Deborah Ellis — a retired middle school teacher from Rogue River, Oregon
Clay Walls — a university honors program manager from Birmingham, Alabama
Nancy Akerman — a science policy fellow from Arlington, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy | $400 | $2,600 | $6,200 |
$2,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Clay | $5,000 | $7,000 | $9,800 |
$7,199
New champion: $7,199 |
$9,800
19 R, 4 W |
| Deborah! | $1,400 | $3,200 | $11,000 |
$2,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN POETRY | OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD RECORDS | PENINSULAS | "MICRO" OR "MACRO" | ARTS | CRAFTS |
|
$200
[1]
Countee Cullen:"Some are teethed on a ____ spoon, with the stars strung for a rattle"
silver
Deborah!
|
$200
[21]
8,893 points by Roman Sebrle
the decathlon
Deborah!
|
$200
[6]
You'll find Pinellas Peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico in this peninsular state
Florida
Clay
|
$200
[24]
Digital behemoth founded in 1975
Microsoft
Clay
|
$200
[11]
Drummer Art Blakey was a real heavy cat in this style of music that preceded "Messengers" in his band's name
jazz
|
$200
[16]
The man seenhereis using the traditional method for making this--perhaps for some origami
paper
Deborah!
|
|
$400
[2]
Thomas Nashe:"Rich men, trust not in wealth; ____ cannot buy you health"
gold
Clay
|
$400
[22]
19.30 seconds by Usain Bolt
the 200 meters
Nancy
Clay
|
$400
[7]
The cities of Lisbon & Leon are on this peninsula
the Iberian
Clay
|
$400
[25]
The study of the overall aspects of a nation's production & distribution of goods & services
macroeconomics
Clay
|
$400
[12]
Arthur Burns battled inflation as the chairman of this economic body from 1970 to 1978
The Fed (the Federal Reserve)
Nancy
|
$400
[17]
Our next affable gent is making bird decoys bycarvingwood--also called this pastime
whittling
Clay
|
|
$600
[3]
Whitman:"You convicts in prison cells---you sentenced assassins chain'd and handcuff'd with ____"
iron
Deborah!
|
$600
[23]
73 feet, 8 3/4 inches by Ulf Timmermann
the shot put
Deborah!
|
$600
[8]
It's the body part of the Italian "boot" made up by the Salentine peninsula in the Puglia region
the heel
Clay
|
$600
[26]
To obsessively control every part of a business or system
micromanagement
Clay
|
$600
[13]
He attended UCLA on a tennis scholarship & in 1965 won the U.S. collegiate men's singles title
Arthur Ashe
Clay
|
$600
[18]
In Mexico, a manoperatesa basic one of these to make some colorful stuff
a loom
Nancy
|
|
$800
[4]
Sandburg:"It is here the nostrils rush the air to the lungs. it is here ____ clamors to be let in"
oxygen
Clay
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
19 feet, 7 inches by Renaud Lavillenie
the pole vault
Nancy
|
$800
[9]
This emirate o-"q"-pies a desert peninsula that juts into the Persian Gulf
Qatar
Deborah!
|
$800
[27]
Whole grains & beans make up a big part of this dietary regimen
macrobiotics
Deborah!
|
$800
[14]
In 1965 this dance instructor & entrepreneur had more than 350 franchised dance studios
Arthur Murray
Deborah!
|
$800
[19]
To beat the heat, a man in Edo iscreatingthe folding types of these
fans
Clay
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Milton:"With ever-burning ____ unconsum'd, such place eternal justice has prepar'd"
sulphur
Clay
|
$1,000
[29]
3 minutes, 32.07 seconds by Noah Ngeny
the 1,500 meters
Nancy
Deborah!
|
$1,000
[10]
The northern boundary of this peninsula is considered to be the Danube, Sava & Kupa rivers
the Balkan
Clay
Deborah!
|
$1,000
[28]
It achieved its independence in 1986
Micronesia
Clay
|
$1,000
[15]
American philosopher Arthur Lovejoy's most famous work was "The Great Chain of" this
Being
|
$1,000
[20]
The power sander is a good tool formaking these that can later be treated with a product called sex wax
a surfboard
Clay
Deborah!
|
| WORLD LEADERS IN 1914 | PARENTHETICAL SONGS | SILENT CONSONANT | MANAGEMENT | LET'S GO "C" A PLAY | MOUNT RUSHMORE |
|
$400
[23]
Emperor Taisho
Japan
Nancy
|
$400
[10]
U2:"(In The Name Of Love)"
"Pride"
Nancy
|
$400
[6]
A warehouse; in the names of businesses, it follows "Home" & "Office"
depot
Nancy
|
$400
[18]
A vision statement sets a company's goals; this "statement" that almost rhymes with vision lays out its way to get there
the mission statement
Deborah!
|
$400
[1]
Caius Marcius' victory at Corioli earns him this name, the title of a Shakespeare tragedy
Coriolanus
Deborah!
|
$400
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) The four presidents chosen for Mount Rushmore symbolize the first 150 years of American history--Washingtonis the founding, Lincolnis preservation, Rooseveltis development, &Jeffersonis expansion for his role in this 1803 land deal
the Louisiana Purchase
Nancy
|
|
$800
[24]
Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith
the United Kingdom
Nancy
|
$800
[11]
Elton John:"(I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)"
"Rocket Man"
Clay
|
$800
[7]
These underground tombs on the Appian Way consisted of tunnels with recesses for graves
catacombs
Deborah!
|
$800
[19]
Have an HR person there & get right to the point are tips on doing this, from the Latin for "end"
termination (or to terminate)
Deborah!
|
$1,200
[3]
This 1955 play by Tennessee Williams won a Pulitzer Prize
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Deborah!
|
$800
[17]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) It was this sculptor, the son of Danish immigrants, whodecidedthat Mount Rushmore should be anational monumentcommemorating America's founders & builders
Gutzon Borglum
|
|
$1,200
[25]
Prime Minister Louis Botha
South Africa
|
$1,200
[12]
T. Rex:"(Get It On)"
"Bang A Gong"
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1947 a N.Y. court ruled that this red-stalked plant was a fruit, not a veggie, because it was mainly used as a fruit
rhubarb
Deborah!
|
$1,200
[20]
Fortune's story on Cinnabon president Kat Cole is titled "From Hooters Girl to" this desirable "Office"
corner
Clay
|
$1,600
[4]
In this play set in the 1600s, John Proctor tells Rev. Hale, "though you be ordained in God's own tears, you are a coward"
The Crucible
Clay
|
$1,200
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) The accuracy of the likenesses on Mount Rushmore is amazing, especially considering that 90% of it was carved using this; itsblastsremoved 450,000 tons of rock from the mountain
TNT (or dynamite)
Nancy
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Sultan Mehmed V (over a now-departed entity)
the Ottoman Empire
Deborah!
|
$1,600
[13]
The Four Tops:"(Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"
"Can't Help Myself"
Clay
|
$1,600
[9]
There's a silent "G" in this opposite of "to praise"
malign
Deborah!
|
$1,600
[21]
As the 2-word phrase indicates, these people bring information straight to you, their immediate supervisor
direct reports
Clay
|
$2,000
[5]
Phyllis Frelich played deaf student Sarah in this Broadway play; Marlee Matlin played her in the film version
Children of a Lesser God
Nancy
|
$1,600
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) To remove granite from the skin of the monuments' faces, the carversdrilledvery shallow & closely spaced holes, a technique called this, like a beehive structure, then broke away the rock between the holes
honeycombing
Deborah!
|
| — |
$2,000
[14]
R.E.M.:"(Don't Go Back To)"
"Rockville"
Clay
|
$2,000
[15]
The rock species of this Arctic bird is also known as the snow chicken
the ptarmigan
Nancy
Deborah!
|
$2,000
[22]
Books for managers include Alfred Sloan's "My Years with" this company, for many years the world's largest
General Motors
Deborah!
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
This 1904 Russian play ends with the sound of an axe striking a tree
The Cherry Orchard
Deborah!
|
$2,000
[28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) Amazingly, there were no fatalities & only a few minor injuries during the 14 years it took to carve Mount Rushmore, though workers were lowered from the face of the mountain inswing seats, known as these chairs
boatswain chairs
Clay
Deborah!
|
Prunus dulcis, this snack high in calcium & vitamin E, is native to the Mideast, but 80% of the world crop comes from California
almonds