Dana Murray — a foreign service officer originally from Tampa, Florida
Joe Thomas — a recent math graduate and pizza delivery person from Martin, Tennessee
Chip Bell — a telecom engineer from Marysville, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip | $800 | $3,600 | $6,000 |
$12,000
2-day champion: $29,300 |
$8,000
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joe | $3,400 | $6,800 | $11,600 |
$11,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dana | $2,200 | $3,000 | $4,600 |
$9,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| SAFETY IN NUMBERS | CENTURY 19 | 10-LETTER WORDS | THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE | DEATH | TAXES |
|
$200
[1]
In 1943 No. 33, Sammy Baugh, the NFL's best passer, found time to play safety & had 11 interceptions for this "capital" team
the Washington Redskins
Dana
|
$200
[4]
In 1870 this ship made famous by Darwin was sold for scrap; the Thames Estuary may be the site of some of its timbers
the Beagle
Joe
|
$200
[8]
For some reason, though Tennessee became a state in 1796, it held this type of exposition in 1897
centennial
|
$200
[15]
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Stieg Larsson
Dana
|
$200
[18]
This "colorful" 14th c. pandemic was responsible for more loss of life than any war or epidemic up to that time
the Black Death
Joe
|
$200
[28]
This numerical IRS form is the U.S. individual return for filing income tax; hand me the "EZ" one
1040
Chip
|
|
$400
[2]
No. 42 for this Bay Area team, Ronnie Lott gave his all & even had a fingertip amputated to hasten recovery time
the San Francisco 49ers
Joe
|
$400
[5]
In 1876 Samuel Tilden won 184 of these; too bad Sam needed 185 to get the job he wanted
electoral votes
Joe
|
$400
[9]
Michael Corleone commits this when he has Fredo killed
fratricide
Joe
|
$400
[17]
"The Spy Who Loved Me"
Ian Fleming
Chip
|
$400
[19]
In the 1990s this branch of Interscope Records released No. 1 albums by Snoop Doggy Dogg & Tupac Shakur
Death Row Records
Chip
|
$400
[20]
Widely used in the European Union, the VAT stands for this
Value Added Tax
Chip
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1993 No. 36, LeRoy Butler, became the first player to do this stadium's "leap" after scoring a TD
Lambeau Field
Chip
|
$600
[11]
Sacré bleu! It's this Montmartre cathedral, a national projectafter France's 1870s defeat by Prussia
Sacré-Cœur
Dana
|
$600
[10]
Geppetto's job
woodcarver
Chip
Dana
|
$600
[22]
"Gone With The Wind"
(Margaret) Mitchell
Joe
|
$600
[25]
The Amanita genus of these includes some that are lethal to humans, including the death cap
mushrooms
Chip
|
$600
[21]
Don't cheat the taxman; this "Jungle Fever" actor didn't file from 1997 to 2004 & was sentenced to 3 years in jail
Wesley Snipes
Joe
|
|
$800
[6]
No. 20, Ed Reed, more than had Ray Lewis' back playing safety for this team he represented in 9 Pro Bowls
the (Baltimore) Ravens
Dana
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
In January 1898 this U.S. Battleship went to Havana Harbor in part to protect U.S. citizens, but it would never leave
the Maine
Dana
|
$800
[14]
Astronaut talk for the landing of a space capsule in water
a splashdown
Chip
|
$800
[23]
"World War Z"
Max Brooks
|
$800
[29]
Docs recommend babies sleep on their backs or sides to ward off this, SIDS for short
sudden infant death syndrome
Chip
|
$800
[26]
Informal 3-letter name for a tax on alcohol, tobacco & other activities considered not beneficial to users or society
a sin tax
Dana
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Coach Buddy Ryan's "46 Defense" on this team in the '80s was named for the uniform number of safety Doug Plank
the Chicago Bears
Joe
|
$1,000
[13]
Large quantities of ash fell over a 300,000-sq.-mile area after the 1883 explosion of this Indonesian volcano
Krakatoa
Joe
|
$1,000
[16]
Derived from the German for "behind", it's the backcountry or the region beyond the urban areas of culture
hinterland
Dana
|
$1,000
[24]
"Mystic River" &"Shutter Island"
(Dennis) Lehane
Joe
|
$1,000
[30]
A final pose is depictedhereby this French painter
(Jacques Louis) David
Joe
|
$1,000
[27]
It ensures that those who get tax breaks pay at least a certain amount; Kiplinger's called it "the tax we love to hate"
the alternative minimum tax
Dana
|
| ANCIENT ROME | THE "I"s HAVE IT | ANATOMY | SOAP BRANDS DEFINED | U.S. ISLANDS | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES |
|
$400
[2]
During the siege of a city, the Romans might use an aries, one of these, to knock down the city's walls
a battering ram
Dana
|
$400
[21]
A court may give a reluctant witness this protection "from prosecution"
immunity
Chip
|
$400
[4]
Of the 14 facial bones, it's the only movable one
the mandible
Joe
|
$400
[12]
Molten, fluid rock
Lava
Dana
|
$400
[18]
It's New York City's smallest borough in population
Staten Island
Dana
|
$400
[1]
A "Norma Rae" Oscar winner heads into the corn to play baseball with Kevin Costner & Shoeless Joe
Sally Field of Dreams
Joe
|
|
$800
[3]
Ostia, a town lying 15 miles from Rome on the mouth of this river, served as Rome's port
the Tiber
Chip
|
$800
[27]
Any violation of the rules
infraction
Dana
|
$800
[14]
The shape of this pocket below the skin's surface determines whether hair will be curly, wavy or straight
the hair follicle
Chip
|
$800
[13]
Hawk's opposite, symbolically
Dove
Joe
|
$800
[19]
Now a resort, Put-In-Bay on Ohio's South Bass Island in this lake was a naval base for Oliver Hazard Perry
Erie
Chip
|
$800
[5]
Tom Hanks & his soldiers storm the beaches of Normandy & rescue the guy who played Oliver in "Love Story"
Saving Private Ryan O'Neal
Dana
|
|
$1,200
[9]
This government body met in the Curia Julia, a rectangular brick building situated in the Forum
the Senate
Dana
|
— |
DD
$1,600
[15]
The sigmoid section of this part of the digestive tract is named for its "S" shape
the colon
Joe
|
$1,200
[20]
A stroke to express affection
Caress
Joe
|
$1,200
[24]
To remember the islands in this R.I. bay, "Prudence, Patience, Hope & Despair; & Little Hog Island right over there"
Narragansett
Chip
|
$1,200
[6]
The prince's kiss awakens her with a "Grease" song that says, "No graduation day for you... flunked shampoo"
Sleeping Beauty-School Dropout
Dana
|
|
$1,600
[10]
On June 9, 68 A.D. this emperor told the centurion who'd come to arrest him, "this is fidelity" as he died by his own hand
Nero
Dana
|
— |
$1,600
[16]
Not to be confused with the trapezius muscle, the trapezium & trapezoid are 2 of the 8 carpal bones found in this joint
the wrist
Joe
|
$1,600
[22]
A type of dentin
Ivory
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
3 islands lie within this lake in New York's Adirondacks; Buck Island, Moose Island & Hawk Island
Lake Placid
Chip
|
$1,600
[7]
The Edsels' 1961 doo-wop hit is a song by Dorothy & the Munchkins celebrating a notable demise in "The Wizard of Oz"
Rama Lama Ding-Dong! The Wicked Witch Is Dead
|
|
$2,000
[11]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) An emperor's visit to Britain in 122 A.D. led to the building of this defensive barrier that remained effective for almost 300 years
Hadrian's Wall
Chip
|
— |
$2,000
[17]
This cone-shaped area at the base of the brain regulates many activities, including the wake-sleep cycle
the hypothalamus
Chip
Dana
|
$2,000
[23]
The outer part of an orange peel
Zest
Chip
Dana
|
$2,000
[26]
This island off Georgia was named for a friend of James Robert Oglethorpe, not a Robert Louis Stevenson doctor
Jekyll
Joe
|
$2,000
[8]
The film for which Sandra Bullock won an Oscar is an unintended consequence of taking a medication
The Blind Side Effect
Dana
|
Chapters in this 1962 classic include "Earth's Green Mantle", "Needless Havoc", "Rivers of Death" & "And No Birds Sing"
Silent Spring