Bill Hawkins — a hotel concierge from New York, New York
Laurel Schultz — a physical scientist from Durham, North Carolina
Michael Ellis — a law clerk for a federal judge from Hilliard, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $3,200 | $8,200 | $21,800 |
$2,202
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Laurel | $3,200 | $7,000 | $22,400 |
$800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$19,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Bill | $1,200 | $2,200 | $8,700 |
$17,400
New champion: $17,400 |
$7,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| TASTE BUDS | NEWSWORTHY | STUPID ANSWERS | BASEBALL BITS | I NEED A "BREAK" | LET'S GO TO TAHITI |
|
$200
[21]
Roy Allen partnered with Frank Wright to sell this soft drink, hence the A&W brand name
root beer
Laurel
|
$200
[30]
This won't be a popular first name for a while in the eastern U.S., devastated by the hurricane of that name in Oct. 2012
Sandy
Laurel
|
$200
[11]
It was established by an act of Congress in 1800 as a reference library for Congress
the Library of Congress
Laurel
|
$200
[1]
When this city's MLB team wins a game, the Jolly Roger is raised
the Pittsburgh Pirates
Laurel
|
$200
[2]
You should've seen my spinning headstand in this style that emerged in the '70s
breakdancing
Bill
|
$200
[19]
The island of Tahiti consists of the ancient eroded cones of 2 of these, Nui & Iti
volcanoes
Bill
|
|
$400
[22]
Monsieur Grey & Monsieur Poupon developed their mustard in this French city
Dijon
Laurel
|
$400
[15]
In March 2011 the U.N. protected Libyan civilians by setting up this aerial exclusion zone
a no-fly zone
Michael
|
$400
[12]
Wes Moore wrote the bestseller "The Other" him: "One Name, Two Fates"
Wes Moore
|
$400
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of a baseball diamond.) On a scorecard, if a batter hits a double, we mark the lines from home plate to second base & write2B; if we mark the first line & writeHBP, it indicates the player reached first base in this way
hit by a pitch
Laurel
|
$400
[3]
In ice hockey, it's when a player with the puck moves in alone on the goalie
a breakaway
Michael
Laurel
|
$400
[26]
It's the official language of Tahiti & of the autonomous region to which it belongs
French
Michael
|
|
$600
[23]
These 2 junior high buddies split the cost of a $5 correspondence course on ice-cream making from Penn State
Ben & Jerry
Michael
|
$600
[16]
This company with "Space" in its name made news with the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station
SpaceX
Michael
|
$600
[13]
A top 10 hit by Wang Chung says, "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody" these 2 words "tonight"
wang chung
Laurel
|
$600
[5]
240-pound Pablo "Kung Fu Panda" Sandoval hit .500 as this team swept the World Series in 2012
the San Francisco Giants
Michael
|
$600
[8]
To an actor, this menacing phrase actually expresses hopes for success
break a leg
Laurel
|
$600
[27]
Called va'a in the native tongue, a sport using the outrigger variety of this is a major sport in Tahiti
a canoe
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Last names of the 2 gents who started making a sauce for meats in Worcester, England in the early 1800s
Lea & Perrins
Michael
Laurel
|
$800
[17]
"There is no place for dictatorship", said this new Egyptian president soothingly as protests swelled in 2012
Mohamed Morsi
Michael
|
$800
[14]
This university is located in Hyde Park, on the south side of Chicago
the University of Chicago
Michael
|
$800
[6]
In 1971 the Hall of Fame set up a committee to select inductees from these leagues
the Negro leagues
Laurel
|
$800
[9]
These days a home's fuse box usually holds these, not fuses; go ahead & reset it, honey!
a circuit breaker
Laurel
|
$800
[28]
A Tahitian variety of this ice cream flavoring that's derived from a flower is world famous
vanilla
Bill
|
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
M&M's were named for Bruce Murrie & his partner, this candy "M"aker
(Forrest) Mars
Michael
|
$1,000
[18]
In 2012 the ICC, this body in the Netherlands, returned the first verdict in its 10-year existence (Lubanga: Guilty!)
the International Criminal Court
Michael
|
$1,000
[20]
It's a sheet or sponge cake spread with jelly & whipped cream & rolled up
a jelly roll
Laurel
|
$1,000
[7]
In 2010 a rookie for this team inspired restaurants to create "Strasburgers"
the Washington Nationals
Michael
|
$1,000
[10]
This proverb involving a breakfast dish means sometimes to create, you have to destroy
you have to break an egg to get an omelet
Bill
|
$1,000
[29]
His 1847 novel "Omoo" calls Tahiti "a fairy world, all fresh and blooming from the hand of the creator"
(Herman) Melville
Laurel
|
| 20th CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS | 2-LETTER WORDS | "DE" BEST PEOPLE | ALL-TIME100 SONGS | DAUGHTERS IN MYTHOLOGY | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE... FAST! |
|
$400
[1]
In 1959 NYC's Coronet Theatre was renamed to honor this "Iceman Cometh" dramatist
Eugene O'Neill
Bill
|
$400
[11]
This interjection dates from the 15th century & is used as a greeting in place of "hello"
hi
Michael
|
$400
[6]
This Oscar-winning actor played Jack Byrnes, the overprotective father, in all 3 of the Fockers films
(Robert) De Niro
Laurel
|
$400
[16]
Her "Bad Romance" "is an infectiously catchy dance song about all of the... messed-up feelings people have for one another"
Lady Gaga
Bill
|
$400
[27]
Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, was the daughter of this Greek war god
Ares
Michael
|
$400
[22]
Ex-country on the Balkan peninsulaY _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ _
Yugoslavia
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[3]
He got the title for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" from graffiti scrawled on a mirror in a New York saloon
Edward Albee
Michael
|
$800
[12]
Title of the Peter Gabriel album with the hits "Big Time" & "Sledgehammer"
So
Laurel
|
$800
[7]
In 1541 this Spanish explorer & his men reached Arkansas, still looking for gold
Hernando de Soto
Michael
|
$800
[17]
"Thanks to... 'Wayne's World', it can be hard to take" this Queen song "seriously"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Laurel
|
$800
[26]
Not surprisingly, Thrud, the daughter of this Norse god, has a name meaning "strength" or "might"
Thor
Laurel
|
$800
[24]
In 465 BC a group of Persian nobles murdered this rulerX _ _ X _ _
Xerxes
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[4]
His plays include "True West": his acting credits include "Crimes of the Heart" & "All the Pretty Horses"
Sam Shepard
Bill
|
$1,200
[13]
Familial word before "Bell" in an alternate name for AT&T
Ma
Laurel
|
$1,200
[8]
This director of "The Ten Commandments" was a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Cecil DeMille
Michael
|
$1,200
[18]
"This haunting... hit from Sinead O'Connor's 1990 album... is a case of right song, right singer, right time"
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
|
$1,200
[20]
Trying to win her love, Apollo gave this daughter of King Priam the gift of prophecy
Cassandra
Laurel
|
$1,200
[28]
This type of theatrical entertainment could present twenty or more acts on a single billV _ U _ _ V _ _ _ _
Vaudeville
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1954 he revised his 1936 play "The Merchant of Yonkers" as "The Matchmaker"
Thornton Wilder
Michael
|
$1,600
[14]
Superman was born into this family on the planet Krypton
El
Michael
|
$1,600
[9]
In the 1950s this American heart surgeon pioneered aneurysm repair
(Michael) DeBakey
Laurel
|
$1,600
[19]
This Bee Gees tune "is an anthem to perseverance... all of a sudden, you're not strolling. You're strutting"
"Stayin' Alive"
Michael
|
$1,600
[23]
These 9 daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne presided over the arts & sciences
the Muses
Laurel
|
$1,600
[29]
It originates in Qinghai province, about 16,000 feet above sea level_ _ _ G _ Z __ _ V _ _
the Yangtze River
Bill
|
|
DD
$2,500
[2]
"Glengarry Glen Ross", about desperate real estate salesmen, won him a Pulitzer
David Mamet
Bill
|
$2,000
[15]
This style of art dates from the mid-1960s & uses geometric shapes & brilliant colors
Op
Laurel
|
$2,000
[10]
Most of this French author's 250 short stories, including "Ball of Fat", were written in the 1880s
Guy de Maupassant
|
DD
$5,000
[21]
This 1939 tune is "often considered the greatest movie song of all time, but it almost didn't make it into the final cut"
"Over The Rainbow"
Laurel
|
$2,000
[25]
Hera had the same parents as her brother & husband Zeus: Rhea & this Titan
Kronos
|
$2,000
[30]
As the morning & evening star, this Mesoamerican deity was the symbol of death & resurrectionQ _ _ _ Z _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Quetzalcoatl
Michael
|
North America's 3 mainland countries have a total of 91 states & provinces; Mexico has this many states
31