Amy Oberst — a contract attorney from Arlington, Virginia
Chad Morgan — an engineer from Edwards, California
Ben Kesling — a student from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $3,800 | $3,400 | $3,000 |
$5,998
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
18 R, 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chad | $-200 | $2,400 | $7,000 |
$13,999
New champion: $13,999 |
$8,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Amy | $2,000 | $4,200 | $7,800 |
$10,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
12 R, 2 W |
| USA | MUSICMAKERS | MIDDLE NAME PLEASE | KEEP THE FAITH | LETHAL WEAPONS | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS |
|
$200
[11]
The highest waterfall in the U.S. is Yosemite Falls, located in this state
California
Ben
Chad
|
$200
[22]
In 2003 he & Art Garfunkel broke their "Sounds of Silence", reuniting for the Grammys & a new tour
Paul Simon
Ben
|
$200
[17]
Inventor Thomas Edison
Alva
Ben
|
$200
[12]
A daily supply of this is asked for in the Catholic version of the Lord's Prayer
bread
Amy
|
$200
[6]
In "Moby Dick", Starbuck chose the tattooed cannibal Queequeg to man this weapon
the harpoon
Ben
|
$200
[1]
The name of this reference book has the same roots as "treasure"--& don't give us a synonym for it
a thesaurus
Ben
|
|
$400
[23]
Virginia Gildersleeve signed its charter for the U.S. June 26, 1945
the United Nations Charter
Ben
|
$400
[27]
Yes, Sir! His 2002 "Back in the U.S." tour was named Tour of the Year by Billboard Magazine
Paul McCartney
Ben
|
$400
[18]
President Ronald Reagan
Wilson
Ben
|
$400
[13]
Kalkin is an avatar-to-come of this Hindu deity
Vishnu
Ben
Chad
Amy
|
$400
[7]
In the largest man-made explosion in history, the USSR detonated a 50-megaton one of these in 1961
a hydrogen bomb
Ben
|
$400
[2]
discjockey101.com says this term for rap music & culture came from DJs jumping between turntables
hip-hop
Amy
|
|
$600
[24]
This city's first casino opened in 1978 & took in more than $2 million its first week
Atlantic City
|
$600
[28]
He did a little of "My Way" his way when he appeared on an episode of TV's "Las Vegas"
Paul Anka
|
$600
[19]
American catalog merchant & businessman Aaron Ward
Montgomery
Chad
|
$600
[14]
A group of 16th century German princes started this Protestant denomination
Lutheranism
Chad
|
$600
[8]
Unlike the longbow, this medieval weapon could be loaded & held ready; an arbalest was a later type of it
a crossbow
Amy
|
$600
[3]
J. Langdon Down (of syndrome fame) coined this 2-word phrase, French for "learned fool"
idiot savant
Ben
|
|
$800
[25]
Arkansas' state tree is this & Alabama's is the southern this
a pine tree
Chad
|
$800
[29]
The Raiders, a "Revolutionary" group of the '60s, were led by a man with this Revolutionary name
Paul Revere
Amy
|
$800
[20]
Romantic poet Percy Shelley
Bysshe
Ben
Amy
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
From the Greek for an "act of choosing", it's something done or said against traditional doctrines
heresy
Chad
|
$800
[9]
The U.S.S. Springfield submarine carries these cruise missiles with the name of an Indian weapon
a tomahawk
Ben
|
$800
[4]
Once spelled H-O-R-T-Y-A-R-D & meaning "a garden yard", it now refers to a garden of fruit trees
an orchard
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[26]
It's the name given the largest of Wyoming's Les Trois Tetons
the Grand Tetons
Chad
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1972 he "and Mrs. Jones" had a "thing going on"
Billy Paul
|
$1,000
[21]
"Dynastic" architect I.M. Pei
Ming
|
$1,000
[16]
2-letter name shared by the Maori creator of the universe & Jupiter's third-largest moon
Io
Chad
|
$1,000
[10]
U.S. troops in Iraq have been menaced by RPGs, which stands for these weapons
rocket propelled grenades
Ben
|
$1,000
[5]
It's said that the first literary use of "stuffed shirt" for a pompous bore was in her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!"
Willa Cather
Amy
|
| USA!! USA!! | JAMES THURBER | WORLD OF FOOD | BARONS & BARONESSES | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? | ENDS IN "TU" |
|
$400
[1]
In October 2004 he got the final word that he gets to keep his 2004 all-around gymnastics gold medal
Paul Hamm
|
$400
[6]
In 1927 James Thurber began a lifelong association with this Manhattan magazine
The New Yorker
Ben
|
$400
[14]
Sauerbraten
Germany
Ben
|
$400
[24]
In 1979 she became the first woman prime minister in Europe; 13 years later she became a baroness
(Margaret) Thatcher
Ben
|
$400
[17]
In 1903 the founder of this brand invented the "Foot Eazer"
Dr. Scholl's
Ben
|
$400
[8]
This ballet skirt is sometimes made of a cotton fabric called tarlatan
a tutu
Ben
|
|
DD
$600
[3]
It was courtesy of an FBI instructor that Matthew Emmons got into this sport in which he won gold in 2004
shooting
Chad
|
$800
[7]
In a 1940 story Thurber wrote, "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this
dead
Ben
Amy
|
$800
[20]
Vegemite
Australia
Ben
Chad
|
$800
[26]
In 1927 this Austrian baron married his children's governess, Maria Augusta Kutschera
Baron von Trapp
Amy
|
$800
[18]
In 1962 this famed pediatrician joined the anti-nuclear group SANE
Dr. Spock
Amy
|
$800
[9]
The name of this ancient trading post in Mali is now synonymous with any faraway place
Timbuktu
Chad
|
|
$800
[2]
This U.S. women's team steamrolled to gold in Athens, outscoring opponents 51-1
the women's softball team
Ben
|
$1,200
[10]
Thurber's "My World--And Welcome To It" contained a story about "The Secret Life of" this henpecked man
Walter Mitty
Amy
|
$1,200
[21]
Pho
Vietnam
Chad
|
$1,200
[27]
In June 1960 this future baroness established a camp at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study chimps
(Jane) Goodall
Chad
|
$1,200
[19]
This nonprofit international relief organization's humanitarian work won it the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
Doctors Without Borders
Ben
Amy
|
$1,200
[12]
Extemporaneous
impromptu
Amy
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Maurice Greene was better known, but this G-man took 100-meter gold in Athens in 2004
Justin Gatlin
|
$1,600
[11]
Thurber's first book, 1929's "Is Sex Necessary?", was co-written with this collaborator of William Strunk
(E.B.) White
Ben
|
$1,600
[22]
Feijoada
Brazil
Amy
|
$1,600
[28]
A sports trophy is named for the Canadian baron who donated it, Frederick Arthur, who was Lord this of Preston
Stanley
Ben
|
$1,600
[25]
He got a life sentence for treating John Wilkes Booth in 1865 but was pardoned before the decade ended
(Samuel) Mudd
Chad
|
$1,600
[15]
This group of African languages that has more than 50 million speakers is said to have originated in Cameroon
the Bantu languages
Chad
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Seen here, he won the 50-meter freestyle swim in Athens at the ripe old age of 29
Gary Hall Jr.
|
$2,000
[13]
Thurber joined the cast as himself for 88 performances of the Broadway play "A Thurber" this
Carnival
|
$2,000
[23]
Adobo & sinigang
the Philippines
|
$2,000
[30]
For his role in training Revolutionary War troops, this Prussian was awarded 16,000 acres in New York
Baron von Steuben
|
$2,000
[29]
This reputed "Nature of Man" author was born on the Greek island of Cos around 460 B.C.
Hippocrates
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
2-word Latin phrase meaning located in the original or existing place or position
in situ
Ben
|
In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor
Peter Sellers