Debbie Singer — an attorney from Evanston, Illinois
Sandy Howard — a homemaker from Cincinnati, Ohio
Matthew Church — a medical student from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $2,400 | $5,000 | $5,400 |
$5,000
2-day champion: $29,000 |
$9,800
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sandy | $4,200 | $5,600 | $7,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Debbie | $1,200 | $2,600 | $9,000 |
$2,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| O CHRISTMAS TREE | THE CONFEDERACY | GETTIN' YOUR DRINK ON | ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY | TV | RHYME SPREE |
|
$200
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) In 1948, President Truman signaled the lighting of the White House Christmas tree via remote control from his home in this state, 900 miles away
Missouri
Sandy
|
$200
[26]
The president's term was this, 1 1/2 times that of the U.S. President; then he was to be termed out, but that didn't come up
6 years
Sandy
|
$200
[1]
A Highland Fling has sweet vermouth, orange bitters, a cherry & this appropriate spirit
Scotch
Sandy
|
$200
[6]
2 substances, borax & carbon, give us the name of this element used in nuclear control rods
boron
Matthew
|
$200
[9]
Aspiring chefs on this Fox series endure the wrath of Gordon Ramsay for a chance to work at a top restaurant
Hell's Kitchen
Sandy
|
$200
[20]
Rhyming name of the man-child seen here
Pee-wee Herman
Sandy
|
|
$400
[15]
In 1972 the FDA said not a strand of this metal tree decoration containing lead should be sold; today it's plastic
tinsel
Matthew
|
$400
[27]
The Confederacy tried to pressure England & France for support using the threat of withholding this "white gold"
cotton
Sandy
|
$400
[2]
This liquor can be made into a moonrise as well as a sunrise cocktail
tequila
Matthew
|
$400
[7]
This element's name, from the Norse god of thunder, was first erroneously applied to yttrium phosphate
thorium
Matthew
|
$400
[10]
On the finale of this show, ironically, Klinger stayed in Korea, having married Soon-Lee
M*A*S*H
Sandy
|
$400
[21]
The side of a structure providing shelter from the wind
lee
Debbie
|
|
$600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) Often made with adhesive, cellulose & fire retardant, the artificial snow found on some trees is called this, also a term for what a bunch of birds do when coming together
flock
Sandy
|
$600
[28]
To supply the army with enough men, the Confederate congress passed this type of law ahead of the Union in 1862
draft law
Debbie
|
$600
[3]
Brandy, creme de cacao & sweet cream make a Brandy him
Alexander
Debbie
|
$600
[8]
In 1898 this noble gas, symbol Kr, was discovered hidden in a liter of liquid air, so it was named for the Greek for "hidden"
krypton
Debbie
|
$600
[11]
Al Capone, Lucky Luciano & Arnold Rothstein have all been characters on this HBO series
Boardwalk Empire
Sandy
|
$600
[22]
An Algonquian-speaking people of Canada
Cree
Debbie
|
|
$800
[19]
The Christmas tree was popularized in the mid-19th century by this Prince, husband of Queen Victoria
Albert
Debbie
|
$800
[29]
Originally, Union guerrillas were called jayhawkers & Southern ones were these "vegetation strikers"
bushwhackers
|
$800
[4]
Fill in the blanc: Twomey & Quivira are 2 California makers of the popular wine ____ blanc
Sauvignon
Sandy
|
$800
[16]
Per Teodor Cleve named holmium in 1879 for his native city, this European capital
Stockholm
Matthew
|
$800
[12]
On Oct. 20, 1951 we got our first look at the new logo of this network, which was looking back at us
CBS
Sandy
|
$800
[23]
Exultant, high-spirited merriment
glee
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[25]
A Calif. natl. park that bears this type of tree's name has the "Nation's Christmas Tree", an over 260' "giant" one
sequoia
Matthew
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
Tough job! In November 1862 James Seddon became the fourth man in this cabinet post in 19 months
Secretary of War
Debbie
|
$1,000
[5]
Please make my cosmopolitan with this numerical vodka from Schiedam, Holland
Ketel One
Matthew
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1803 2 scientists named this new element for the first asteroid discovered, 2 years earlier
cerium
|
$1,000
[13]
Mitch & Cam got engaged on the first episode of season 5 of this comedy
Modern Family
Sandy
|
$1,000
[24]
The European bladdernut, for one
tree
|
| DID YOU GET MY LETTER? | AMERICAN INVENTORS | 1939 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES | NOVEL NARRATORS | EUROPEAN PORTS | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS |
|
$400
[12]
"I respectfully remind you, sir, that we have been the most patient of all people", this ballplayer wrote to Ike in 1958
Jackie Robinson
Matthew
|
$400
[20]
You have Albert Butz to thank for this little device that controls the temperature in your house
thermostat
Matthew
|
$400
[2]
Your winner? This period piece, which used a large wall left over from "King Kong" to help film the burning of Atlanta
Gone with the Wind
Matthew
|
$400
[11]
We find out a surprise about the narrator at the end of her 1926 mystery "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"
Agatha Christie
Debbie
|
$400
[13]
In this British port, you can visit the childhood homes of John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Liverpool
Sandy
|
$400
[1]
Jot down this letter, 9th in the Greek alphabet
iota
Matthew
|
|
$800
[16]
From a 1429 letter dictated by her: "With God's help I intend to clear out the other places which are against the king"
Joan of Arc
Sandy
|
$800
[25]
In 1871 he began giving instructions in "visible speech" at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes
Alexander Graham Bell
Debbie
|
$800
[3]
Dorothy knows this title role was written for W.C. Fields, who is said to have turned it down over money
The Wizard of Oz
Sandy
|
$800
[14]
In "The Big Sleep" he describes himself as being "Neat, clean, shaved and sober"
Philip Marlowe
Matthew
|
$800
[21]
In 1818 the first steamship on the Mediterranean was launched from this southern Italian port
Naples
Matthew
|
$800
[7]
They're the overhanging edges of a roof
eaves
Matthew
|
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1976 he wrote an open letter to members of the Homebrew Computer Club asking them not to steal his programs
Bill Gates
Matthew
Debbie
|
$1,200
[26]
In 1875 dentist George Green patented the electric version of this device, improving on his pedal-powered one
drill
Matthew
|
$1,200
[4]
A-yup! This actor rode to stardom on "Stagecoach" as the Ringo Kid
John Wayne
|
$1,200
[15]
This novel's Chief Bromden says he's telling the story about "The hospital, and her, and the guys--and about McMurphy"
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Debbie
|
$1,200
[22]
The completion of Nieuwe Waterweg, or "New Waterway", in 1872 opened this Dutch port to seagoing ships
Rotterdam
Matthew
Debbie
|
$1,200
[8]
A solemn promise or a cuss word
oath
Sandy
|
|
$2,000
[19]
"Sweetest Fanny...I love you ever and ever and without reserve", this poet wrote in 1820
John Keats
|
— |
$1,600
[5]
Her "Eyes" have been noted in song, but it was the brain of this actress that gave her big problems
Bette Davis
Debbie
|
— |
$1,600
[23]
This Catalonian port was once a capital of the Visigoths
Barcelona
Matthew
|
$1,600
[9]
A trapeze artist
aerialist
Debbie
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
"Twenty thousand pounds sterling I think will be a cheap purchase" for West Point, he wrote to Major Andre July 15, 1780
Benedict Arnold
Sandy
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
Burgess Meredith was George & Lon Chaney Jr. was Lennie in this drama, produced by comedy legend Hal Roach
Of Mice and Men
Debbie
|
— |
DD
$4,400
[24]
This Polish shipbuilding port's town hall once served as the office of the Hanseatic League
Gdansk
Matthew
|
$2,000
[10]
Soft feathers from the breast of a certain duck
eiderdown
Sandy
|
"Royal March of the Lion", "The Aquarium" & "The Aviary" are them atically related 1886 works from this man
Camille Saint-Saens