Josh Frumkin — a non-profit assistant director of donor relations from Germantown, Maryland
Rebecca Neese — a school office clerk from Rosemead, California
Noah Rachels — a university fundraiser from Astoria, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,099)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah | $2,200 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
$7
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rebecca | $-600 | $400 | $800 |
$400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,800
4 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Josh | $3,400 | $8,800 | $18,600 |
$17,200
New champion: $17,200 |
$17,200
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| JUMP AROUND! JUMP AROUND! | BIBLE BOOKS BY STORY | STATE HAIKUS?? | THAT'S A LAUGH! | THE KITCHEN LIBRARY | CROSSWORD CLUES "N" |
|
$200
[24]
If I say my car's engine needs a jump, I mean this part
the battery
Noah
|
$200
[9]
A great fish swallows a reluctant prophet
Jonah
Josh
|
$200
[14]
Known for its "bleeding" / Means "people of the south wind" / Auntei Em! Twister!
Kansas
Josh
|
$200
[18]
This old buddy & roommate of Bert has one of TV's most distinctive laughs
Ernie
Noah
|
$200
[6]
"Taste Buds And Molecules" is an in-depth analysis of the pairing of food & this
wine
Noah
Josh
|
$200
[1]
Catch a criminal(3)
nab
Noah
|
|
$400
[25]
This track & field event has a fully equipped bar--it's set at around 7'6" for the top men
the high jump
Josh
|
$400
[10]
Moas & boas are loaded onto Noah's ark
Genesis
Rebecca
|
$400
[15]
Can't miss Missoula / It's Helena hand basket / Custer stopped standing
Montana
Noah
|
$400
[19]
This bully on "The Simpsons" responds to others' misfortunes with "haaaww-haw"
Nelson
Josh
|
$400
[7]
Among her books are "Classic 30-Minute Meals" & "Yum-O! The Family Cookbook"
Rachael Ray
Noah
|
$400
[2]
Agile, like "Jack be"(6)
nimble
Josh
|
|
$600
[28]
Yes, Caine of "Kung Fu", this insect can leap 20 times its body length; a human would have to leap about 120' to do that
a grasshopper
Josh
|
$800
[12]
Shamgar, one of the title arbiters, kills 600 Philistines with an ox goad
Judges
Josh
|
$600
[20]
Jake, it's Morgantown / Now, country roads, take me home / Mountaineers to ya!
West Virginia
Noah
|
$600
[21]
Then in his 70s, he unleashed his horror-fying laugh on the song "Thriller"
Vincent Price
Josh
|
$600
[8]
This bestselling expose by Eric Schlosser is subtitled "The Dark Side Of The All-American Meal"
Fast Food Nation
Josh
|
$600
[3]
Bedtime cocktail or head covering(8)
a nightcap
Josh
|
|
$800
[29]
Jumping, parrying & blocking techniques are part of this Korean martial art that translates to "kick fist way"
tae kwon do
Josh
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
3 friends are thrown into a fiery furnace
Daniel
Rebecca
|
$800
[22]
Borders just one state / That's wicked good lobstah, right? / Hey, it's Stephen King!
Maine
Josh
|
$800
[26]
In 1984 Tom Hulce played a genius with a weird cackle in this title role
Amadeus
Josh
|
$800
[16]
"The New Sugar Busters!" explains this "index", which ranks foods by how they affect the blood glucose levels
the glycemic index
Noah
|
$800
[4]
Unicorn of the sea(7)
narwhal
Josh
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In the U.S. Army jump masters transform regular soldiers into these
paratroopers
Josh
|
$1,000
[13]
Thomas doubts the other apostles have really met the risen Jesus
John
|
$1,000
[23]
We touch Canada / Bogus basin, not bougs / Who wants some French fries?
Idaho
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[27]
The 1930 film "Anna Christie" was promoted with she "talks!"; the 1939 "Ninotchka", with she "laughs"
Greta Garbo
|
$1,000
[17]
David Zinczenko tells readers how to swap foods to save calories in a popular series with this 4-word title
Eat This, Not That!
Noah
|
$1,000
[5]
Not affiliated with a particular religious group(17)
nondenominational
Noah
|
| BEHIND BARS | FRENCH COUSINE | CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES | THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME | SCIENCE GRAB BAG | THAT'S MISLEADING |
|
$400
[1]
In the early 1900s the wall of the penitentiary in this Georgia capital was the USA's largest concrete mass
Atlanta
Rebecca
|
$400
[16]
In 1886, before moving to Paris, this scientists wrote her cousin Henrika, "My plans for the future? I have none"
Marie Curie
Josh
|
$400
[26]
Since 1955 every Supreme Court nominee has testified before this Senate committee
the Judiciary Committee
Josh
|
$400
[6]
He was inducted in 2000 along with partner Glenn Frey
Don Henley
|
$400
[11]
Cyanosis, a bluish cast to the skin, is caused by a lack of this gas in the blood
oxygen
Josh
|
$400
[18]
A young goat's daytime snooze
a kidnap
Josh
|
|
$800
[2]
Criminals sent "up the river" went up the Hudson river to this joint
Sing Sing
Josh
|
$800
[17]
Historic last name of brothers Lucien & Joseph; their children Charles & Zenaide married each other in 1822
Bonaparte
|
$800
[27]
Congressfolks, don't cross this committee that's empowered to enforce the House's Code of Official Conduct
the Ethics Committee
Noah
|
$800
[7]
He was inducted for "It's So Easy" & "That'll Be The Day", among others
Buddy Holly
Josh
|
$800
[12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a constellation on a monitor.) A figurative sword marked by faint stars extends from Alnilam, the middle of a grouping of 3 stars representing the belt of this constellation
Orion
Noah
|
$800
[19]
A Bundt taking a stroll
a cakewalk
Josh
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In September 1971 tough-on-crime Governor Nelson Rockefeller authorized the retaking by force of this prison
Attica
Josh
|
$1,200
[23]
This small-town English authoress had a glamorous cousin, Eliza de Feuillide, whose husband was guillotined
Jane Austen
|
$1,200
[28]
Chairman Jeff Miller of the House Committee on their "Affairs" has called for an audit of the cemeteries it oversees
Veterans
|
$1,200
[8]
He opened the 2012 ceremony with "Turn The Page", then stood like a rock as he was inducted
Bob Seger
Josh
|
$1,200
[13]
Also called reduction division, it's the process by which cells divide in sexually reproducing organisms
meiosis
Noah
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[20]
Hey, yellow fruit, leave, just get on out of here, dig?
a banana split
Rebecca
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Prisoners in Angola in this southern state can study for degrees at a Baptist seminary
Louisiana
|
$1,600
[24]
Herethis artist depicts Edouard Manet niece Julie with her cousin
Renoir
|
$1,600
[29]
This Senate committee has subcommittees on seapower & strategic forces
Armed Services
Josh
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2007 the Hall welcomed this "Okie from Muskogee"
Merle Haggard
Noah
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Teflon is an example of this type of compound that contains only the elements F & C
a fluorocarbon
Noah
|
$1,600
[21]
A perch rolls strikes & spares
a fishbowl
Noah
Josh
|
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
It was closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate; 1 million gallons of water were shipped to the island each week
Alcatraz
Josh
|
$2,000
[25]
The 1572 Paris wedding of King Henri to his cousin was the "Scarlet Nuptials"--this massacre was just days later
the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
He was inducted along with partner Richie Sambora
Jon Bon Jovi
Josh
|
$2,000
[15]
This male reproductive organ of a flowering plant produces pollen in the anther
the stamen
Noah
|
$2,000
[22]
Paintings seen along the sloping path for wheelchairs
rampart
Noah
|
This 1962 play takes place beginning at 2 A.M. in the living room of a house on a New England college campus
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf