Diana Zinser — a lawyer from Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Sam Osborne — a graphic design student from Lake City, Florida
Christina McTighe — a library associate from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina | $0 | $4,800 | $7,600 |
$15,200
2-day champion: $36,800 |
$7,600
13 R, 3 W |
| Sam | $3,200 | $4,200 | $13,200 |
$10,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Diana | $3,200 | $4,400 | $7,200 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
13 R, 2 W |
| NICE BEARD | "DOUBLE" OR NOTHING | SCIENCE FICTION | BABIES ARE BORING | JUST KIDDING | PLEASE, NO LETTERS |
|
$200
[3]
The evolution of this naturalist began on February 12, 1809, probably without the beard, though
Charles Darwin
Sam
|
$200
[1]
To peruse once more to make absolutely sure
double-check
Diana
|
$200
[26]
In this Ira Levin novel, a community's women are turned into perfect, loving beautiful... robots!
The Stepford Wives
Sam
|
$200
[6]
They do a lot of this, due to an inability to swallow & having no teeth to dam up the saliva
drool
Christina
|
$200
[21]
Mitch Hedberg: "I like" this grain. It "is great when you're hungry & you want 2,000 of something"
rice
Christina
|
$200
[15]
Number of people on a grand jury, or number associated with "skidoo"
23
Christina
Sam
Diana
|
|
$400
[4]
Workers of the world, unite in your admiration of this German's whiskers
(Karl) Marx
Sam
|
$400
[2]
To do it in blackjack, place an equal bet alongside your original bet
to double down
Sam
|
$400
[27]
(I'm Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX.) My belief in the importance of space travel & planetary colonization for the survival of the human species was influenced in part by the epic depiction of the rise & fall of civilizations in this author's "Foundation" series
Isaac Asimov
|
$400
[7]
Parents get no appreciation for investing in chlorine-free these & even using a warmer for them at diapering time
baby wipes
Diana
|
$400
[22]
This "Price is Right" host: "Hate your job? There's a support group for that--it's called everybody. They meet at a bar"
Drew Carey
Sam
|
$400
[17]
There are this many lines in a Shakespearean sonnet
14
Christina
Diana
|
|
$600
[12]
It's the blues-rock trio seen here, because the category demanded them
ZZ Top
Christina
|
$600
[11]
A studio couch converts into one of these
a double bed
Sam
|
$600
[28]
This TV series about a former NASA astronaut was based on Martin Caidin's novel "Cyborg"
The Six Million Dollar Man
Sam
|
$600
[8]
Baby is no help when you take her temperature, even using the easy axillary method with the thermometer here
the armpit
Christina
Diana
|
$600
[23]
A. Whitney Brown: "I'm a" this "not because I love animals, but because I hate plants"
a vegetarian
Christina
|
$600
[18]
Number of seats said to be at King Arthur's round table, or years in a sesquicentennial
150
Diana
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Thisplaywright would have needed a major barbering to get rid of that beard
Shaw
Sam
|
$800
[13]
A bus with 2 seating levels
a double-decker
Sam
|
$800
[29]
"American Gods" is a Hugo Award-winning novel by this creator of the "Sandman" comics
Neil Gaiman
Christina
|
$800
[9]
Baby's big move is spreading & re-closing the arms on being startled, called the "moro" this action
reflex
Diana
|
$800
[24]
On "Between Two Ferns", this actor asked Ben Stiller, "Do you wish... you had ever followed your parents into comedy?"
Zach Galifianakis
Sam
|
$800
[19]
I got fourscore & 19 problems, this many, but your response ain't one
99
Christina
|
|
$1,000
[14]
Virginia Woolf saidthis19th century Russian was the greatest of all novelists
(Leo) Tolstoy
Christina
|
$1,000
[16]
Common term for a mobile home made of 2 traditional sections joined together
a double-wide
Christina
|
$1,000
[30]
A flying penguin shows up in "Zero History", a cyberpunk opus from this author of "Mona Lisa Overdrive"
William Gibson
|
$1,000
[10]
Junior's deepest relationship is with his pacifier, & his first word will probably be this Playtex trademark for it
a binky
Christina
Diana
|
$1,000
[25]
The irreplaceable Robin Williams said, "To a 3-year old" this guy "is a 6-foot rat"
Mickey Mouse
Sam
Diana
|
$1,000
[20]
Restaurant-speak for "There's no more of that"
86
Christina
|
| REVOLUTIONARY WAR FIGURES | MOVIE TITLE OVERLAPS | TRANSLATE THE AUSTRALIAN, MATE | LAMB-POURRI | "W"ORLD CITIES | COMPUTER HISTORY |
|
$400
[2]
On April 18, 1775, Massachusetts Governor Gage ordered British troops to destroy military stores in this town near Lexington
Concord
Christina
|
$400
[3]
"My Big Fat Greek ____ Crashers"
Wedding
Diana
|
$400
[18]
Order me the "amber fluid"
beer
Diana
|
$400
[8]
This nursery rhyme about a little girl & her unusual pet served as a lesson in the 19th century McGuffey's Readers
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Sam
|
$400
[13]
In 1611 the Polish king & court were moved here from Krakow
Warsaw
Sam
|
$1,200
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.) Ushering in the era of big iron was UNIVAC, which, in 1952, became a star during CBS election coverage; polls said the race would go to Adlai Stevenson, but UNIVAC predicted this man would win in a landslide; UNIVAC was right
Eisenhower
Christina
|
|
$800
[1]
A plaque to him at West Point shows his birth year & rank, his name & date of death were removed long ago
Benedict Arnold
Diana
|
$800
[4]
The Best Exotic Marigold ____ for Dogs"
Hotel
Sam
|
$800
[19]
No need for a "barney"; we're all friends here
an argument
|
$800
[9]
The L.A.M.B. shoe line, created by this "Hollaback Girl" singer, is an acronym for Love Angel Music Baby
(Gwen) Stefani
Sam
|
$800
[15]
This hyphenated North Carolina city is home to Wake Forest University & Piedmont Baptist College
Winston-Salem
Sam
|
$1,600
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.) Punch-card tabulators vastly reduced the time needed to conduct the 1890 census & saved taxpayers millions; they were created by Herman Hollerith, the father of modern automatic computation, who founded what is today this 3-letter business giant
IBM
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This heroine of the Battle of Monmouth began receiving a $40 annual pension in 1822 for her war efforts
Molly Pitcher
Sam
|
$1,200
[5]
"Before ____ Boulevard"
Sunset
Christina
|
$1,200
[20]
Dave can't pick a job; first he was a "postie", now a "garbo", these 2 jobs
a postman and a garbage man
Diana
|
$1,200
[10]
A cut of lamb consisting of both sides of the loin still joined by bone has this equestrian name
a saddle of lamb
|
$1,200
[14]
The first permanent settlement (1812) on the Red River grew into this Manitoba city
Winnipeg
Sam
|
— |
|
$1,600
[24]
After the revolution this "Swamp Fox" became a state senator in South Carolina
(Francis) Marion
Sam
|
$1,600
[6]
"It Happened ____ ____" in the Tropics"
One Night
Sam
|
$1,600
[21]
He owns a big "station" 100 miles from no where
a farm
|
$1,600
[11]
In 2012, hestepped down as C.E.O. of C-SPAN but continues to host the "Q&A" series
Brian Lamb
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
This Irish city on the Suir River is an export center for fruit, meat &' of course, fine crystal
Waterford
Sam
|
— |
|
DD
$2,200
[25]
In March 1775 he told the Second Virginia Convention, "We have done everything that could be done to avert the storm"
Patrick Henry
Sam
|
$2,000
[7]
"Into the ____ Strawberries"
Wild
Diana
|
$2,000
[22]
A "Top Ender" is a resident of this territory
the Northern Territory
|
$2,000
[12]
This phrase for a victim is the title of a Roald Dahl story in which a husband is killed with a frozen leg of lamb
lamb to the slaughter
Diana
|
$2,000
[17]
The Yangtze River runs through this capital of Hubei Province that's lent its name to a deadly flu virus
Wuhan
|
— |
On completing the "Deathbed" edition of his great work, he wrote, "L. of G. at last complete--after 33 y'rs of hackling at it"
Walt Whitman