Matt Steinpreis — a graduate student and research assistant originally from Plymouth, Wisconsin
Carly Gramer — an associate editor of textbooks from Orlando, Florida
Alistair Bell — a computer chip designer from Berlin, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair | $600 | $3,600 | $16,400 |
$27,601
3-day champion: $56,800 |
$17,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Carly | $2,400 | $4,800 | $6,800 |
$7,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Matt | $3,000 | $4,000 | $13,800 |
$13,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ANTIQUES | ROAD SHOW | ABBREVIATIONS | EUROPEAN RULERS | COLORFUL MOVIES | STARTS WITH "M" |
|
$200
[26]
U.S. law defines an antique as being at least this round number of years old (I'm safe so far!)
100
Matt
|
$200
[21]
This London thoroughfare will be forever iconic in music history
Abbey Road
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Your suggested dose of vitamins:RDA
recommended daily amount (or allowance)
Alistair
|
$200
[16]
Henry, the "cardinal-king" of Portugal, was the grandson of this royal Spanish pair
Ferdinand and Isabella
Alistair
|
$200
[8]
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the ____ Pearl"
Black
Matt
|
$200
[6]
This 9-letter word for an exotic or high-quality beer produced in small batches dates back to the 1980s
a microbrew
Carly
|
|
$400
[27]
For a real Tiffany one of these, like the ones that fetch $1 million plus, look for a bronze base & confetti glass
a lamp
Carly
|
$400
[22]
This New York City street is where the transaction is
Wall Street
Alistair
|
$400
[2]
Automotive feature:AWD
all-wheel drive
Alistair
|
$400
[17]
Leopold II, king of this country from 1865 to 1909, didn't hesitate to exploit the Congo's resources & people
Belgium
Alistair
|
$400
[9]
Set in the 1930s:"The ____ Rose of Cairo"
Purple
Alistair
|
$400
[7]
The Latin for "fly" gives this other insect its name
mosquito
Alistair
Matt
|
|
$600
[28]
Arrow, ball & scroll are 3 antique varieties of these chair parts
feet
Alistair
|
$600
[23]
It'sthe streetwhere you'll find the addressseen here
Downing Street
Alistair
|
$600
[3]
A U.S. college:UTEP
University of Texas El Paso
Matt
|
$600
[18]
This 16th century British queen's motto, which appeared on her coat of arms, was "semper eadem", or "always the same"
Elizabeth
Matt
|
$600
[10]
Starring Gregory Peck:"The Man in the ____ Flannel Suit"
Gray
Carly
|
$600
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on the monitor.) A word or phrase that qualifies the sense of another is referred to by this grammatical term; "scary" is one for "books"
a modifier
Matt
|
|
$800
[29]
In 2005 "Antiques Roadshow" appraised a piece of scrimshaw from this mammal's tusk at up to 50,000 bucks
walrus
Matt
|
$800
[24]
It's the potent potable name of this street
Bourbon Street
Carly
|
$800
[4]
The northern military veterans' organization after the civil war:GAR
Grand Army of the Republic
|
$800
[19]
4 years after the French Revolution started, this king aka Citizen Capet was executed
Louis XVI
Matt
|
$800
[11]
About Guadalcanal:"The Thin ____ Line"
Red
Carly
|
$800
[14]
"Wuthering Heights" is set on these open tracts of Yorkshire
the moors
Carly
|
|
$1,000
[30]
If it smells when dipped in hot water, you know your latest find is made from this antique plastic patented in 1909
bakelite
Alistair
|
DD
$1,200
[25]
It's the "Street of Light" seen here
the Champs-Élysées
Carly
|
$1,000
[5]
Cozy feature of a home for sale:WBF
wood burning fireplace
Alistair
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1961 this future Dutch queen received a doctorate of law from the University of Leiden
Queen Beatrix
Alistair
|
$1,000
[12]
A documentary about the murder of a police officer:"The Thin ____ Line"
Blue
Alistair
|
$1,000
[15]
They're the heavy-weather boots seen here
mukluks
Matt
|
| CIVIL WAR LITERATURE | COUNTRY OF BIRTH | ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM | TOON TIME | CHEMISTS | HETERONYMS |
|
$400
[21]
Michael Shaara's 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner "The Killer Angels" tells the story of this 3-day battle
Gettysburg
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Funny man Bob Hope
England
Alistair
|
$400
[25]
This Fox News commentator was the "Factor" when Joy Behar & Whoopi Goldberg stormed off the set of "The View"
Bill O'Reilly
|
$400
[16]
On "The Jetsons", this boss' company sells sprockets & his main competition is Cogswell Cogs
(Mr.) Spacely
Matt
|
$400
[6]
In 1933 Gilbert Lewis isolated deuterium oxide, aka this type of water, which is used in nuclear reactors
heavy water
Matt
|
$400
[11]
The top of the head, or a dish made with goose liver
pate [PATE/pa-TAY]
Matt
|
|
$800
[22]
This 1895 classic follows the story of a young man from naive patriotism to fear to bravery
The Red Badge Of Courage
Matt
|
$800
[2]
Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austria
Alistair
|
$800
[26]
(I'm CNN Correspondant Lizzie O'Leary.) My favorite question to ask is "How much are you paid?"--I get great responses or non-responses, as when I asked Kenneth Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Fund paid out by this oil company
BP
Carly
|
$800
[17]
This penguin hit it big as the outlandish legal aide of Steve Dallas, Bloom County's only lawyer
Opus
|
$800
[7]
Melvin Calvin won a Nobel Prize for using carbon-14 to map the chemical reactions in this plant process
photosynthesis
Alistair
|
$800
[12]
An undercoat of paint, or an old-time school book
primer [PRY-mer/PRIHM-er]
Alistair
|
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Geraldine Brooks' "March" imagines the war exploits of Mr. March, the father of the 4 girls in this work
Little Women
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
Football coaching legend Knute Rockne
Norway
|
$1,200
[28]
He reported on Ken Kesey's travels with the Merry Pranksters in "The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test"
Tom Wolfe
|
$1,200
[18]
The name of this no-goodnik from Pottsylvania is actually a pun on a czar's name
Boris Badenov
Carly
|
$1,200
[8]
A statue of this chemist stands outside the Institute of Metrology in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Mendeleyev
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
An injury, or coiled up tightly
wound [woond/wownd]
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[24]
E.L. Doctorow's "The March" depicts this general's campaign through the South
Sherman
Alistair
|
$1,600
[4]
Mural artist David Siqueiros
Mexico
|
DD
$1,200
[30]
An assignment for Sports Illustrated to cover a motorcycle race in Nevada led Hunter S. Thompson to write this book
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Alistair
|
$1,600
[19]
An orphan from Calcutta, this sidekick was adopted by Dr. Benton Quest
Haji
|
$1,600
[9]
2-time Nobel Prize winner Frederick Sanger helped determine the structure of this pancreatic hormone
insulin
Alistair
|
$1,600
[14]
Something suitable, or to take possession of
appropriate [uh-PRO-pree-ut/uh-PRO-pree-ate]
|
|
$2,000
[27]
A 1952 novel by Shelby Foote recounts an 1862 battle at this title Tennessee place with a biblical name
Shiloh
Alistair
|
$2,000
[5]
Nuclear physicist Edward Teller
Hungary
|
$1,600
[29]
(I'm Chris Matthews.) In 2004 Zell Miller, senator of this Southern state, got so angry at me during an interview he said, "I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel"
Georgia
Alistair
|
$2,000
[20]
It's no joke: the death of this hero kicks off the action in Alan Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen"
The Comedian
Matt
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1897 this Midland, Michigan chemist founded what became one of the world's largest chemical firms
(Herbert Henry) Dow
Alistair
|
$2,000
[15]
A threshing machine, or to put together
combine [CAHM-bine/cum-BINE]
Matt
|
This state's highest peak is 13,796 feet high & only about 15 miles from the ocean
Hawaii