Joel Alderson — a pathologist from Andover, Kansas
Mandy Tuthill — a public librarian from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Josh Frumkin — a non-profit assistant director of donor relations from Germantown, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $2,400 | $6,000 | $23,400 |
$26,401
2-day champion: $43,601 |
$21,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mandy | $1,800 | $3,000 | $300 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joel | $2,400 | $4,800 | $13,200 |
$1,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
15 R, 1 W |
| CAPES OF ALL SHAPES | SHE CREATED HIM | SOMEBODY CALLED FOR A DOCTRINE | CHRISTMAS PARTIES | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? | "B-L-T" |
|
$200
[24]
Dumbledore gave Harry Potter a cloak with this power as an anonymous Christmas gift
invisibility
Josh
|
$200
[7]
Frankenstein's monster
(Mary) Shelley
Joel
|
$200
[21]
His 1947 doctrine called for aid to anticommunist governments in Greece & turkey
Truman
Josh
|
$200
[16]
In an animated special, he heads to the North Pole so he'll never melt & is tracked there by a magician named Professor Hinkle
Frosty the Snowman
Mandy
|
$200
[3]
A can of "Mini ABC's & 123's with meatballs", prepared by this red-scarved "Chef"
Chef Boyardee
Mandy
|
$200
[1]
Ernest Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" is a treatise on this Spanish spectacle
a bullfight
Mandy
|
|
$400
[25]
Once a center of the whaling industry, this cape, highlighted here, is between one & 20 miles wide
Cape Cod
Mandy
|
$400
[9]
The vampire Lestat
Anne Rice
Mandy
|
$400
[22]
His 1957 doctrine promised aid to any anticommunist middle eastern government
Eisenhower
Josh
|
$400
[17]
After a change of heart, he carved the roast beast at the Whos' Christmas feast
the Grinch
Mandy
|
$400
[8]
At a movie matinee, this gooey chips-&-cheese snack
nachos
Josh
|
$400
[2]
Count yourself really smart if you know it's the popular cut of diamond seen here
brilliant
Joel
|
|
$600
[26]
Edna Mode says, "Stratogirl! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine... no capes!" in this Pixar film
The Incredibles
Joel
|
$600
[11]
Atticus Finch
Harper Lee
Josh
Mandy
|
$600
[23]
"Doctrine and Covenants", one of the 4 scriptures of Mormonism, contains more revelations from this man
Joseph Smith
Mandy
|
$600
[18]
The title character of this holiday film, now out on Blu-ray, is Santa's youngest son
Arthur Christmas
Mandy
|
$600
[10]
This snack from Hostess, created in 1930; its inventor said it "was the best darn-tootin' idea I ever had"
Twinkies
Josh
|
$600
[4]
A decorative cylindrical pillow for a sofa or bed, or to improve something, like morale
bolster
Mandy
|
|
$800
[27]
Alan Shepard left this Florida cape in a big hurry on May 5, 1961
Cape Canaveral
Joel
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Wang Lung
Pearl Buck
Josh
|
$800
[28]
This country's Hallstein Doctrine was a Cold War effort to keep other nations from recognizing East Germany
West Germany
|
$800
[19]
This holiday song says, "I am a poor boy too...I have no gift to bring...shall I play for you"
"The Little Drummer Boy"
Josh
|
$800
[13]
This "pie", diced lamb mixed with gravy & veggies topped with mashed potatoes
shepherd's pie
Josh
|
$800
[5]
Thisbreed of dog originated in England in the 1800s
a bull terrier
Joel
|
|
$1,000
[29]
It's the 6-letter wool wrap from Latin America seen here
a sarape
Josh
|
$1,000
[15]
Henry Huggins
Beverly Cleary
Mandy
|
$1,000
[30]
The doctrine named for this '60s & '70s leader asserted the Soviet Union's right to intervene in socialist countries
Brezhnev
Mandy
Joel
|
$1,000
[20]
This angel, Second Class, stops George Bailey from committing suicide on Christmas
Clarence
Josh
|
$1,000
[14]
From Hebrew national's line of sliced lunchmeats, this one that's drier than bologna
salami
Josh
|
$1,000
[6]
Delivered by an inhaler, albuterol is a quick-acting one of these 14-letter medications that open the airways
a bronchodilator
Joel
|
| LEFT TO YOUR OWN DEVICES | A LITTLE ALLITERATION | AWARDS & HONORS | RECENTLY DIRECTED | LANDMARKS | MEAN JOE |
|
$400
[16]
The ionization type of this safety device responds better to leaping flames; the photoelectric, to smoldering
a smoke detector
Josh
Mandy
|
$400
[1]
A baby-faced angel disobeying the rules of a game
a cheater cherubim (a cherubim cheater)
Joel
|
$400
[18]
The government of India instituted a peace prize named for him on Oct. 2, 1994, the 125th anniversary of his birth
Gandhi
Josh
|
$400
[5]
Go ahead & make our day & tell us he directed "Hereafter"
(Clint) Eastwood
Mandy
|
$400
[2]
During WWII the gold vault at this military post held the original copy of the U.S. Constitution
Fort Knox
Mandy
|
$400
[23]
Nicknamed "tailgunner Joe" for his WWII service, he hunted reds in the U.S. government
McCarthy
Josh
|
|
$800
[17]
Virgin America's inflight safety video says, "For the .0001 percent of you who have never operated" this before...
a seat belt
Josh
Joel
|
$800
[3]
A waltz for the highest British hereditary noble rank
a duke's dance
|
$800
[20]
Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, it's the leading award for Internet sites
a Webby
Josh
|
$800
[6]
They are the true collaborators behind 2010's "True Grit"
Joel & Ethan Coen
Joel
|
$1,200
[13]
Gutzon Borglum was the first sculptor to work on this Civil War monument 16 miles east of Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Josh
|
$800
[24]
Fruity nickname of mob boss Joseph Bonanno
Joe Bananas
Joel
|
|
$1,200
[19]
The Jugs radar gun has been measuring this in baseball since 1971, too late for Bob Feller or Steve Dalkowski
pitch speed
Joel
|
$1,200
[4]
The king of beasts' maze
a lion's labyrinth
Joel
|
$1,600
[30]
Oddly, this award for excellence in advertising is named for the muse of history
the Clio
Josh
|
$1,200
[7]
"To Rome with Love" is his 42nd feature-length film as director
Woody Allen
Joel
|
$1,600
[14]
The longest unbroken drop of this Venezuelan waterfall is 2,648 feet
Angel Falls
Josh
|
$1,200
[25]
Talk about mean--this Nazi PR guy & his wife poisoned their 6 kids before taking their own lives
Goebbels
Josh
|
|
$1,600
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew performs a scientific demonstration.) When it uses gravity to transfer liquid from one level to a lower one, a tube becomes one of these devices
a siphon
Mandy
|
$1,600
[10]
A follicly challenged hair cutter
a bald barber
Josh
|
$2,000
[29]
Spain's version of the Oscar is called this, after artist Francisco (winners get a bust of him)
a Goya
Josh
|
$1,600
[8]
This horror master was back for more with "Scream 4"
Wes Craven
Joel
|
$2,000
[15]
The mailing address of Hearst Castle is in this small California community
San Simeon
|
$1,600
[26]
Tom Sawyer's archfoe, he kills Doc Robinson & frames Muff Potter before coming to a bad end in a cave
Injun Joe
Josh
|
|
$2,000
[22]
When Al Gross first shopped this communication device in 1949, doctors said, "but it would interrupt our golf games"
a beeper (or pager)
Joel
|
$2,000
[11]
A sign that points to the inability to sleep
an insomnia indicator
|
DD
$3,500
[28]
This highest decoration for valor in the British armed forces was instituted at the request of Prince Albert
the Victoria Cross
Mandy
|
$2,000
[9]
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was another stew of action & effects from this director
Michael Bay
Josh
|
DD
$3,400
[12]
This Moscow green space gave Martin Cruz Smith a novel title
Gorky Park
Josh
|
$2,000
[27]
This leader of Africa's Lord's Resistance Army is wanted for crimes against humanity
(Joseph) Kony
Mandy
|
The collapse of this title structure causes the death of Esteban, Uncle Pio, Don Jaime, Pepita & a marquesa
the Bridge of San Luis Rey