Jeannie Blanke — an insurance office manager from Newbury Park, California
Justin Kowal — a financial manager from Glen Burnie, Maryland
Susan Jann — an operations coordinator from Bristol, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $3,600 | $7,000 | $17,400 |
$11,400
3-day champion: $53,800 |
$17,400
21 R, 2 W |
| Justin | $4,600 | $5,200 | $11,600 |
$5,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,000
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeannie | $-1,000 | $-800 | $3,400 |
$6,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
8 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| MYTHING IN ACTION | GOVERNORS | ALL OVER THE WORLD | MR. OR MS. RODRIGUEZ | LEGAL TERMS | WORDPLAY RANDOM SAMPLER |
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$200
[16]
It's where the goddess Persephone spends a third of the year away from home
Hades
Susan
|
$200
[8]
He governed Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007
Mitt Romney
Justin
Jeannie
|
$200
[1]
Once a Byzantine Christian cathedral, then a mosque & today a museum, the Hagia Sophia is in this Turkish city
Istanbul
Susan
|
$200
[11]
There were the Madonna rumors & that mirror-kissing, but how about his 3 A.L. MVPs & 600-plus homers?
Alex Rodriguez
Justin
|
$200
[21]
A judge may overrule an objection or do this, meaning uphold or rule in favor of
sustain
Jeannie
|
$400
[29]
Crossword Clues "M":to chew(9)
masticate
Jeannie
|
|
$400
[17]
Collective name for 7 sisters, daughters of Atlas & Pleione, whom Zeus placed among the stars
the Pleiades
Justin
Jeannie
|
$400
[7]
George Pataki served 3 terms in this state
New York
Jeannie
|
$400
[2]
Mainland Australia's northernmost point, Cape York, is in this "royal" state
Queensland
Susan
Justin
|
$400
[12]
Michelle Rodriguez' Ana Lucia got "voted" off the island with extreme prejudice on this ABC show
Lost
Susan
Jeannie
|
$400
[22]
This writ or order commands a person to appear in court to testify as a witness, subject to penalty for failure to do so
a subpoena
Justin
|
$600
[28]
Before & After:the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms muscles up & forms his own current NFL team
Grover Cleveland Browns
Susan
|
|
$600
[18]
This woman whose prophecies were disbelieved was one of Agamemnon's spoils after Troy fell
Cassandra
Jeannie
|
$600
[3]
State once governed by the Bayh, Evan Bayh
Indiana
Justin
|
$600
[5]
Thuringia & Saxony are political divisions of this country
Germany
Justin
|
$600
[13]
On "WKRP in Cincinnati", Les Nessman mangled this golfer's name as "Rodrigweeze"
Chi-Chi Rodriguez
Justin
|
$600
[23]
This 4-letter word means a civil wrong; add an "E" to the end & it becomes a rich cake
a tort
Justin
|
$800
[27]
Change One Letter:a first attempt at writing becomes a word meaning to float along, as on the sea (both responses, please)
drift & draft
Susan
|
|
DD
$600
[20]
Oh, the heartache! After the hero Aeneas left her, Dido the queen of this land took her own life
Carthage
Jeannie
|
$800
[4]
This recent Florida governor was born in Midland, Texas
Jeb Bush
Susan
|
$800
[10]
One of the world's leading exporters of coffee is the port city of Santos in this South American country
Brazil
Susan
Jeannie
|
$800
[14]
Freddy Rodriguez helped put the "fun" in funerals as Rico Diaz on this HBO drama
Six Feet Under
Susan
|
$800
[24]
This adjective refers to a crime like assault made more serious by circumstances, like the presence of a deadly weapon
aggravated
Susan
|
$1,000
[26]
Rhyme Time:a royal small hound with long ears
a regal beagle
Susan
|
|
$800
[19]
In Norse mythology's great final battle, Fenrir, a giant one of these animals, is destined to swallow Odin
a wolf
|
$1,000
[6]
He's the Southern governor seen here
Bobby Jindal
Justin
|
$1,000
[9]
Thiscountry named for its latitude is the 43rd largest in Africa but in the continent's top 10 in oil production
Equatorial Guinea
Susan
|
$1,000
[15]
Because of his strikeouts, baseball's single-season saves king Francisco Rodriguez has this 4-letter nickname
"K-Rod"
Justin
|
$1,000
[25]
A defendant is brought before the court to hear charges & enter a plea in this initial step in a criminal prosecution
the arraignment
|
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| MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY | HISTORIC NAMES | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS | A LITTLE LIT | FILM SCHOOL | TOUR "DE" FRANCE |
|
$400
[1]
This genus of bacteria that causes food poisoning is named for a pathologist, not a fish
Salmonella
Susan
|
$400
[14]
An 1890s "affair" was named for this Jewish officer in the French Army, accused of selling secrets
Dreyfus
Susan
|
$400
[6]
"And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime", says this charitable tune
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Justin
|
$400
[20]
This saga by Alex Haley begins with a birth in West Africa in 1750
Roots
Susan
|
$800
[27]
Used to speed up the narrative, it's a jarring cut that abruptly transitions out of a scene
a jump cut
|
$1,200
[12]
The unraveling of a literary plot
dénouement
Susan
|
|
$800
[2]
The word "anemia" comes from the Greek an-, "without", & haima, this
blood
Jeannie
|
$800
[11]
Bartolomeu Dias may have named this cape in 1488; ironic, as he was lost at sea nearby in 1500
the Cape of Good Hope
Justin
|
$800
[7]
In 2011 this teen idol crooned about kissing his girl under the "mistletoe"
Justin Bieber
Justin
|
$800
[19]
Go ahead & laugh--she's the maiden who became Hiawatha's wife in a poem by Longfellow
Minnehaha
Jeannie
|
$1,200
[25]
It's illumination from behind a subject to separate it for dramatic effect
backlit
Susan
|
$1,600
[15]
A plan gone horribly wrong; un grand desastre
debacle
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
From the Greek for "coal", it's transmitted by farm animals, contaminated wool & biological weapons
anthrax
Jeannie
|
$1,200
[8]
The last pope named this was V, in 1585--it'll sound cool when someone takes VI
Sixtus
Justin
|
$1,200
[13]
This singing cowboy wrote "Here Comes Santa Claus"
Gene Autry
Justin
|
$1,200
[23]
The last name of this author of the "Rubaiyat" means "tentmaker" in Persian
(Omar) Khayyám
Justin
|
$1,600
[17]
Hastily printed footage from the previous 24 hours for viewing by the director & others before editing begins
the dailies
Susan
|
$2,000
[16]
Adjective for someone who's come down in the world
déclassé
Susan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The name of this enlargement of the thyroid gland goes back to the Latin word for "throat" or "gullet"
goiter
Susan
|
$1,600
[9]
This giant of 19th century water transport was nicknamed "Quicksilver Bob"
Robert Fulton
Susan
|
$1,600
[22]
Darlene Love sang "Christmas (Baby Please" do this) & if I were her baby, I would
"Come Home"
Jeannie
|
$2,000
[26]
This 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse parallels the life of Buddha
Siddhartha
Justin
|
$2,000
[18]
Thestripat the beginning of a portion of film is called this--Academy is one type
the leader
|
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|
$2,000
[5]
Another term for a scrape, it's from the Latin for "to scrape off"
abrasion
Susan
|
$2,000
[10]
Cixi, who ruled China in the late 19th & early 20th centuries, was known as the "Empress" this type of widow
Dowager
Justin
|
$2,000
[21]
Please tip this band featuring singer Patty Donahue; in 1981 they served up "Christmas Wrapping"
The Waitresses
Susan
|
DD
$2,400
[24]
Umberto Eco wrote a parody of this novel, having Umberto Umberto fall for the aged Granita
Lolita
Justin
|
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The last speech in this play says, "No grave upon the earth shall clip in it a pair so famous"
Antony and Cleopatra