Howard Jacobs — a physician from Pikesville, Maryland
Erica Hersh — a health communications writer originally from South Orange, New Jersey
Bill Cossen — a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $400 | $3,600 | $12,000 |
$16,801
2-day champion: $31,801 |
$15,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Erica | $1,800 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$4,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
14 R, 1 W |
| Howard | $400 | $2,200 | $6,200 |
$12,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,200
12 R, 4 W |
| 9-LETTER WORDS | THE AMERICANS | DONALD DUCK | FOOD | -MANCY PANTS | BOATING HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[6]
It's the cord you were born to lose
umbilical
Erica
|
$200
[1]
In between being president & chief justice, he taught constitutional law at Yale
William Howard Taft
Bill
|
$200
[8]
Donald's girlfriend, she was first known as Donna Duck but was renamed in her second film, "Mr. Duck Steps Out"
Daisy Duck
Bill
|
$200
[14]
Among Time magazine's 25 Best Inventions of 2013 was the cronut, a cross between this & a donut
the croissant
Bill
|
$200
[16]
What's that giant talking octopus smoking a cigar mean? Use oneiromancy, the practice of interpreting these
dreams
Erica
|
$200
[22]
A special deal on goods
sale
Howard
|
|
$400
[7]
If I had a wooden hammer, I'd play this instrument here
a xylophone
Howard
|
$400
[2]
He's the good-humor man seenherein 1925 doing one of his famous rope tricks
Will Rogers
Howard
|
$400
[9]
A creation of the comic books, this rich old miser wears a red coat & a black silk top hat
Scrooge McDuck
Erica
|
$400
[15]
It's the 6-letter term for a thin slice of meat, especially pork or veal, that's broiled or fried
a cutlet
|
$400
[27]
A necromancy can mean this 5-letter magical word that is "cast" by wizards
a spell
Bill
|
$400
[23]
To bend the body in reverence
bow
Bill
|
|
$600
[13]
Dear contestants, it means earnestly or honestly.This adverb, Alex Trebek
sincerely
Erica
|
$600
[3]
Naturally this designer was born in NY, the daughter of a tailor & a model
Donna Karan
Erica
|
$600
[10]
In a 1938 cartoon, Donald's sister Dumbella sent these 3 nephews to visit him; chaos ensued
Huey, Louie, & Dewey
Howard
|
$600
[17]
Served in chicken soup, knaidel is another name for this Jewish favorite
matzo ball
Erica
|
$600
[28]
Tasseomancy, the reading of these, must be popular in England in the late afternoon
tea leaves
Bill
|
$600
[24]
Strict, harsh or grim
stern
Howard
|
|
$800
[20]
Random House describes it as "a greenish blue or bluish green" & ooo, sorry... aquamarine has 10 letters
turquoise
Erica
|
$800
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a flight path on the monitor.) In a 15-minute flight, Freedom 7 flew 303 miles, peaking at an altitude of just 117 miles, making this man the first American in space
Alan Shepard
Bill
|
$800
[11]
Introduced on TV in 1961, this uncle of Donald was a professor who spoke with a European accent
Ludwig Von Drake
|
$800
[18]
Used for making stocks & gravy, they're innards like the heart, liver & gizzard of poultry
giblets
Erica
|
$800
[29]
A state of temporary inactivity like hibernation
dormancy
|
$800
[25]
Gathered, like troops on a border
massed
Bill
|
|
$1,000
[21]
"V" know this adjective means lively or animated
vivacious
Howard
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Best known for a different work, in 1833 he produced a "Common Version" of the Holy Bible "with Amendments of the Language"
Noah Webster
Bill
|
$1,000
[12]
In the opening of "The Mickey Mouse Club", Donald would strike this instrument, usually with disastrous results
a gong
Howard
|
$1,000
[19]
It's the two-word nameof the USA's best-sellinggrape
Thompson seedless
|
$1,000
[30]
Chiromancy is this method of telling someone's fortune
palm reading
Bill
|
$1,000
[26]
Origin, such as the "noble" type
birth
Erica
|
| "NINE" LETTER WORDS | PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | THE SUPREME COURT | ROCK BAND NAME OPPOSITES | CRITTERS | MILITARY FIRSTS |
|
$400
[24]
Each adult jaw has 2 of these
canine teeth
Bill
|
$400
[11]
"I think, therefore I am"; you think, therefore you know this man is famous for saying that
(René) Descartes
Erica
|
$400
[6]
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) determined that a state prosecution couldn't introduce evidence obtained by a search without this
a warrant
Bill
|
$400
[13]
A Disease
The Cure
Bill
|
$400
[21]
Indian gray is one species of this cobra killer that's tolerant of the snake's venom but not totally immune
the mongoose
Bill
|
$400
[1]
Franz Honiok, a Polish prisoner killed by the SS, is remembered as the first casualty of this war
World War II
Bill
|
|
$800
[25]
Proverbially, you're on this 2-word place if you're perfectly happy
cloud nine
Erica
|
$800
[12]
This Nobel-winning existentialist said, "existence precedes essence", but the essence of my argument is he no longer exists
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
Erica
|
$800
[7]
(Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The war on terror raised new issues; in 2004 I wrote an opinion establishing that U.S. citizens who are enemy combatants do have rights under this Bill of Rights amendment not to be held indefinitely without due process
the Fifth Amendment
Bill
Howard
|
$800
[17]
Fully Clothed Gentlemen
Barenaked Ladies
Howard
|
$800
[22]
The longest mammal migration was 6,200 miles when 1 of these "singing" whales swam from Brazil to Madagascar
humpbacks
Howard
|
$800
[2]
A new era dawned in land warfare in September 1916 when these armored vehicles were used in battle for the first time
tanks
Bill
|
|
$1,200
[26]
That's stupid! Unintelligent! Foolish!
asinine
Howard
|
$1,200
[14]
He worked for "Peanuts" & wrote, "I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time!"
Charles Schulz
Bill
|
$1,200
[8]
Each associate justice is permitted to have up to 4 of these assistants; usually they are recent top law school graduates
clerks
Bill
|
$1,200
[18]
Black Solids
The White Stripes
Howard
|
$1,200
[23]
The reptile family Helodermatidae has 2 members: the beaded lizard & this "monster"
a Gila monster
Erica
|
$1,200
[3]
The first jet-to-jet aerial victory took place during this war when a USAF Lockheed F-80C shot down a MiG-15 over the Yalu River
the Korean War
Bill
|
|
$1,600
[27]
Rat poison that (luckily) has a bitter taste
strychnine
Bill
|
$1,600
[15]
Him & load! This 17th century man said a baby's mind is "white paper, void of all characters"
John Locke
Howard
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2013 the Court struck down key parts of this 1965 act that forces certain states to pre-clear election law changes
the Voting Rights Act
Erica
|
$1,600
[19]
Mute Feet
Talking Heads
|
$2,000
[29]
This smallest subspecies of tiger lives only on the Indonesian island near Java for which it's named
the Sumatran tiger
Erica
|
$1,600
[4]
Thedigger hatis synonymous with this nation'sarmy, which first wore itin 1885
Australia
Howard
|
| — |
$2,000
[16]
Seen here, this political theorist of the 16th century wrote, "It is far safer to be feared than loved."
Machiavelli
Howard
|
DD
$2,600
[9]
(Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) A lot more people got to know what we sounded like on December 11, 2000, when the oral argument in this case became the first one released for same-day broadcast
Bush v. Gore
Bill
|
$2,000
[20]
Old Adults Not for Auction
New Kids on the Block
|
DD
$3,000
[28]
This largest sea turtle is the only one that lacks a hard shell, having instead skin with tiny bone plates
the leatherback turtle
Bill
|
$2,000
[5]
The 1st man to win this highest British military medal was sailor Charles Lucas in 1854 for actions during the Crimean War
the Victoria Cross
Howard
|
In "Godspell" this character leads the company in singing, "Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord"
John the Baptist (or Judas Iscariot)