Elizabeth Webster — an ESL teacher from East Lansing, Michigan
Deb Williams — a member services counselor from Hudson, Ohio
Alexander Persaud — a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | $6,600 | $8,600 | $27,800 |
$35,000
3-day champion: $61,000 |
$26,200
28 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Deb | $1,200 | $1,400 | $3,000 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
6 R, 1 W |
| Elizabeth | $200 | $2,800 | $8,800 |
$17,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL | BEASTLY POSSESSIVES | POTPOURRI | THE STEAKS | NEVER BEEN HIGHER | MLB ALL-TIME LEADERS |
|
$200
[11]
A classic animal tale:"Belleza Negra"
Black Beauty
Alexander
|
$200
[16]
You heard it directly from here, meaning the most reliable source
the horse's mouth
Elizabeth
|
$200
[21]
It's spoken by lawyers to alert the court to improper evidence or procedure
an objection
Elizabeth
|
$200
[6]
This steak sauce was created in the 1820s by the chef to England's King George IV
A.1.
Alexander
|
$200
[1]
In 1975 Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach its summit
Mount Everest
Alexander
|
$400
[29]
At-bats, games played, hits, Hall of Fame arguments
Pete Rose
Alexander
|
|
$400
[15]
Shel Silverstein:"El Arbol Generoso"
The Giving Tree
Elizabeth
|
$400
[17]
It's worth 50 points in darts
the bull's-eye
Alexander
|
$400
[22]
Stevie Nicks sang about the white-winged this, &hereit is
a dove
Alexander
Deb
Elizabeth
|
$400
[7]
Sometimes wrapped in bacon, this choice cut of boneless steak with a French name is from the end of the loin
filet mignon
Deb
|
$400
[2]
The farthest humans have ever been from Earth is 248,655 miles, when this ill-fated craft rounded the Moon in 1970
Apollo 13
Elizabeth
|
$600
[28]
Consecutive games (once), grand slams (once), biopic starring Gary Cooper
Lou Gehrig
Alexander
|
|
$800
[14]
An American classic:"Por Quien Doblan las Campanas"
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Alexander
|
$600
[18]
It's the broken or jagged fabric pattern seen here
houndstooth
Elizabeth
|
$600
[23]
Located between 85th & 96th, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir is found in this landmark
Central Park
Deb
Elizabeth
|
$600
[8]
Found in the bottom sirloin & on the Sizzler's menu is this cut whose name comes from its geometry
tri-tip
Elizabeth
|
$600
[3]
In 2005 former Mumbai sheriff Vijaypat Singhania reached 68,986 feet in one of these
a balloon
Alexander
|
$800
[27]
Among pitchers: strikeouts, walks (win some, lose some)
Nolan Ryan
Alexander
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Stevenson:"Secuestrado"
Kidnapped
Alexander
|
$800
[19]
"In" this beastly body part means very unlikely to happen if at all
a pig's eye
Alexander
|
$800
[24]
In one legend, Juno condemned this nymph, saying, "You shall still have the last word, but no power to speak first"
Echo
Elizabeth
|
$800
[9]
This trendy steak cut of recent origin sounds like something you'd use to press your clothes
a flat iron
Deb
|
$800
[4]
The Nurek one of these in Tajikistan is 984 feet high plus 52 more feet of concrete under the river
a dam
Alexander
|
$1,000
[26]
Times caught stealing (win some, lose some)
Rickey Henderson
|
|
DD
$1,800
[12]
The first in a series:"El Leon, la Bruja y el Ropera"
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Alexander
|
$1,000
[20]
Vonnegut volume about a possibly world-ending form of water called ice-nine
Cat's Cradle
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[25]
"The Lost Colony" that landed on this island in 1587 had about 17 women, 9 kids & 90 men
Roanoke
Alexander
|
$1,000
[10]
A 19th century doctor invented this oval beef patty "steak" served in brown sauce & prescribed it to ward off gout
Salisbury steak (hamburger)
Alexander
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2012 this "happy" Austrian set a record, parachuting from 24 miles up for more than 9 min. back to Earth
Felix Baumgartner
|
— |
| THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND | INITIALLY MEDICAL | "UV" EXPOSURE | ROLE REVERSAL | SCULPTURE | THE FESTIVE CARIBBEAN |
|
$400
[2]
...named this was killed in 1094 at the instigation of his uncle Donald Bane, not murdered by Macbeth
Duncan
|
$400
[14]
You can treat it with diet & lifestyle changes as well as drugs:HBP
high blood pressure
Deb
|
$400
[13]
An arrangement of overlapping slats that can be used to control airflow
louver
|
$400
[23]
This actor played a Nazi in "Marathon Man" & a Nazi hunter in "The Boys from Brazil"
Laurence Olivier
Deb
|
$400
[1]
Buonarroti is the surname of this sculptor & painter who gave us "David"
Michelangelo
Alexander
|
$400
[7]
On January 6, children in this U.S. commonwealth place grass in a shoe box for the Magi's camels
Puerto Rico
Elizabeth
|
|
$800
[3]
...of this house whose monarchs included Mary, Queen of Scots was William of Orange
the Stewart
Alexander
|
$800
[15]
A shot for the young, it's a triple treater:MMR
measles, mumps & rubella
Elizabeth
|
$800
[20]
From a country south of Ecuador
Peruvian
|
$800
[24]
In 1994's "Junior", this macho action superstar got in touch with his feminine side as a pregnant male research subject
Schwarzenegger
Alexander
|
$800
[8]
These decorative waterspouts of the Middle Ages were designed to prevent rainwater from running down masonry walls
gargoyles
Alexander
|
$800
[9]
Barbados' Crop Over Festival celebrates the harvest of this crop; of course, it's followed later by a rum fest
sugarcane
Deb
|
|
$1,200
[4]
...to die in battle was killed at the 1513 Battle of Flodden Field by the forces of this English king
Henry VIII
Alexander
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[17]
Pioneered in the 1950s by Dr. Sabin:OPV
the oral polio vaccine
Alexander
|
$1,200
[21]
A clever movement, or a training exercise for troops
maneuver
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[25]
She entranced us as a proper little witch but then cast a spell as a Valley Girl party animal in "The Bling Ring"
Emma Watson
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[10]
In a sculpture by Giambologna, Nessus, one of these creatures, horses around with Deianira, Hercules' wife
a Centaur
Alexander
|
$1,200
[11]
Reggae Sumfest, the world's premier reggae festival, is held each July in this resort city on Jamaica's NW coast
Montego Bay
Alexander
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
...of this house was David II, son of Robert
the Bruce
Alexander
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
For a cardiologist or a DJ:BPM
beats per minute
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[22]
Viens ici, mon cher--snuggle with me in bed under this
duvet
Alexander
|
$1,600
[26]
Say hello to my little friend!He was a gangster in "Scarface", then put on a badge as a dedicated cop in "Heat"
Al Pacino
Alexander
|
$1,600
[29]
Naturally, Degas knew his ballet terms; the sculpture seenhereis called "Large" this
Arabesque
|
$1,600
[12]
The Cayman Islands' Carnival Batabano is named for the tracks left in the sand by these reptiles as they crawl to nest
sea turtles
Elizabeth
|
|
$2,000
[6]
...who wasn't also king of England was the V of this name, reigning from 1513 to 1542
James
Alexander
|
$2,000
[18]
A small pressurized can for delivering asthma medication:MDI
metered-dose inhaler
|
$2,000
[28]
Existing before the flood
antediluvian
Alexander
|
$2,000
[27]
"I didn't kill my wife!" he exclaimed in one of his many hero roles, but in "What Lies Beneath", he was a murderer
Harrison Ford
Alexander
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1915 this goofy Frenchman exhibited a snow shovel on which he wrote, "In Advance of the Broken Arm"
Marcel Duchamp
|
$2,000
[19]
The Shakespeare Mas in this "Spice Isle" country is a battle of wits using only lines from the Bard's plays
Grenada
|
Losses in this event included 12 chests of souchong
the Boston Tea Party