Audience marriage proposal: John and Sahar.
Tahne Aarnes — a business intelligence consultant from Chaska, Minnesota
Cecilia Cuevas — a high school dean of students from Kansas City, Missouri
Carlos Ross — a customer service representative from Austin, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $64,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos | $4,400 | $9,600 | $25,200 |
$25,173
3-day champion: $89,774 |
$23,000
30 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Cecilia | $2,000 | $3,200 | $2,100 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tahne | $2,400 | $4,800 | $9,200 |
$9,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
12 R, 0 W |
| WOMEN IN HISTORY | ANIMATED MOVIES BY CHARACTER | MODERN DRUNKARDRULES | THEY GAVE ME A MEDAL | DESERT LIFE | "SIX" PACK |
|
$200
[2]
She said of refusing to give up her seat, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in"
Rosa Parks
Carlos
|
$200
[1]
2001:Donkey
Shrek
Cecilia
|
$200
[26]
"If you hesitate more than three seconds after" this person "looks at you, you do not deserve a drink"
a bartender
Carlos
|
$200
[21]
Boxer Rebellion Navy man John McCloy is one of only 19 to twice earn this medal, the highest U.S. military award
Congressional Medal of Honor
Carlos
|
$200
[14]
The tough, curved spines of the barrel type of this plant were once used by Native Americans as fishhooks
cactus
Tahne
|
$200
[7]
Idiomatically, it's equal to half a dozen of the other
six of one
Tahne
|
|
$600
[11]
This teacher stayed with Helen Keller from 1887 until her own death in 1936
(Anne) Sullivan
Tahne
|
$400
[3]
1967:Shere Kahn, a tiger
The Jungle Book
Carlos
|
$400
[30]
"The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to this" 2-word phrase hollered at closing time
last call
Carlos
|
$400
[22]
Getting a 2009 National Medal of Arts made this actor/director's day; hope someone saved him an empty chair
Clint Eastwood
Carlos
|
$400
[16]
Although this cuckoo can fly with ease, it prefers to speed across the desert on foot, reaching 20 miles per hour
the roadrunner
Cecilia
|
$400
[8]
A pistol with a revolving chamber
a six-shooter
Tahne
|
|
$800
[12]
Elizabeth Kennycame up with a method seen in usehereto treat this disease
polio
|
$600
[4]
1991:Gaston
Beauty and the Beast
Carlos
|
$600
[27]
Rule 18 is always have this in your house; rule 19 is if you break rule 18, try pushing down with a pen
a corkscrew
Tahne
|
$600
[23]
George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson & Oprah earned the Spingarn Medal, first given by this org. in 1915
the NAACP
Carlos
|
$600
[17]
The people of Victorville, California & Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert
the Mojave Desert
Carlos
|
$600
[9]
TV's Fisher family knows this slang phrase for dead & buried refers to the traditional depth of a grave
six feet under
Carlos
|
|
$1,000
[13]
In Susan B. Anthony's centennial year, the U.S. passed this number amendment that achieved her goal
the 19th
Cecilia
|
$800
[5]
2004:Elastigirl
The Incredibles
Carlos
|
$800
[29]
"Never complain about the brand or quality of" this kind of drink
a free drink
Cecilia
|
$800
[24]
The 1964 Caldecott medal for the best picture book for kids went to this Maurice Sendak classic
Where the Wild Things Are
Tahne
|
$800
[18]
The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird
a hummingbird
Carlos
|
$800
[15]
A straight six & a V-6 both refer to this type of car engine
a six-cylinder
Carlos
Cecilia
|
|
DD
$2,600
[10]
She declined burial in Westminster Abbey; her pallbearers were from Army units whose wounded she had tended
Florence Nightingale
Carlos
|
$1,000
[6]
2003:Dory
Finding Nemo
Tahne
|
$1,000
[28]
"Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer" one of these
a toast
|
$1,000
[25]
A 1975 National Medal of Science in Engineering was launched at this German, a true rocket man
(Wernher) von Braun
Carlos
|
$1,000
[19]
Some species of this stinging arachnid can alter their metabolism, allowing them to live on only one meal a year
a scorpion
Carlos
|
$1,000
[20]
A 2-inch-long nail
six-penny
Tahne
|
| U.S. PRESIDENTS | GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE | MIDWESTERN WRITING | ALLITERATION | THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS | I GUESTED ONLAW & ORDER |
|
$400
[12]
8 presidents were born in this state, more than in any other
Virginia
Carlos
|
$400
[2]
In 2011 Goodyear decided to replace its blimps & partner with this German firm to produce semi-rigid airships
Zeppelin
Carlos
|
$400
[21]
James T. Farrell & Richard Wright were part of the realist school named for this metropolis
Chicago
Cecilia
|
$400
[1]
One who won't participate in the fun, perhaps in singing "Happy Birthday"
a party pooper
Carlos
|
$400
[7]
The anthem heard here
France
Carlos
Cecilia
|
$800
[26]
He was a hooligan in the 1991 episode "The Violence of Summer"; he later wrote about violence as "Capote"
(Philip Seymour) Hoffman
Tahne
|
|
$800
[13]
This issue came to dominate LBJ's presidency, as in the phone call heard here"You either get out or you get in."
Vietnam
Carlos
|
$800
[3]
In 1922 Russian immigrant Morris Markin began making these famous taxis in Joliet, Illinois
Checker cabs
Carlos
|
$800
[22]
Ole Rolvaag spent most of his life at St. Olaf college teaching this language & wrote books like "Giants in the Earth" in it
Norwegian
Carlos
|
$800
[17]
This type of Native American healer might try to chase bad spirits out of a patient
a medicine man
Carlos
Cecilia
|
$800
[8]
The Internet domain .cy
Cyprus
Tahne
|
$1,200
[24]
He was a lawyer for hooligans in the 1991 episode "The Violence of Summer"; he later saw violence as Mace Windu, Jedi
Samuel L. Jackson
Tahne
|
|
$1,200
[14]
The almost 93 1/2 years between his birth in Nebraska in 1913 & his death in Calif. in 2006 is the longest life of any president
Gerald Ford
Cecilia
|
$1,200
[4]
Kanmon Tunnel, the world's first under-ocean tunnel, was built between 1936 & 1944 between Kyushu & this island
Honshu
Carlos
|
$1,200
[23]
Ring Lardner's "You Know Me Al" is written as letters by a player of this sport, starting with one from Terre Haute
baseball
|
$1,200
[18]
Named for the star Sirius, they're from July 3 to August 11 each summer
the dog days
Carlos
|
$1,200
[9]
F.R.G.
(Federal Republic of) Germany
Carlos
|
$1,600
[25]
The male half of the Hollywood power couple Filliam H. Muffman, he was Asst. U.S. Attorney John McCormack in 1990
William H. Macy
Carlos
|
|
$2,000
[16]
The most common presidential religious affiliation is this denomination, part of the Anglican communion
Episcopalian
Carlos
|
$1,600
[5]
In 1839 this British businessman established a steamship line to carry the Royal Mail to America
(Samuel) Cunard
Carlos
|
— |
$1,600
[19]
A long time on horseback can produce these on both the mount & the rider
saddle sores
Tahne
|
$1,600
[10]
A national symbol, the vicuna
Peru
Carlos
|
$2,000
[27]
On "L&O" Ty Burrell played a guy named Paul in 2000 & a guy named Herman in 2003; now he plays this doofy dad on "Modern Family"
Phil
|
|
DD
$3,500
[15]
In 1856 this West Pointer cast his only vote for president before his own election--for Buchanan
Ulysses Grant
Cecilia
|
$2,000
[6]
French name of the canals between Lakes Superior & Huron that handle about 10,000 vessel passages a year
the Sault Ste. Marie (or Soo) Locks
|
— |
$2,000
[20]
A proverb says this kind "is the sweetest"--you'd have to ask Eve
forbidden fruit
Cecilia
|
$2,000
[11]
The flag seenherestands for this republic; thetowersare on Mount Titano in the Italian Apennines
San Marino
Carlos
|
— |
Pretending to be a tree is an exercise in a key textbook of this system that spread from Russia to Broadway & then to Hollywood
method acting (the Stanislavski system)