Jonathan Kuehnle — a high school campus director from Springfield, Ohio
Michelle Leppert — a senior managing editor from Danvers, Massachusetts
Amy Nienaber — an aspiring student from Bettendorf, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $2,600 | $6,000 | $12,800 |
$600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,800
20 R, 1 W |
| Michelle | $800 | $2,600 | $12,400 |
$24,700
New champion: $24,700 |
$16,400
18 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jonathan | $400 | $1,400 | $12,200 |
$24,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| ICE CREAM PARLOR WORDS | INNOVATION | AUTHORS' PLOTS | GUITARS | TV HOSTS BY INITIALS | THE USS OLYMPIA |
|
$200
[21]
A news story first revealed in a specific paper before others get it
a scoop
Michelle
|
$200
[6]
This 18th century innovator helped give us a stove & the lightning rod
Ben Franklin
Amy
|
$200
[1]
Grave markers for him & his wife in Oxford bear the names of 2 Middle-earth characters
(J.R.R.) Tolkien
Amy
|
$200
[11]
Since the early 19th century, it's been the number of strings on a standard guitar
six
Amy
|
$200
[16]
"Dancing with the Stars":T.B.
Tom Bergeron
Amy
|
$200
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from aboard the Olympiain the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.) On May 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the Olympiamade history as Admiral Dewey's flagship, leading the U.S. fleet to victory in the decisive naval battle of this bay
Manila Bay
Jonathan
|
|
$400
[22]
Along with the rods, they're the other light-sensitive retinal cells
cones
Amy
|
$400
[7]
Computing was changed by the GUI, short for this technology using on-screen icons & a pointing device
graphic user interface
Jonathan
|
$400
[2]
His ashes were buried in his mother's family plot in Salinas, California
Steinbeck
Amy
|
$400
[12]
String vibrations are converted into amplifiable signals by these magnetic devices that sound like they'remade by Ford or Chevy
pickups
Michelle
|
$400
[17]
"Top Chef":P.L.
Padma Lakshmi
Amy
|
$400
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.) This ship needed giantsmokestacksto vent the fumes from its vertical triple expansion engines far below decks that could generate more than 17,000 horsepower, burning 600 pounds of this fuel a minute
coal
Michelle
|
|
$600
[23]
Light rains that may precede larger showers
sprinkles
Michelle
|
$600
[8]
Many lives are saved by using angioplasty to dilate coronary arteries & these drug-coated tubes to keep them open
stents
Michelle
|
$600
[3]
After his death in Samoa, this Scotsman's body was taken to a plot atop Mount Vaea
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
$600
[13]
The Clash's front man took this stage name in reference to the way he played rhythm guitar
Joe Strummer
Amy
|
$600
[18]
"America's Got Talent":N.C.
Nick Cannon
Amy
|
$600
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.) In 1921, the ship's last official mission was to carry the body of this anonymous personage back to the U.S. from France for burial
the unknown soldier
Michelle
|
|
$800
[24]
Large Mardi Gras craft
a float
Jonathan
|
$800
[9]
(Al Gore delivers the clue from his office.) A change with thrilling implications for medicine & sobering ones for human autonomy is the life science revolution that has made this individual profile of your DNA available for 4 figures & dropping
a genome
Michelle
|
$800
[4]
Sadly, there are no trees near this poet's plot in an American military cemetery in Picardie, France
Joyce Kilmer
Michelle
|
$800
[14]
Leo was the first name of this designer of the iconic Stratocaster electric guitar
Fender
|
$800
[19]
"Meet the Press":D.G.
David Gregory
Amy
|
— |
|
$1,000
[25]
3 of the 6 for quarks are up, down & strange
flavors
Amy
|
$1,000
[10]
By 500,000 B.C., fire was being controlled & used by this "upright" species
Homo erectus
Amy
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
The monument for his grave in Elmira, New York is 2 fathoms tall
Mark Twain
Michelle
|
$1,000
[15]
The Stratocaster's great rival is the instrument made by Gibson & named for this jazz guitar great
Les Paul
|
$1,000
[20]
"Extra" (co-host), "The X Factor" (host):M.L.
Mario Lopez
|
— |
| BORN TO BE WILD | "COM" TO ME | QUOTABLE QUOTES | ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE | A LEAGUE | OF THERON |
|
$400
[11]
The wholphin seenherehas 66 teeth; Its dolphin mother had 88, & its father, a false killer one of these, had 44
a whale
Jonathan
|
$400
[1]
This punctuation follows a salutation in a letter
a comma
Michelle
|
$400
[6]
Radio reporter Herbert Morrison cried, "oh, the humanity!" about this May 6, 1937 disaster
(the crash of) the Hindenburg
Jonathan
|
$400
[21]
Straddling the Danube, Hungary's capital consists of these 2 parts
Buda and Pest
Michelle
|
$400
[16]
This youngest school in the Ivy League was founded in New York state in 1865
Cornell
Amy
|
$400
[26]
In 2012 it was up to this character "& The Huntsman" to thwart Charlize Theron as the evil Queen Ravenna
Snow White
Michelle
|
|
$800
[12]
The cub seenhereis one of these creatures, named for an historical region of India
a Bengal tiger
Amy
Jonathan
|
$800
[2]
Able to coexist, as with a spouse or another electronic device
compatible
Michelle
|
$800
[7]
According to Steve Jobs, "it's more fun to be a pirate than to join" this military force
the navy
Jonathan
|
$800
[22]
Hungary's former capital, this Danube city is now the capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
Jonathan
|
$800
[17]
The members of this graphic novel & movie "league" included the adventurer Allan Quartermain
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jonathan
|
$800
[30]
Charlize played Britt Ekland in "The Life & Death of" this actor portrayed by Geoffrey Rush
Peter Sellers
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[13]
He doesn't look like much yet, but this little fellow could grow up to get his picture on the back of a quarter someday
bald eagle
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[3]
A tribe of Shoshone people who moved to the southwest
the Comanche
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[8]
Jenny Joseph's "warning": "When I am an old woman I shall wear" this color "with a red hat"
purple
Michelle
|
$1,200
[25]
Danube cities in this country include Linz & Krems
Austria
Amy
|
$1,200
[18]
Founded in 478 B.C., the Delian League united several city-states in the fight against Persia & was led by this city
Athens
Amy
Michelle
|
$1,200
[29]
Charlize won acclaim for her role in "North Country" as a woman fighting sexual harassment in this industry
the mining industry
Amy
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Thislittle joey is one of the swamp species of these kangaroo relatives
wallabies
Amy
|
$1,600
[4]
Soybeans or corn, when traded on a market
a commodity
Amy
|
$1,600
[9]
Per Sarah Palin, it's "the difference between a hockey mom & a pit bull"
lipstick
Michelle
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
It's the only country through whose territory the Danube flows that used to be part of the USSR
Ukraine
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[19]
The story of the red-headed league involves a plot to rob a bank, thwarted by this man
Sherlock Holmes
Michelle
|
$1,600
[28]
With a mythic name, this 2012 sort-of-prequel to "Alien" saw Charlize on a mission to a distant moon
Prometheus
Michelle
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The little guy just coming out of his shell is a bouncing baby Burmesethis
python
Michelle
|
$2,000
[5]
Smugly satisfied
complacent
Michelle
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Year in which a U. S. president remarked, "this is the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation"
1969
Michelle
|
$2,000
[23]
In Germany the Danube flows through Ulm in Baden-Wurttemberg & Neu Ulm in this neighboring state
Bavaria
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[20]
It was formed in March 1945; original members include Egypt, Lebanon & Iraq
the Arab League
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[27]
In 2005 Charlize played this futuristic assassin whose tales were previously told on an MTV animated series
Aeon Flux
Amy
Michelle
|
The corporate website for this product says it leaves its container at .028 miles per hour
Heinz ketchup