Eric Reiberg — an actor from Indianapolis, Indiana
Patrick Mooney — a high school math teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
Helen Juvonen — an actor from Toronto, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $40,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen | $1,400 | $3,200 | $10,000 |
$16,401
2-day champion: $57,202 |
$9,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Patrick | $0 | $600 | $1,800 |
$3,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
5 R, 2 W |
| Eric | $3,400 | $7,600 | $16,400 |
$12,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,600
33 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| LANGUAGES & DIALECTS | FOOD | THE SILVER STATE | I DO, I DO, I DO | THE AMAZING SPIDER | "MAN" |
|
$200
[11]
Mixtec is one of many indigenous languages of this country
Mexico
Eric
|
$200
[6]
Vitelottes, a type of these tubers, have almost-black skin & purple flesh
the potato
Eric
|
$200
[26]
The millions who have visited Nevada to do this can thank assemblyman Phil Tobin, whose bill legalized it in 1931
gamble
Helen
|
$200
[13]
This former NYC mayor has walked up the broad way with Judith Nathan, Donna Hanover & Regina Peruggi
(Rudy) Giuliani
Eric
|
$200
[21]
Yo ho ho! Spider-hunting spiders of the family Mimetidae are also known as this... arrr
pirates (pirate spiders)
Patrick
Eric
|
$200
[1]
A shackle for the hands
manacle
Eric
|
|
$400
[12]
Latvian, one of the oldest European languages, is related to this, the classical language of Hinduism
Sanskrit
Helen
|
$400
[7]
A favorite since ancient times, this Chinese fruit is called a "nut" when it's dried
lychee
|
$400
[27]
Begun in 2009, a state mediation program aims to help homeowners avoid this event in which Nevada led the U.S. 2007-2011
foreclosure
Eric
|
$400
[14]
Clarence Thomas officiated at the third marriage of this conservative radio host, but the final verdict was divorce
(Rush) Limbaugh
Eric
|
$400
[22]
Countless spiders built these webs after 2012 floods forced themto higher ground near Wagga Wagga, in this country
Australia
Eric
|
$400
[2]
It's aka the sea cow
manatee
Eric
|
|
$600
[18]
If you kibitz in this language, you should know it's also called Judeo-German
Yiddish
Patrick
Eric
|
$600
[8]
A long thin cookie, langue-de-chat means this, probably a reference to its shape
the cat's tongue
Eric
|
$600
[28]
Days before leaving office in 1861, this president signed the act creating the Territory of Nevada
Buchanan
Eric
|
$600
[15]
This ex-speaker of the House from Georgia had a Contract with America but broke his contract with a few wives
Gingrich
Eric
|
$600
[23]
A lifespan of 30 years has been recorded for a big, hairy mygalomorph, commonly known as this
a tarantula
Helen
|
$600
[3]
Musical instrument of the lute family
the mandolin
Eric
|
|
$800
[19]
With about 9 million speakers, it's the most widely spoken Scandinavian language
Swedish
Eric
|
$800
[9]
Amaretti are macaroons flavored with a paste made from the bitter type of these nuts
almonds
Eric
|
$800
[29]
On June 29, 1994 Nevada reached a new high when the temperature reached 125° in this city on the Colorado River
Laughlin
|
$800
[16]
It was woe-be-gone as this broadcaster kept finding the wrong prairie home companion
(Garrison) Keillor
Eric
|
$800
[24]
Spiders can ride the wind on silk strands at heights of 2,600 feet; the behavior is called this, no hot air required
ballooning
Eric
|
$800
[4]
Compulsory
mandatory
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[20]
It's the main dialect of French spoken in Belgium, or a Belgian who speaks it
Walloon
Eric
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
In ancient Rome this flat fish was called "Jupiter's sandal"
the sole
Eric
|
$1,000
[30]
It's off to this"Biggest Little City in the World", named for a general who died in the Civil War
Reno
Patrick
|
$1,000
[17]
This fast-food tycoon supersized his life with 3 marriages; Joan was the dessert
(Ray) Kroc
Helen
|
$1,000
[25]
With a leg span of up to 12 inches, T. blondi, the goliath this-eating spider, can capture & eat small avian prey
bird
Eric
|
$1,000
[5]
In medieval times, it was thought that this human-looking plant uttered a deadly shriek when uprooted
the mandrake
Helen
|
| HORRIFYINGLY REAL MOTHER GOOSE | WATERCRAFT | TRIPLE DOUBLE LETTERS | TO YOUR HEALTH | TV SHOWS IN SONG | DECADES BY NICKNAME |
|
$400
[7]
3 mice. Sightless. Scared. & this lady "cut off their tails with a carving knife"; did you ever see such a sight in your life?
the farmer's wife
Helen
Eric
|
$400
[21]
This word for a fancy private sailing ship comes from the Dutch for "to hunt"
a yacht
Eric
|
$400
[1]
The drainage basin of this river covers nearly 1.25 million square miles
the Mississippi
Helen
|
$400
[16]
From the Latin for "hair", these hairlike tubes connect arteries & veins & carry blood deep into tissues
capillaries
Eric
|
$400
[2]
In "Parents Just Don't Understand" he & D.J. Jazzy Jeff pleaded, "Mom, please put back the bell-bottom 'Brady Bunch' trousers"
the Fresh Prince
Eric
|
$400
[26]
This "Roaring" decade produced the poem "The Wild Party"
the '20s
Eric
|
|
$800
[8]
He "broke his crown", but Old Dame Dob just "patched his nob with vinegar and brown paper"
Jack
Patrick
|
$800
[22]
The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas offers rides in an authentic one of these Venetian canal boats
a gondola
Eric
|
$800
[12]
If you see an envelope that says, "To: Alex T. From: Poopsie", Alex T. is this (& I'd like it back)
the addressee
Helen
Eric
|
$800
[17]
Of phlebitis, esophagitis or otitis, what you'd most likely take Prevacid for
esophagitis
Eric
|
$800
[3]
Sadly, this singer "lost on 'Jeopardy!'"
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Patrick
|
$800
[27]
"Dirty", until the first synthetic household detergent came along
the '30s
Helen
|
|
$1,200
[9]
So ends the tail! She found her sheep "indeed, but it made her heart bleed, for they'd left all their tails behind 'em"
Little Bo Peep
Eric
|
$1,200
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an illustration of a raft on a monitor.) The ancient Polynesians improved the raft by takingtwo logs, bridging them with planks& later adding a sail; the design gave us this modern-day vessel whose name is Tamil for "tied wood"
a catamaran
Helen
Eric
|
$1,200
[13]
An accountant
a bookkeeper
Helen
|
DD
$1,600
[18]
In 1978 Janet Parker, a worker at Birmingham Medical School, became the last person to die of this disease
smallpox
Eric
|
$1,200
[4]
Nickelback sang, "I want a brand new house on an episode of" this MTV show that toured celeb homes
Cribs
Eric
|
$1,200
[28]
"Swinging" with Britain's Profumo Affair
the '60s
Helen
|
|
$1,600
[10]
"Died on Saturday, buried on Sunday, this is the end of" this guy; 'night, kids! Sweet dreams!
Solomon Grundy
Helen
|
$1,600
[24]
The title of the movie "Das Boot" refers to dis type of boat
a submarine (or U-boat)
Eric
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
In 1540 Hernando De Soto camped in the area of what's now this state capital
Tallahassee
Helen
|
$1,600
[19]
Used in biofeedback, an electromygraph is an instrument that records the electrical impulses emitted by these
muscles
Eric
|
$1,600
[5]
Prince:"You don't have to watch 'Dynasty' to have an attitude" in this song; now I just want your extra time & your...
"Kiss"
Helen
|
$1,600
[29]
"Go-go", as the USSR launched Mir
the '80s
Patrick
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[11]
It was post-pie revenge later in this rhyme when "down came a blackbird and snapped off" a maid's nose!
"Sing A Song Of Sixpence"
Eric
|
$2,000
[25]
Seen here, this 11-letter feature tells you the kind of boat the American Queenis
a paddlewheel
Eric
|
$2,000
[15]
Vociferous is part of the scientific name of this bird that may repeat its signature call 400 times without stopping
the whippoorwill
Patrick
|
$2,000
[20]
Linked to serious birth defects after its introduction in 1958, this sedative is now effectively used to treat leprosy
thalidomide
Eric
|
$2,000
[6]
In 1975 he vowed, "& I'll jump & hey, I may even show 'em my handstand, because I'm on, ...the 'American Bandstand'"
Barry Manilow
|
$2,000
[30]
"Naughty", with Aubrey Beardsley's shocking "Salome" illustrations
the 1890s
Helen
Eric
|
In 1779 U.S. Marine Corps Captain William Jones advertised for these, later a 1992 movie title
a few good men