswagen
Lucas
John
|
$1,000
[5]
This author of "Herzog" received the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature
Saul Bellow
Mary
|
$1,000
[30]
Amazingly, this comic performed many of his own gags without a stuntman
Harold Lloyd
|
$1,000
[15]
Under "Y":Motion about a plane's vertical axis
yaw
Mary
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
This city named for one in England & once home to many a steel mill:"the Pittsburgh of the South"
Birmingham, Alabama
John
|
| LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! | WHAT HAPPENED? | "ING"LISH | U.S. MEMORIALS | I WROTE THAT BESTSELLER | ANCIENT JERUSALEM |
|
$400
[16]
Bears tackle William Perry had this appliance as a nickname; it didn't stop him from doing 360º basketball dunks
Refrigerator
Lucas
|
$400
[1]
July 2, 1964:This landmark anti-discrimination act becomes law
the Civil Rights Act
John
|
$400
[6]
A mass of metal cast into a bar
an ingot
Lucas
|
$400
[26]
Memorials at Arlington National Cemetery remember the crews of these 2 Space Shuttles
the Challenger & the Columbia
Mary
|
$400
[11]
"Going Rogue"
Sarah Palin
Mary
|
$400
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) Jerusalem's first temple was destroyed by the Babylonians; a model of the city shows the second temple, destroyed by these people in 70 AD
the Romans
John
|
|
$800
[17]
This old-time Tiger has the record for stealing home with 54; he also once beat up a heckler... who was missing a hand
Ty Cobb
Mary
|
$800
[2]
November 1755:An earthquake kills 1/4 of this Iberian capital
Lisbon
John
|
$800
[7]
A component, perhaps in a recipe
an ingredient
Lucas
|
$800
[27]
The May 4 memorial at this university commemorates those killed & wounded during a 1970 antiwar protest
Kent State
Lucas
|
$800
[12]
"Private Parts"
Howard Stern
Mary
|
$800
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) At the west end of the second temple was the section called the Holy of the Holies, entered only once a year on this holiest of days in Judaism
Yom Kippur
Mary
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Ex-Lions lineman Alex Karras KO'ed a horse with one punch in this comedy/Western film
Blazing Saddles
Lucas
|
$1,200
[3]
September 1, 1715:He ends more than 72 years as king
Louis XIV
Mary
|
$1,200
[8]
It's the opposite of an exit
an ingress
Lucas
|
$1,200
[28]
2 of the largest manmade waterfalls in the U.S. flow into the reflecting pools at this memorial that opened in 2011
the 9/11 Memorial
Lucas
|
$1,200
[13]
"The Greatest Generation"
Tom Brokaw
Mary
|
$1,200
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) Still standing today, the walls of Jerusalem's Old City existed in the 1st century; they were destroyed along with the temple, but rebuilt by this Emperor, better known for a wall in Britain
Hadrian
John
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In 2011 this Tiger was the first starting pitcher to be a league MVP since 1986
(Justin) Verlander
Lucas
|
$1,600
[4]
March 7, 1945:At Remagen, U.S. forces make their first bridgehead across this river
the Rhine
John
|
$2,000
[10]
Grab a glass of wine & cozy up to this corner by the chimney
an inglenook
Lucas
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Davenport Park in the city of Bangor is home to a memorial remembering this battleship
the Maine
Lucas
|
$1,600
[14]
2001's "John Adams"
David McCullough
Lucas
|
$1,600
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) In Jesus' time three festivals a year brought thousands of pilgrims to the temple; those serving the throngs included these people, whose tables Jesus overturned
the money changers
Mary
|
|
$2,000
[20]
This runner was the ACC male athlete of the year in 1965; we'd hear his tragic "song" after he joined the Bears
Brian Piccolo
Mary
|
$2,000
[5]
September 10, 1924:These 2 college students are sentenced to life plus 99 years
Leopold & Loeb
Lucas
|
DD
$5,000
[9]
Adjective meaning worked into the fiber or texture of something
ingrained
Lucas
|
$2,000
[30]
The National AIDS Memorial Grove covers 7 acres at this park in San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
John
|
$2,000
[15]
"The Tipping Point"
Malcolm Gladwell
Lucas
John
|
$2,000
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.) The red-roofed buildings are the residences of those on this Jewish supreme court; it also functioned as a legislature with Pharisees & Sadducees its two parties
the Sanhedrin
|
The soundtrack for this film based on a play holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1, 54 weeks in 1962 & '63
West Side Story