Ryan Truchelut — a meterologist and graduate student from Tallahassee, Florida
Tom Carroll — a court officer lieutenant from White Plains, New York
Pat Clevenger — a civil engineer from Chalfant Borough, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat | $3,200 | $4,400 | $5,200 |
$10,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Tom | $2,400 | $7,200 | $20,000 |
$32,000
New champion: $32,000 |
$21,000
24 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ryan | $-200 | $2,800 | $15,900 |
$20,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| FROM THE GREEK | CREATURES AMONG US | THE AGE OF MAN | MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING CHAMPS | QUOTES/ MAGAZINES | "I"-PODGE |
|
$200
[10]
This word for an astrological forecast is from the Greek for "hour watching"
horoscope
Pat
|
$200
[30]
One of the most common wild felines of North America, it's named for its short tail
a bobcat
Tom
|
$200
[7]
Regrettably, on September 22, 1776 this 21-year-old gave up his one life for his country
(Nathan) Hale
Ryan
|
$200
[1]
American League 1911, with an amazing .420:This "Georgia Peach"
Ty Cobb
Pat
|
$200
[18]
In a song by The Temptations:"Papa was a ____ ____"
rollin' stone
Pat
|
$200
[16]
It's the largest city & seaport in Turkey
Istanbul
Ryan
|
|
$400
[12]
A preparation such as lipstick, skin cream or rouge, it's from the Greek for "order" or "arrangement"
cosmetic
Tom
|
$400
[27]
Look out! A fer-de-lance is a poisonous one of these creatures
a snake
Tom
|
$400
[9]
He was 68 when he defended the right of John T. Scopes to teach the theory of evolution
Clarence Darrow
Tom
|
$400
[2]
National League 7 times from 1943 to 1957:He's "the Man"!
Stan Musial
Pat
|
$400
[25]
The movie "Network":"I'm as ____ as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
mad
Ryan
|
$400
[19]
A 3-foot rod & nonfreezing monofilament line will help you "tackle" this outdoor sport
ice fishing
Tom
|
|
$800
[14]
From the Greek for "thick-skinned", this zoological classification for an elephant or hippo is no longer used
pachyderm
Pat
|
$600
[26]
When threatened, this mammal seenherejust likes to roll with it
an armadillo
Tom
|
$600
[4]
He was young (26) when he wrote the movie "Forever Young"; he's since brought us "Lost", "Fringe" & "Star Trek"
J.J. Abrams
Pat
|
$600
[3]
Pacific League (in Japan) 1994 through 2000, American League 2001 & 2004
(Ichiro) Suzuki
Ryan
|
$600
[24]
Ecclesiastes:"To every thing there is a season, and a ____ to every purpose under heaven"
time
Ryan
|
$600
[17]
When you cross it going east, you don't adjust your watch but your calendar, back one day
the International Date Line
Tom
|
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
From Greek words for "two propositions", it's a difficult problem with equally unfavorable alternatives
a dilemma
Tom
|
$800
[28]
With a developmental cycle longer than many marriages, the 17-year type of this insect is aka the 17-year locust
a cicada
Tom
|
$800
[8]
Sadly this pointillism pioneer was only 31 when he died of a sudden illness in Paris
Georges Seurat
Tom
|
$800
[5]
National League 8 times starting in 1900:I wish I had his baseball card
Honus Wagner
Tom
|
$800
[23]
Alcuin:"The voice of the ____ is the voice of God"
people
Tom
|
$800
[20]
Term for an indicator of rank, such as the eagle seenherefor an Army colonel
an insignia
Ryan
|
|
$1,000
[15]
It's a quotation at the front of a book, from the Greek for "write upon"
an epigraph
|
$1,000
[29]
Seen here is the largest member of the parrot family, the hyacinth type of this
a macaw
Ryan
|
$1,000
[11]
This German composer was just 17 when he wrote his overture for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1826
(Felix) Mendelssohn
Tom
Ryan
|
$1,000
[6]
American League 2012:This Tiger (he led in homers & RBIs too)
Miguel Cabrera
Pat
|
$1,000
[21]
The mirror from Disney's "Snow White":"Lips red as the rose, hair black as ____"
ebony
Tom
|
$1,000
[22]
In a 2009 film, it was the title possession of Dr. Parnassus
Imaginarium
Pat
|
| I'LL TAKE YOUR CHARACTER | "CC" ME ON THAT | OUT WEST IN THE 1850s | LABOR | UNIQUE PLACES | MOVIE & TV DOGS |
|
$400
[6]
007 is just 014 years old in "Silver Fin", a Charlie Higson book for younger readers about this hero
James Bond
Pat
|
$400
[15]
This small flute has been in orchestral use since the 1700s
the piccolo
Tom
|
$400
[24]
Millard Fillmore appointed this religious leader the first governor of the Utah territories
Brigham Young
Pat
|
$400
[29]
After Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy, this union's retirement health care fund received a 55% stake in the company
the UAW (the United Auto Workers)
Tom
|
$400
[26]
Found in Mauritania & bestseen from the sky, the Richat Structure is also called "the Eye of" this desert
the Sahara
Ryan
|
$400
[30]
This TV cartoon chihuahua was always irritated by an idiotic cat named Stimpy
Ren
Ryan
|
|
$800
[18]
Derivative novels like the steamy one I'm writing about Lila from the "Passage" trilogy are called FF, short for this
fan fiction
Ryan
|
$800
[16]
This verb is from the Latin for "speeded up"
accelerate
Pat
|
$800
[23]
"Land" ho! This Northern California city was founded in 1852 & named for the trees that grew there
Oakland
Pat
Ryan
|
$800
[28]
In 2011 this Swiss-based food conglomerate moved to end child labor on its cocoa farms in Ivory Coast
Nestlé
Tom
|
$800
[25]
Antarctica's Don Juan Pond almost never freezes--in this quality it measures 18 times the oceans
salinity
Tom
|
$1,200
[12]
Uggie, rescued from an animal shelter, won the "Palm Dog" at Cannes for his work in this mostly silent 2011 film
The Artist
Tom
|
|
$1,200
[8]
With "Jane Fairfax", Joan Aiken is just one of the authors building on this woman's early 19th c. works
(Jane) Austen
Ryan
|
$1,200
[10]
A plant of the genus Nicotiana that's not good for you
tobacco
Tom
|
$1,200
[1]
A gold strike in Colorado led to the slogan this mountain "or bust"
Pikes Peak
Pat
|
$1,200
[19]
On Sept. 18, 2012 this city's teachers ended an 8-day strike, sending 350,000 kids back to school
Chicago
Tom
|
$1,200
[4]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands amid seals on a beach in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) In placing the Galapagos on its World Heritage List, this international organization described the islands as a unique living museum
UNESCO
Pat
|
$1,600
[13]
Skippy, a wire-haired fox terrier, played this dog in the "Thin Man" movies
Asta
Tom
|
|
$1,600
[9]
"Avenue Q" co-creator Jeff Whitty wrote "The Further Adventures of" this Ibsen title character
Hedda Gabler
Ryan
|
$1,600
[11]
This name in children's lit means "pine seed"; you nose I'm not lyin'
Pinocchio
Ryan
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
In 1852 Henry & William opened this bank for express money transport using steamship, railroad or stagecoach
Wells Fargo
Pat
|
$1,600
[20]
The Family & Medical Leave Act allows a woman this many weeks of unpaid leave for the birth & care of a newborn child
12
Tom
|
$1,600
[5]
Yemen's Socotra Island has a tree that produces red sap called this mythic creature's blood
dragon
Tom
Ryan
|
$2,000
[14]
Charlotte on "Sex and the City" gave her dog the name of this legendary actress, with approval from the lady herself
Elizabeth Taylor
|
|
$2,000
[22]
Laura Kalpakian's sequel to "Les Miserables" is named after her, Jean Valjean's adopted daughter
Cosette
|
$2,000
[17]
Concise.Terse.8 letters.This
succinct
Pat
|
$2,000
[3]
This land purchase was originally to cost $15 million; the Senate approved a scaled-down version for 10 mil
the Gadsden Purchase
Ryan
|
$2,000
[21]
The Dept. of Labor is headquartered in a building named for this female secretary of labor who served from 1933 to 1945
Frances Perkins
|
$2,000
[7]
A giant crater in Turkmenistan that's been on fire for 40 years has been dubbed "The Door to" this place
Hell
Tom
|
DD
$7,500
[27]
(I am Cesar Millan.) Today I rehabilitate dogs & train people, but as a kid I wanted to be a trainer after watching these 2 legendary movie dogs, a collie & a German shepherd
Lassie & Rin Tin Tin
Ryan
|
For 2012, the front of these awards shows Nike stepping out of the Parthenon & the reverse depicts the Thames
the Olympic medals