Joe Keehnast — a web product manager from Chicago, Illinois
Katie Frank — a graduate student in communications studies from Poway, California
Darren O'Connor — a police officer from Norfolk, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren | $1,000 | $2,800 | $16,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Katie | $3,600 | $8,000 | $15,200 |
$30,200
New champion: $30,200 |
$15,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Joe | $800 | $1,000 | $9,000 |
$2,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 3 W |
| THE MONTANAS, JOE & HELENA | POLITICIAN AUTHORS | OTHER LINES TO SING THE KIDS | ENDS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS | ANCIENT HISTORY | NOEL, COWARD |
|
$200
[11]
Coming off the bench as QB in the 3rd game of his senior year, Joe led this college team to the national title
Notre Dame
Joe
|
$200
[6]
Books by this president include "Where's the Rest of Me?", a title from a line in the movie "King's Row"
Ronald Reagan
Katie
|
$200
[15]
"As your bright & tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark"
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Katie
|
$200
[18]
To decrease & then increase is to do this "& flow"
ebb
Darren
|
$200
[1]
In the 400s B.C. Callicrates designed the temple of Athena Nike on this hill
the Acropolis
Darren
Katie
|
$200
[29]
In 1997 Noel sold this company's stock for $3.28 a share; i Know Noel regrets it went for over $700 in 2012
Apple
Joe
|
|
$400
[12]
She's the lady seenhereatop the state capitol in Helena, Montana
Lady Liberty
Joe
|
$400
[7]
This Al Gore book is subtitled "The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It"
An Inconvenient Truth
Katie
|
$400
[16]
"Build it up with wood & clay, wood & clay, wood & clay"
"London Bridge (Is Falling Down)"
Katie
|
$400
[19]
Another word for a baseball glove
mitt
Katie
|
$400
[5]
Shihuangdi unified the Chinese empire but was paranoid & held a burning of these items in 213 B.C.
books
Joe
|
$400
[28]
Noel wasn't afraid of this NHL team because of its "diabolic" name--it's just that Martin Brodeur was scary good
New Jersey Devils
Joe
|
|
$600
[13]
As a 49er, Joe was perfect for this "geographic" offense of coach Bill Walsh
the West Coast offense
Katie
|
$600
[8]
"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" is by this funnyman-turned-Minnesota senator
Al Franken
Katie
|
$600
[17]
"Cluck cluck red hen have you any eggs?"
"Baa Baa Black Sheep"
Joe
|
$600
[21]
A tax levied specifically on imports
tariff
Darren
|
$600
[4]
Babylonia & Sumer were civilizations in this ancient region that gave us a little something called civilization
Mesopotamia
Joe
|
$600
[24]
Noel wouldn't open his tool box after seeing one of the movies in this horror series featuring Tobin Bell
Saw
Katie
|
|
$800
[14]
Helena's valley is named after this alliterative plant; William Clark was injured by many of its barbs when he explored there
the prickly pear
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
In 2003 this onetime head of the State department told her groundbreaking story in "Madame Secretary"
Madeleine Albright
Katie
|
$800
[20]
"And if that Billy goat won't pull, papa's gonna buy you a cart & bull"
"Hush, Little Baby"
Joe
|
$800
[22]
The point in an orbit farthest from earth
apogee
|
$800
[2]
Meaning "hidden", this god's name is found in the name of a young pharaoh who restored worship of him
Amun
Darren
|
$800
[26]
The website of the BLS, the Bureau of these, which reports the national unemployment rate, terrifies Noel
Labor Statistics
Katie
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Today a stadium is named for Joe in this hometown, also the longest-named of Pittsburgh's "three rivers"
Monongahela
Katie
Joe
|
$1,000
[10]
This Republican who ran for president in 2012 is the author of "End the Fed"
Ron Paul
Darren
Katie
|
$1,000
[25]
"Trumpet sound the jubilee, hallelujah"
"Michael Row The Boat Ashore"
Katie
|
$1,000
[23]
The point in an orbit closest to earth
perigee
Darren
|
$1,000
[3]
The first Roman emperor born outside Italy, this slightly deaf & limping man took power in 41 A.D.
Claudius
Darren
|
$1,000
[27]
Noel freaks when it comes to Yb, this element; it's the most volatile rare-earth metal, & Noel can't stand volatility!
ytterbium
|
| THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY | FINAL RESTING PLACES | MOUNTAINS | BIBLICAL REVELRY | SECURITY | ____ IT |
|
$400
[15]
Both the 1925 & the 1959 versions of this biblical epic featuring a chariot race are on the National Film Registry
Ben-Hur
Katie
|
$400
[10]
This entertainer's tomb in the Hollywood hills is marked with his familiar signature & piano drawing
Liberace
Katie
|
$400
[5]
Until Mount Everest was scaled in 1953, Annapurna in this kingdom had been the tallest mountain summitted
Nepal
Joe
|
$400
[24]
It's where Moses is in Exodus 32 when the Israelites are having a wild party without him
Mount Sinai
Darren
|
$800
[28]
"Topics" at the website for this Cabinet department include "Human Trafficking" & "Immigration Enforcement"
Homeland Security
Katie
|
$800
[2]
Live without comforts, as when camping
rough it
Joe
|
|
$800
[16]
The most recent feature film on the registry is this 1999 Keanu Reeves movie that taught us there is no spoon
The Matrix
Katie
|
$800
[11]
The granary burying ground holds Sam Adams, Robert Treat Paine & this man who signed the Dec. of Indep. before them
John Hancock
Darren
|
$800
[6]
In 1992 concrete blocks were used in an attempt to stem the flow of lava from this Sicilian volcano, but it didn't work
Etna
Darren
|
$800
[23]
A collection of sage advice, this biblical book warns, "he that loveth wine & oil shall not be rich"
Proverbs
Katie
|
$1,200
[27]
"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little... safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety", he wrote
(Benjamin) Franklin
Darren
Katie
|
$1,200
[1]
Sticky note
Post-it
Joe
|
|
$1,200
[17]
1897 footage captures the title fight between Bob Fitzsimmons & this boxer known as "Gentleman Jim"
Jim Corbett
Darren
|
$1,600
[13]
In 1936, 47 years after his death, his body was moved from Molokai to Leuven, Belgium
Father Damien
Katie
|
$1,200
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew visits Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.) The idea for Mount Rushmore came from South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson, who envisioned having colossal sculptures of Old West heroes on this range of low mountains
the Black Hills
Darren
|
$1,600
[21]
From Ecclesiastes: "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of" this type of glee
mirth
Katie
|
$1,600
[26]
Common-law & statutory are types of this legal claim one has on the property of another as security for debt
a lien
|
$1,600
[3]
Go crazy or get angry
lose it
Katie
|
|
$1,600
[18]
In this film added to the registry in 2012, Ralphie asks Santa for a Red Ryder BB gun
A Christmas Story
Katie
|
$2,000
[14]
This composer was buried in 1849 at Paris' Pere-Lachaise; his sister took his heart back to Warsaw
Chopin
Joe
|
$1,600
[8]
Some areas of this highest Oregon peak receive more than 400 inches of snow a year
Mount Hood
Joe
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
In Judges 16 the Philistines have a wild party (their last) to mock this hero
Samson
Darren
|
$2,000
[25]
Maintaining the security of Israel, it is officially the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations
Mossad
Darren
|
$2,000
[4]
Hang out, relax, especially "old school"
kick it
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[19]
This Steve McQueen film was shot on the steep streets of San Francisco, an exhilarating setting for its extended car chase
Bullitt
Darren
|
DD
$3,600
[12]
This author's ashes were buried under a large walnut tree in front of his office on Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana, California
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Darren
|
$2,000
[9]
If you watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, you saw stunning views of this 750-mile mountain range
the Caucasus
Darren
|
$2,000
[22]
Paul wrote to Titus about "worldly lusts" & to this other Mr. T. about leading away "captive silly women"
Timothy
Katie
|
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George Romero declined to direct a few episodes of this series, calling it "basically... just a soap opera"
The Walking Dead