Jessica Rebel — a contract attorney and stay-at-home mom from Lenexa, Kansas
Matt Kish — a high school history teacher from Brunswick, Ohio
Diana Peloquin — a graduate student of law and social work from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana | $400 | $1,200 | $5,700 |
$3
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $2,800 | $7,200 | $13,000 |
$23,201
New champion: $23,201 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jessica | $1,600 | $3,200 | $11,600 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
16 R, 4 W |
| TV CHARACTER ALIASES | FAMILIAR PHRASES | AUTOMAKERS | "G.M." | FORD | DETROIT ROCKS! |
|
$200
[2]
He impersonated Mr. Burns, but when asked for Mr. Burns' first name, he replied, "I don't know"
Homer Simpson
Diana
|
$200
[6]
End someone's hopes & you've put the "last" this "in the coffin"
nail
Diana
|
$200
[9]
This Japanese businessman's company was founded in 1948 to make motorcycles; he unveiled his first car in 1963
(Soichiro) Honda
Matt
|
$200
[15]
It's the colorful term for the nerve tissue that makes up the cerebral cortex
gray matter
Matt
|
$200
[22]
Gerald Ford was a member of this group that took testimony from 552 witnesses & found Oswald acted alone
the Warren Commission
Jessica
|
$200
[7]
"Detroit" is a French word meaning this narrow waterway connecting 2 larger bodies of water
strait
Matt
|
|
$400
[3]
He posed as importer (& exporter!) Art Vandelay, of Vandelay Industries
George Costanza
Matt
|
$400
[8]
Situationherefor Bill Tilden at the top of the screen, meaning he has control of the situation
the ball is in his court
Matt
Jessica
|
$400
[10]
In a 1988 film Jeff Bridges played this maverick carmaker who built only 51 of the cars named for him
(Preston) Tucker
Jessica
|
$400
[18]
"Aaron Burr" was the muffled response in a famous TV ad that ended with this question
got milk?
Matt
|
$400
[23]
In the photo seen here, Ford is meeting with this adviser
(Henry) Kissinger
Matt
|
$400
[27]
After the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, she moved to Detroit & worked for Rep. John Conyers
Rosa Parks
Jessica
|
|
$600
[1]
This detective became Sonny Burnett to deal with vice in Miami
Sonny Crockett
Matt
|
$600
[12]
A document stating whether a ship carried disease; if not, it got a "clean" one
a bill of health
Matt
|
$600
[11]
During WWII this automaker & his father received a portion of the profits on every VW beetle sold under the Nazis
(Ferdinand) Porsche
|
$600
[19]
1972 candidate who joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way--& he did
George McGovern
Jessica
|
$600
[24]
Gerald Ford grew up in this Michigan city, the largest after Detroit
Grand Rapids
Diana
Jessica
|
$600
[28]
Seen here is the 24-foot statue of the arm & fist of this Detroit-reared heavyweight champ of the '30s & '40s
Joe Louis
Matt
|
|
$800
[4]
This serial killer of serial killers also goes by Patrick Bateman, a movie character with similar issues
Dexter
Jessica
|
$800
[13]
This "man" is an irrelevant but convenient object to a attack in an argument
a straw man
Jessica
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1903 this man introduced his 15-hp Arrow model; 6 years later Pres. Taft ordered 2 for the White House
(George) Pierce
|
$800
[20]
Virginia Hill, to Bugsy Siegel
gun moll
|
$800
[25]
Buy less & save more was part of Ford's "WIN" program, "whip" this "now"
inflation
Matt
|
$800
[29]
A controversial idea to help the city out of bankruptcy is to sell pieces from the DIA, the Detroit Institute of these
Arts
Diana
|
|
$1,000
[5]
On "Mad Men", the name of this Jon Hamm character was actually an alias used by Dick Whitman
Don Draper
Matt
|
$1,000
[14]
This 2-word phrase for a radical transformation comes from "The Tempest"
sea change
|
DD
$1,200
[16]
He died in Germany in 1900; from 1998 to 2007 his name was joined with Chrysler
(Gottlieb) Daimler
Matt
|
$1,000
[21]
It's the wanderer seen here whose larvae are highly destructive
a gypsy moth
Matt
|
$1,000
[26]
In September 1975 Ford survived 2 assassination attempts, the first by Lynette Fromme, a cult follower of this man
Charles Manson
Jessica
|
$1,000
[30]
Because of a bend in the river, Detroit is directly north of this Canadian city
Windsor
Diana
|
| BIBLICAL ART | ELEPHANT HODGEPODGE | FILMED IN HAWAII | TREE WORDS | FRENCH LIT | PERIODIC SPELLING |
|
$400
[29]
An 1846 painting by Edward Hicks shows animals entering this, 2 by 2
Noah's Ark
Matt
|
$400
[14]
On South Africa's coat of arms, these paired elephant parts symbolize wisdom & strength
tusks
Matt
Jessica
|
$400
[15]
James Cameron used the rainforest & wide canyons of Kauai to represent Pandora in this 2009 film
Avatar
Jessica
|
$400
[9]
To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire, it's from an Old English word meaning "cause to suffer"
pine
Jessica
|
$400
[7]
Gaston Leroux had this title character haunting a Paris opera house
the Phantom of the Opera
Diana
|
$400
[3]
Gold + radium=it's illuminating
AuRa
Jessica
|
|
$800
[25]
Restoration work completed in 1999 removed 500 years of grime from this Leonardo masterpiece
The Last Supper
Diana
Jessica
|
$800
[16]
In a 1930 film he said, "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don't know"
Groucho Marx
Matt
|
$800
[17]
Some scenes for this adventure: "At World's End" were filmed on Molokai & Maui
Pirates of the Caribbean
Matt
|
$800
[10]
The volcanic type of this is airborne matter smaller than 1/10th of an inch in diameter
ash
Diana
|
$1,200
[1]
In "The Second Sex", this French female existentialist deconstructed the myth of the feminine
Simone de Beauvoir
|
$800
[2]
Copper + tellurium=like babies & kittens
CuTe
Jessica
|
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
The Rembrandt paintingseenheredepicts a story from this Old Testament book
Daniel
Matt
|
$1,200
[21]
About 100 years ago, a circus elephant named John L. Sullivan participated in this sport in an act with his trainer
boxing
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
Locations for this star's 1962 flick "Girls! Girls! Girls!" included the Bumble Bee tuna plant near Waikiki Beach
Elvis Presley
Matt
|
$1,200
[11]
To conceal in the hand; it can be used to cheat at cards or dice
palm
Jessica
|
DD
$1,500
[8]
French author Albert Camus set several works in this country of his birth
Algeria
Diana
|
$1,200
[4]
Iron + argon=a word in Hunter S. Thompson titles
FeAr
Jessica
|
|
$1,200
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Poussin depicted the return of spies in the book of Numbers; the size of thebunch of grapestells us the place they've reconnoitered lives up to its billing as this land
the Promised Land
|
$1,600
[22]
This song from "Oklahoma!" tells us that "The corn is as high as an elephant's eye"
"Oh, What A Beautiful Morning"
Diana
|
$1,600
[19]
Part-time Kauai resident Ben Stiller used the island as a substitute for the jungles of Vietnam for this 2008 film
Tropic Thunder
Jessica
|
$1,600
[12]
The village blacksmith could tell you it's an old, oft-repeated joke, story or song
chestnut
|
$1,600
[23]
"Remembrance of Things Past" is a classic example of the type of series called a roman-fleuve, literally novel-this
river (or stream)
|
$1,600
[5]
Sodium + iridium=a hair-razing product
NaIr
Jessica
|
|
$1,600
[28]
In the 1400s Giovanni di Paolo painted this saint "Entering the Wilderness"
John the Baptist
|
$2,000
[27]
This 4-armed son of Shiva & Parvati in Hinduism has a big-bellied human body with the head of an elephant
Ganesh (or Ganesha)
Diana
|
$2,000
[20]
Kevin Costner created a floating atoll off the Big Island for this 1995 post-apocalyptic flick
Waterworld
Matt
|
$2,000
[13]
This governing officer of a church often has pastoral or teaching functions
elder
|
$2,000
[24]
This 1830 Stendhal work paints a colorful portrait of post-Napoleon France
The Red and the Black
Diana
|
$2,000
[6]
Hydrogen + yttrium + manganese=good for Sunday
HYMn
Jessica
|
At 4,000 miles, the farthest-apart capitals of bordering countries are these 2 cities, one on a peninsula
Moscow & Pyongyang