Kinu Panda — a test prep teacher and tutor from San Antonio, Texas
David Enslee — a baseball card proofreader from Avenel, New Jersey
Larry Krajewski — a postal worker from Safety Harbor, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry | $1,600 | $3,000 | $18,600 |
$16,600
2-day champion: $38,200 |
$16,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| David | $3,800 | $5,000 | $8,200 |
$8,173
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
16 R, 4 W |
| Kinu | $1,800 | $2,600 | $2,000 |
$2,006
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| EDIBLE RHYME TIME | BOOKS IN GERMAN | 3 "T"s | CHOP CHOP! | THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T LAST | THEY WERE RIGHT |
|
$200
[16]
A big rush for a hot, spicy dish of India
a curry hurry
Larry
Kinu
|
$200
[1]
Mark Twain:"Der Arme Prinz und der Reiche Bettler"
The Prince and the Pauper
Larry
David
|
$200
[6]
In her first post here in 2009, Oprah said, "Thank you for a warm welcome. Feeling really 21st century"
Twitter
David
|
$200
[26]
You can "bury" this small, short-handled axe to symbolize peace, or "take up" one to resume hostilities
a hatchet
Kinu
|
$200
[11]
After 2 weeks of unofficial wedded bliss, this "Beverly Hills Cop" & Tracey Edmonds arrested their relationship
Eddie Murphy
Kinu
|
$200
[21]
In 1912 Alfred Wegener got it right when he proposed what's now called the Theory of Continental this
Drift
David
|
|
$400
[17]
Song for a dried plum
a prune tune
Kinu
|
$400
[2]
John Grisham:"Der Regenmacher"
The Rainmaker
Kinu
|
$400
[7]
While not an M.D. this professional is trained to give eye exams & prescribe glasses
an optometrist
David
|
$400
[27]
Dress uniforms of engineers in this French army branch include a leather apron & an axe; wanna run off & join?
the French Foreign Legion
Larry
|
$400
[12]
About 1,728 hours after the 2011 wedding, Kris Humphries decided not to "Keep Up" with this reality star
Kim Kardashian
Kinu
|
$400
[22]
His theorem says the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides
Pythagoras
Larry
|
|
$600
[18]
An ornamental recess in a wall for a savory egg dish, perhaps the Lorraine kind
a quiche niche
David
|
$600
[3]
Edith Wharton:"Zeit der Unschuld"
The Age of Innocence
|
$600
[8]
I like to think of myself as this, someone who popularizes a new style or fashion
a trendsetter
Larry
|
$600
[28]
An ice climber may carry an axe whose head consists of a broad adze & this pointy part often found before "axe"
a pick
David
|
$600
[13]
His name is Kiiiiiid... Kid Rock! & his sub-1-year marriage to this "Baywatch" star could not be saved
Pamela Anderson
David
|
$800
[24]
Steve Jobs saying to this other Steve that the 2 go into the computer business together? Good idea
Steve Wozniak
Larry
|
|
$800
[19]
A nervous, agitated dessert like flan
a flustered custard
|
$800
[4]
William Faulkner:"Als ich im Sterben lag"
As I Lay Dying
Larry
|
$800
[9]
Harness racing involves two kinds of horses--pacers & these, which are seen here
trotters
David
|
$800
[29]
In the Stone Age, this stone was the main one flaked to produce arrowheads & axes; it can also be used to strike fire
flint
David
|
$800
[14]
Known to wear a wedding dress of his own, this ex-NBA rebounding machine took a brief plunge with Carmen Electra
Dennis Rodman
Kinu
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Ponying up $15 million to buy 828,000 square miles from this country was pretty shrewd of Jefferson
France
Larry
|
|
$1,000
[20]
A birthday celebration for a mild Danish cheese
a havarti party
Kinu
|
$1,000
[5]
Charles Dickens:"Eine Weihnachts-Geschichte"
A Christmas Carol
|
$1,000
[10]
The "Joy of Cooking" recipe for this flavor pudding includes dark brown sugar & heavy cream but not liquor
butterscotch
David
|
$1,000
[30]
Before the axe fell in 1618, this Brit said, "So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies"
Sir Walter Raleigh
Larry
Kinu
|
$1,000
[15]
In 2005 Kenny Chesney & this Oscar-winning actress had a May-December romance--literally
Renée Zellweger
David
|
$1,000
[25]
This 17th century Italian stated that pendulums of equal length swing at the same rate whether their arcs are large or small
Galileo
David
|
| CANADIAN PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS | ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | I WATCH THAT SHOW RELIGIOUSLY | IN THE DICTIONARY | THE SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS |
|
$400
[20]
The Stratford Gazette &The Globe & Mail
Ontario
Kinu
|
$400
[1]
"Eden on the Charles" shows how the 19th century growth of this city influences us today
Boston
David
|
$400
[26]
This British university's colleges include Magdalene, King's & its most recent addition, Homerton
Cambridge
Larry
Kinu
|
$400
[27]
I pray Carrie & Brody can somehow end up together on this drama... & that he finally turns out to be a good guy
Homeland
Kinu
|
$400
[11]
Webster's, 1828:"A premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of deciding some private difference"
a duel
David
|
$400
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a large tree at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) When ripe, fruitcapsulesof this latex producing treeexplode, dispersing 3 seeds up to 50 feet to propagate the species
the rubber tree
Larry
|
|
$800
[18]
The Banff Crag & Canyon &The Medicine Hat News
Alberta
Larry
|
$800
[2]
It took Edward Gibbon 1.5 million words over 6 volumes to pen the "History of the Decline and Fall of" this
the Roman Empire
David
|
$800
[24]
The Gammage Performing Arts Center at this school's main campus in Tempe was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Arizona State
David
Kinu
|
$2,000
[25]
I must confess--this Danny DeVito show on FX has certainly changed my perspective on the city of brotherly love
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Larry
|
$800
[12]
Blount's, 1656:"A kind of drink among the Turks & Persians...which is black, thick & bitter"
coffee
Larry
|
$800
[7]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us some plants outdoors at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) Roman scientist Pliny the Elder wrote that the ancients made paper from the stem of this reed
a papyrus
Larry
|
|
$1,200
[17]
The Winnipeg Sun
Manitoba
David
|
$1,200
[3]
The subtitle to this book, a 2012 movie, is "How the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history"
Argo
David
|
$1,200
[23]
The Karolinska Institute just outside this capital awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Stockholm
Larry
|
— |
$1,200
[13]
Johnson's, 1755:"A dog of a particular form, remarkable for his courage, he is used in baiting"
a bulldog
|
$1,200
[8]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives us the clue outdoors at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) A popular attraction here at Singapore's National Orchid garden are the VIP hybrids; the onehereis named for this current emperor of Japan
Akihito
Kinu
|
|
$1,600
[16]
The Victoria News
British Columbia
David
|
$1,600
[4]
This Watergate reporter examined how our leaders dealt with the recent economic woes in "The Price of Politics"
(Bob) Woodward
Larry
David
|
$2,000
[21]
On Nov. 18, 1920 Syrian Protestant College became the American University of this capital--be careful here
Beirut, Lebanon
Larry
|
— |
$1,600
[14]
Cawdrey's, 1604:"A pair of scales, or other thing"
a balance
|
$1,600
[9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us fields of lemongrass at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) While lemongrass is commonly used in Asian cooking, one species is a source of this oil, used as an insect repellent in sprays & candles
citronella
Larry
|
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
The Inverness Oran
Nova Scotia
Larry
|
$2,000
[5]
"The ten-year search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to" this Pakistani city is detailed in "Manhunt"
Abbottabad
Larry
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
This Ivy League university was founded by the most successful printer of his day
the University of Pennsylvania
Kinu
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
American Heritage, 1985:"Under the control of a central computer" or "in progress; ongoing"
online
|
$2,000
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a very tall tree at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) Because of its buoyancy & water resistance, the cotton-like fiber within these edpodsof this towering rainforest tree was once a popular stuffing for life jackets
kapok
Larry
|
In 1962 Chatham County, Georgia gave this name to a body of water flowing past Johnny Mercer's childhood home
Moon River