Mary Jo Shoop — an associate program manager from Arlington, Virginia
Rachel Liptak — a substitute teacher from Temecula, California
Steve Rininger — a lawyer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $200 | $2,000 | $8,000 |
$15,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Rachel | $2,600 | $8,000 | $15,600 |
$19,201
New champion: $19,201 |
$15,600
25 R, 2 W |
| Mary Jo | $200 | $1,200 | $9,600 |
$3,301
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
12 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| WE PUT CHARACTERS ON TRIAL | IVY LEAGUE ALMA MATERS | TRACK & FIELD | LOOKING GOOD! | THINK GLOBAL | "ACT" LOCAL |
|
$200
[8]
Your honor, this lad aka Jack Dawkins was clearly in cahoots with Fagin
the Artful Dodger
Mary Jo
|
$200
[11]
John F. Kennedy & brother Ted
Harvard
Steve
|
$200
[2]
James Connolly was the 1st modern Olympic champion; in 1896 he won this event that then consisted of 2 hops & a jump
the triple jump
Rachel
|
$200
[20]
You've lost 60 pounds! What's your secret? Oh, this alliterative group founded in the '70s by Jean Nidetch
Weight Watchers
Rachel
|
$200
[1]
About 27% of the area of the Netherlands is below this level
sea level
Rachel
|
$200
[6]
It's not a doll! My G.I. Joe is known by this 2-word term
an action figure
Rachel
|
|
$600
[10]
On trial for jewelry theft, this creature who sometimes goes by Smeagol took a plea agreement
Gollum
Steve
|
$400
[12]
Queen Noor of Jordan & Brooke Shields
Princeton
|
$400
[3]
Over the past 100 years, the record in this field event has increased from 50' 11 3/4" to 75' 10 1/4"
shot put
Rachel
|
$400
[21]
Who made that $2,665 limited-edition fuchsia quilted denim Linda bag? Oh, I see the "LV"--it's this brand
Louis Vuitton
Steve
|
$400
[16]
In Brazil, only Sao Paulo has more people than this city
Rio de Janeiro
Rachel
|
$400
[25]
It's someone working for political or social change, often with an organized group
an activist
Rachel
|
|
$800
[29]
The Ministry of Love was the scene of the trial of this main character; his lawyer is appealing--after 29 years
Winston Smith
Rachel
|
$600
[13]
Arlen Specter, for his B.A., & Donald Trump, for business school
University of Pennsylvania
Steve
|
$600
[4]
At distances of 50, 60 & 110 meters, these are 3 feet, 6 inches high
the hurdles
Rachel
|
$600
[22]
That little black dress from this French designer! It's so 1926, the year the dress was introduced
(Coco) Chanel
Steve
Rachel
|
$600
[17]
Ah, the sights & smells of the world's largest camel fair, held annually in Rajasthan in this country
India
Rachel
|
$600
[26]
4-word title of the 5th book of the New Testament
Acts of the Apostles
Rachel
|
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
It's no surprise that this Thomas Hardy title stonemason gives unclear responses on the witness stand
Jude the Obscure
Mary Jo
|
$800
[14]
Jodie Foster & Garry Trudeau
Yale
Steve
|
$800
[5]
In the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey" Homer mentioned these 2 throwing sports, both part of the decathlon
javelin & discus
Steve
|
$800
[23]
That Dermablend face makeup is magnifique! This company that makes the stuff was right: you're worth it!
L'Oreal
Rachel
|
$800
[18]
In 1659 France & Spain signed a treaty named for this mutual mountain range
the Pyrenees
Rachel
|
$800
[27]
Symbol Ac, this radioactive element is found in uranium ores
actinium
Rachel
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Yes, this Indian lad had to kill those endangered sea turtles, but he was shipwrecked, with a tiger in the boat
Pi
Steve
|
$1,000
[15]
Maggie Gyllenhaal & Anna Paquin
Columbia
Mary Jo
|
$1,000
[7]
Flo Jo's sister-in-law, in the 1988 Olympics she set the world record for most total points in the heptathlon
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Rachel
|
$1,000
[24]
Your shawl jacket from this American "Project Runway" judge may be $2,500 but Miss Thang, you look like a million in it!
Michael Kors
Steve
|
$1,000
[19]
It's the country where Muscat is located
Oman
Mary Jo
|
$1,000
[28]
Someone who uses statistics to figure out when you're likely to die & thus whether you're worth insuring
an actuary
Rachel
|
| WE'RE ON MARS! | ABBREVIATION"Z" | IT WAS THE '60s | COMPASS POINT MOVIES | IN THE BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK | STATE SONG LYRICS |
|
$400
[24]
The NASA video seenhereshows this SUV-sized rover as it nears its landing in Gail Crater in August of 2012
Curiosity
|
$400
[11]
ZOD:It has12 signs
the Zodiac
Steve
|
$400
[16]
This Civil Rights leader convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay on "Star Trek", citing her as a positive inspiration
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rachel
|
$400
[6]
Mitzi Gaynor sang Rodgers & Hammerstein's "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair" in this movie musical
South Pacific
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
The Scout motto ain't be-bop-a-lula, it's "be" this; let's see if you are
prepared
Mary Jo
|
$400
[1]
"It was Brigham Young who led the pioneers across the plains. They suffered with the trials they had to face"
Utah
Mary Jo
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Mars's color is from being covered in this which may have been caused by water starting the oxidation of iron
rust
Mary Jo
|
$800
[12]
Zech:an Old Testamentbook
Zechariah
Rachel
|
$800
[17]
At 1968's Miss America Pageant, these were symbolically put in a trash can--but despite the legend were not burned
bras
Rachel
|
$800
[7]
A giant mechanical spider plays a key role in this 1999 Will Smith movie set in the 19th century
Wild Wild West
Mary Jo
|
$800
[23]
Originally, this highest rank was called Wolf
an Eagle Scout
Mary Jo
|
$800
[2]
"I love you, Catalina, you are very dear to me, I love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite"
California
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2005 Opportunity found heat-shield rock, an iron-rich one of these space rocks, the first ever seen on another planet
a meteorite
Rachel
|
$1,200
[13]
ZPG:A balance where the number of people neither increases nor decreases
zero population growth
Rachel
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1967 Time magazine ran the oxymoronic-sounding headline "San Francisco: Love on" this street
Haight Street
Rachel
|
$1,200
[8]
Hitchcock couldn't film inside the U.N. for this 1959 thriller, so he re-created its rooms on a soundstage
North By Northwest
Rachel
|
$1,200
[21]
Merit badge types include Indian lore, dentistry, motorboating & this, making a record of one's ancestry
genealogy
Mary Jo
|
$1,200
[3]
"It's the spirit of friendship, it's the spirit of hope. It's the Razorbacks every game they play"
Arkansas
Steve
|
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Valerie Ambroise won an essay contest & named this rover for a 19th-century African-American woman
Sojourner
Mary Jo
|
$1,600
[14]
Zr:Metallic element used for laboratory crucibles
zirconium
Mary Jo
|
$1,600
[19]
On April 27, 1967 Canadian Prime Minister Pearson was in this city to open an expo
Montreal
Steve
|
$1,600
[9]
Nick Nolte has the best hands in football but a "bad attitude" in this satire on the business of football
North Dallas Forty
|
$1,600
[22]
This subdivision of a Boy Scout troop "is a team of six to eight boys who make things happen"
a patrol
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
"Your freeborn single star sends out its radiance to nations near and far"
Texas
Steve
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Seen here in a model, on July 20th, 1976, this first U.S. Mars lander successfully soft-landed
Viking
|
$2,000
[15]
ZL:Polish unit of currency
the zloty
Mary Jo
|
$2,000
[20]
Future Pope John Paul II was part of this 1962-65 council & helped draft its constitution on the church & the modern world
Vatican II
Rachel
|
$2,000
[10]
Viggo Mortensen was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a Russian mafioso in this 2007 film
Eastern Promises
Mary Jo
|
$2,000
[26]
This founder of scouting said, "I don't consider a boy is a real scout till he has passed his First Class Scout"
Lord Robert Baden-Powell
|
$2,000
[5]
"The whole day through just an old sweet song..."
Georgia
Rachel
|
This biological term for cell division was borrowed in 1939 to describe a form of energy release
fission