David Madden game 14.Last game of Season 21.
Maya Kobersy — an attorney originally from Sterling Heights, Michigan
Dan Tick — a technical support manager from Escondido, California
David Madden — a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey (whose 13-day cash winnings total $305,101)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $4,200 | $5,200 | $21,200 |
$28,200
14-day champion: $333,301 |
$22,800
26 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Dan | $0 | $3,000 | $5,400 |
$400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
8 R, 1 W |
| Maya | $3,400 | $6,000 | $14,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,000
21 R, 4 W |
| PHYSICS | CLASSIC AMERICAN SONGS | CLUB HOPPIN' | HERO SANDWICH | FOOD & DRINK BRANDS | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" |
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$200
[19]
In 1938 Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission by splitting atoms of this element
uranium
David
Maya
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$200
[18]
Thissong could be John Henry's reply to the question "Where ya been?"
"I've Been Workin' On The Railroad"
Maya
|
$200
[26]
Are you ready to rumba? Head for the rumba room at this California theme park's Citywalk
Universal Studios
Dan
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$200
[14]
This hero of WWII was the "Lion of Luzon", but on Bataan he was known as "Dugout Doug"
MacArthur
David
|
$200
[21]
In 1999 this General Mills cereal came out with Millenios, featuring 2s as well as the usual Os
Cheerios
David
|
$200
[2]
Sidewinder or diamondback(11)
rattlesnake
Maya
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DD
$200
[9]
Term first used by James Watt for a unit equivalent to 550 foot-pounds of work per second
horsepower
David
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$400
[10]
Thissong is popular during a certain NFL team's introductions
"When The Saints Go Marching In"
Dan
Maya
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$400
[27]
Tongues are wagging that Tongue & Groove on Peachtree Rd. is one of this city's top nightspots
Atlanta
Maya
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$400
[15]
For his leadership that resulted in final victory, General Ulysses S. Grant was known as "The Hero of" this location
Appomattox
David
|
$400
[23]
In the '70s they called a "blended flavored (cherry & other flavorings) carbonated beverage" Mr. this
Mr. Pibb
Maya
|
$400
[3]
Cosmetic that makes you blush(5)
rouge
Dan
|
|
$400
[20]
Sublimation is the process by which a solid changes into a gas without going through this stage
liquid
Maya
|
$600
[11]
Numerical phrase for the time when you normally hearthe following
the seventh-inning stretch
Maya
|
$600
[28]
For years you could find Pete Fountain playing the clarinet at his own club on Poydras St. in this Southern city
New Orleans
Maya
|
$600
[8]
The parents of this mythological hero were told he'd live to a ripe old age as long as he never looked at himself
Narcissus
David
|
$600
[16]
Calistoga mineral water is from this California valley that's famous for its vineyards
Napa
David
|
$600
[4]
"Buyer's" guilt(7)
remorse
Maya
|
|
$800
[24]
This branch of physics deals with heat & includes cryogenics, which deals with extremely low temperatures
thermodynamics
Maya
|
$800
[12]
Jimmy Cagney could tell you the name of this up-tempo foot stomper
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Maya
|
$800
[29]
Perhaps because of its wall of fire, Rumjungle in this "Bay" hotel has been called "the hottest club in Vegas"
Mandalay Bay
Dan
|
$800
[1]
This title swashbuckling hero rescues aristocrats during the French Revolution in an Orczy work
the Scarlet Pimpernel
Maya
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$800
[22]
This marshmallow brand is named for the manufacturing process that infuses air into the marshmallows
Jet-Puffed
|
$800
[5]
Like a lizard(9)
reptilian
David
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Theodore Maiman used this gem in producing the world's first laser in 1960
a ruby
Dan
Maya
|
$1,000
[13]
Sir Edmund Hillary might enjoy this spiritually inspired favorite
"Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Maya
|
$1,000
[30]
"Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits" at a Sunday gospel brunch at one of these clubs nicknamed HOB
the House of Blues
Dan
|
$1,000
[7]
A 15th century poem by a guy known as Blind Harry is the main source for the life of this Scottish hero
William Wallace
David
Maya
|
$1,000
[17]
Mr. T was featured in Busta Rhymes' 2002 video "Pass" this Napoleonic cognac
courvoisier
Maya
|
$1,000
[6]
Garibaldi's gang(9)
redshirts
David
|
| 20th CENTURY AMERICANA | CELEBRITY LIVES | LAKES & RIVERS | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES | LITERARY BUNNIES | "FAN" CLUB |
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$400
[1]
The first Dairy Queen opened in Illinois, & the first McDonald's opened in this state
California
David
|
$400
[29]
"Dark Lover" by Emily Leider is the first fully documented biography of this early Hollywood heartthrob
Valentino
David
|
$400
[11]
In Hinduism, a shortcut to paradise is to die in this 1,560-mile river
the Ganges
David
|
$400
[30]
Tenor Heinrich Vogl created the roles of Loge in "Das Rheingold" & Siegmund in "Die Walkure" by this composer
Wagner
David
|
$400
[6]
In Chapter 1 of this book, Mole says, "Onion-sauce! Onion-sauce!" to a group of rabbits who have no satisfactory reply
The Wind in the Willows
David
|
$400
[27]
Try to remember this musical that features the song "Try To Remember"
The Fantasticks
Dan
|
|
$800
[12]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago's Adler Planetarium.) In celebration of his 500th birthday, a statue of this Polish astronomer was dedicated outside the Adler Planetarium in 1973
Copernicus
Dan
|
$800
[18]
In a 2003 bestseller, A. Scott Berg "Remembered" this legendary actress who passed away at age 96
Katharine Hepburn
David
|
$800
[5]
In chapter 3 of the Biblical book named for him, Joshua leads the Israelites across this river
the Jordan
Maya
|
$800
[26]
In 1902 Clifford Berryman drew a famous editorial cartoon of this man refusing to shoot a bear cub
Teddy Roosevelt
Maya
|
$800
[28]
The power-mad Gen. Woundwort makes life miserable for the other bunnies in this 1972 novel by Richard Adams
Watership Down
Maya
|
$800
[25]
Gosh darn it, it's cursing & swearing
profanity
David
|
|
$1,200
[13]
These caramel candies debuted in 1935, long before Ann Miller's Broadway musical of the same name
Sugar Babies
|
$1,200
[17]
(Hi, I'm Bob Woodward.) In my book "Wired", I wrote about "the short life & fast times" of this comedian
John Belushi
Dan
|
$1,200
[4]
It's estimated that more than 20% of the world's unfrozen fresh water is in this Siberian lake
Lake Baikal
David
|
$1,200
[21]
War correspondent Martha Gellhorn was married to this author from 1940 to 1945
Hemingway
David
|
$1,200
[24]
Mammy-Bammy Big-Money is the witch rabbit who lives in a swamp in this man's Uncle Remus stories
(Joel Chandler) Harris
David
|
$1,200
[8]
This American grape that makes a fine wine has been traced back to an Italian variety known as primitivo
zinfandel
David
|
|
DD
$1,200
[7]
Art Linkletter was on the $100,000 bill in the 1960 edition of Milton Bradley's Game of this
Life
David
|
$1,600
[16]
"Natasha" tells of her tumultuous life, her many loves and her mysterious death in 1981
Natalie Wood
Maya
|
$1,600
[2]
The Tipitapa River connects Lake Nicaragua with this other large lake to the north
Lake Managua
David
|
$1,600
[22]
Self-destructive poet Delmore Schwartz inspired this author's novel "Humboldt's Gift"
(Saul) Bellow
Maya
|
$1,600
[20]
In Beatrix Potter's "Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies", Flopsy marries this bunny
Benjamin
Maya
|
DD
$1,200
[10]
Boston merchant & "hall" monitor
(Peter) Faneuil
David
|
|
$2,000
[14]
What a turn-on! "Energy Turns On the World" was the theme of the 1982 World's Fair in this Tennessee city
Knoxville
Maya
|
$2,000
[15]
"Mercy, Mercy Me", a biography of this singer, was published in 2004 to coincide with the 20th anniv. of his death
Marvin Gaye
Maya
|
$2,000
[3]
Perhaps Enya could tell you that part of this 1,600-mile-long river flows along the Venezuela-Colombia border
the Orinoco
David
|
$2,000
[23]
In 1929 Hugo Eckener commanded this famous airship with a 2-word name on a flight around the world
the Graf Zeppelin
|
$2,000
[19]
Howard R. Garis wrote a book about this avuncular rabbit "and the Runaway Cheese"
Uncle Wiggily
|
$1,600
[9]
To remove the canine teeth
defang
David
|
This actor who turned down the role of Dirty Harry played 142 leading roles, a Guinness record
John Wayne