Rachael Sims — a law school graduate from Sullivan, Illinois
Nic Pereira — a pool and spa maintenance contractor from Guerneville, California
Laura Lorson — a newscaster and editor from Perry, Kansas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $1,600 | $3,000 | $13,800 |
$7,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
16 R, 2 W |
| Nic | $2,000 | $2,800 | $10,000 |
$7,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 0 W |
| Rachael | $2,600 | $7,000 | $19,500 |
$21,500
New champion: $21,500 |
$18,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| MOVIE TAGLINES | THE MAIN NON‑ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT | "RU" FOR REAL | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | THE TVA | WHERE AM I? |
|
$200
[5]
2003:"There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean. They're looking for one"
Finding Nemo
Laura
|
$200
[6]
in a Bloody Mary
tomato juice
Nic
|
$200
[14]
From August 1942 to February 1943, much of Stalingrad was reduced to this, rough fragments of building material
rubble
Rachael
|
$200
[19]
This university in New York City that was founded as King's College in 1754 uses a crown as its logo
Columbia University
|
$200
[24]
First things first: created by Congress in 1933, TVA is short for this federal corporation
the Tennessee Valley Authority
Rachael
|
$400
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) I'm in this city, chosen as the headquarters of the League of Nations, for what the U.N. says was in recognition of the city's tradition of international diplomacy
Geneva
Laura
Rachael
|
|
$400
[4]
1978:"It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!"
Animal House
Rachael
|
$400
[7]
in a White Russian
cream
Rachael
|
$400
[15]
Think it over, chew the cud, do this before you respond
ruminate
Nic
|
$400
[20]
Evanston resident Rebecca Hoag was the first female student to enroll at this Illinois university
Northwestern
Rachael
|
$400
[25]
"Frying eggs from 93 million miles away--now that's power" says tva.com of this type of energy
solar
Laura
|
$600
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) I'm at the world's largest religious structure, this incredible 12th-century edifice, with its 2-mile-long outer walls & 500-acre sacred interior
Angkor Wat
Laura
|
|
$600
[3]
1976:"His whole life was a million-to-one shot"
Rocky
Rachael
|
$600
[8]
in a Cape Codder
cranberry juice
Nic
|
$600
[16]
2-word gangland slang for "assassinate", you dirty rat
rub out
Laura
|
$600
[21]
This Houston school that offers "unconventional wisdom" features 3 owls on its shield
Rice
Laura
|
$600
[26]
8 dams of the Cumberland River System, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of these, provide power to the TVA
Engineers
Rachael
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) With Jerusalem spread out behind me, I'm high up on this, which is named for an important crop of the region
the Mount of Olives
Rachael
|
|
$800
[2]
2002:"It was supposed to be the safest room in the house"
Panic Room
Laura
|
$800
[9]
in a Long Island iced tea
Coca-Cola
Nic
|
$800
[17]
It's another term for a backpack
a rucksack
Rachael
|
$800
[22]
Sure and 'twas a French religious group led by Father Edward Sorin that founded this school in 1842
Notre Dame
Rachael
|
$800
[27]
A mosquito-eradication program by the TVA eliminated this disease that had been endemic to a regional waterway
malaria
Laura
Nic
Rachael
|
$1,000
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) I'm on this island near Cape Town, known as both South Africa's Alcatraz & the Island of Tears
Robben Island
Rachael
|
|
$1,000
[1]
1991:"Somebody said get a life... so they did"
Thelma & Louise
|
$1,000
[10]
in a Jagerbomb
Red Bull
Rachael
|
$1,000
[18]
This patriotic ode to Albion dates to the 1740s
"Rule, Britannia!"
Rachael
|
$1,000
[23]
Bishop Holland McTyeire, a cousin of the founder's wife, chose the site in Nashville for the campus of this private university
Vanderbilt
Laura
|
$1,000
[28]
Rich deposits of coal & copper are found in TVA land, which boasts mile-high peaks in this "Great" mountain chain
the Great Smoky Mountains
Rachael
|
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| INTRODUCTIONS | NOW THAT'S A SAD STORY | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | JOHN LAW | PRUSSIA | THE TV "A" |
|
$400
[15]
The point where things get serious is where this material "meets the road"
rubber
Laura
|
$400
[10]
Best friends Jess & Leslie invent a "Bridge to" this enchanted place in their imagination where one of them dies in reality
Terabithia
Rachael
|
$400
[25]
A forbidden rock group
a banned band
|
$400
[5]
He argued & won 25 cases before the Supreme Court before joining it in 2005
(John) Roberts
Nic
|
$400
[1]
Crowned King of Prussia in 1861, he took the title of kaiser when the German Empire was founded in 1871
(Kaiser) Wilhelm
Nic
Rachael
|
$400
[17]
Even before going "Celebrity", this Trumped-up show used "For The Love Of Money" by the O'Jays as its theme
The Apprentice
Laura
|
|
$800
[22]
In the rhyming theme of California's Del Mar, this word for a racetrack "meets the surf"
the turf
Nic
|
$1,200
[12]
Death narrates this novel in which Liesel starts her stealing at her brother's funeral
The Book Thief
|
$800
[30]
The most awful sausage
the worst wurst
Laura
|
$800
[6]
He rode his success as a North Carolina trial lawyer to a 1998 Senate win & later a place on a national ticket
John Edwards
Rachael
|
$800
[2]
After the collapse of the Third Reich, parts of East Prussia, including Konigsberg, was annexed by this country
Russia
Nic
|
$800
[18]
I pity da fool who doesn't know that in the pilot for this '80s show, Tim Dunigan, not Dirk Benedict, played Face
The A-Team
Nic
|
|
$1,200
[23]
The Monty Python "Dead Parrot" sketch includes "expired and gone to" undergo this introduction
meet its maker
Rachael
|
$1,600
[13]
Charlie Gordon is outsmarted by a lab rat at the start of this Daniel Keyes work; Charlie's IQ gets a boost, temporarily
Flowers for Algernon
Rachael
|
$1,200
[29]
A rough school class
a coarse course
Rachael
|
$1,200
[7]
He was U.S. attorney general on September 11, 2001
John Ashcroft
Laura
|
$1,200
[3]
Albert, the leader of the Knights of this order, turned Prussia into a secular Polish duchy in 1525
the Teutonic Order
|
$1,200
[19]
From 2002 to 2009 she "Straight Up" judged how people sang on a TV show
Paula Abdul
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Nice to make your acquaintance & seize your ships; in this war, Oliver Hazard Perry said, "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
the War of 1812
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
From page 1 of this Fred Gipson novel: "When I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks"
Old Yeller
Rachael
|
$1,600
[28]
A newspaper critique of a musical production
a revue review
Laura
|
$1,600
[8]
John Campbell opposed secession but concurred with this 1857 Supreme Court decision that pushed the U.S. toward war
Dred Scott
Rachael
|
$1,600
[4]
In the Middle Ages the name of the ruling dynasty was changed from Zollern to this longer one
Hohenzollern
Laura
|
$1,600
[20]
On "The "Simpsons" he makes himself heard as Moe, Apu, Duffman, Disco Stu, Wiggum, Dr. Nick...
Hank Azaria
Laura
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Meaning "ignore masters, find your own way", a saying in Zen philosophy is "if you meet" him "on the road, kill him"
Buddha
Nic
|
$2,000
[14]
The privileged Amir betrays his friend Hassan in this novel set partly in 1970s Afghanistan
The Kite Runner
Rachael
|
$2,000
[27]
Non-poets who are non-amateurs
prose pros
Rachael
|
DD
$2,500
[9]
In his dissent to this infamous 1896 decision, John Marshall Harlan wrote that "our Constitution is color-blind"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Rachael
|
$2,000
[26]
In 1866 Schleswig & this other Danish duchy became part of Prussia
Holstein
Laura
|
$2,000
[16]
On '70s late-night TV, he brought Beldar Conehead to life
(Dan) Aykroyd
Nic
|
Springsteen said David Sancious was "the only member of the group who ever actually lived" there
E Street