Lauren Donahoo — a tutor and recreation facilitator from Chicago, Illinois
Phil Salathé — a teacher and composer from Rocky Point, New York
H.B. Taylor — a collaboration solution specialist from McKinney, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.B. | $200 | $2,400 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
9 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Phil | $800 | $4,200 | $22,600 |
$22,600
New champion: $22,600 |
$21,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Lauren | $6,400 | $8,600 | $10,200 |
$10,198
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
18 R, 2 W |
| HISTORIC HANDSHAKES | TOYS "R" US | D.C.-AREA LANDMARKS | REALITY TV HOSTS | COMPARING | APPLES & ORANGES |
|
$200
[26]
While attending Boys Nation in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 1963, this future president shook hands withJFK
Clinton
H.B.
|
$200
[1]
A Hungarian professor designed the prototype of this puzzle in 1974; by the 1980s, it was a sensation
a Rubik's Cube
Lauren
|
$200
[21]
Established in 1921, it bears the inscription "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God"
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Phil
|
$200
[6]
Ryan Seacrest
American Idol
Lauren
|
$200
[11]
A math axiom says a line is this superlative distance between 2 points on a flat surface
shortest
Phil
Lauren
|
$200
[16]
Too bitter to eat fresh, the Seville orange is used to make these after-dinner beverages like Cointreau & Curacao
a liqueur
Phil
|
|
$600
[28]
When Elvis Presley met Richard Nixon in December 1970, the King told the President that this British group was anti-American
the Beatles
Phil
|
$400
[5]
This smiling gal with yarn for hair was the subject of a U.S. patent issued in September 1915
Raggedy Ann
Phil
|
$400
[22]
In the 1860s Constantino Brumidi painted the fresco for the dome of this building's rotunda
the Capitol Building
Phil
|
$400
[7]
Tom Bergeron
Dancing with the Stars
Lauren
|
$400
[12]
This irregular comparative describes a wise, experienced "statesman"
elder
Lauren
|
$400
[17]
Known for its apple juice & sparkling cider, this company has been selling its products since 1868
Martinelli's
Lauren
|
|
$800
[29]
Shortly after the handshake seen here, this prime minister, on the left, claimed there would be "peace for our time"
(Neville) Chamberlain
Phil
|
$600
[4]
Someone's block will be knocked off when the Blue Bomber takes on the Red Rocker in this 5-word game
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
H.B.
|
$600
[23]
This 146-acre stretch of lawn has been called "America's front yard"
the Mall
Phil
|
$600
[8]
Padma Lakshmi
Top Chef
H.B.
Lauren
|
$600
[13]
Superlative in the Queen's question to her mirror in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
fairest
Phil
|
$600
[18]
Rivaling the Red Delicious as the most popular apple in the U.S. are the Fuji & this 4-letter apple from New Zealand
the Gala
Phil
|
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
In 1977, Jimmy Carter said this leaderwas "an island of stability"; two years later, he was overthrown
the Shah of Iran (Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)
H.B.
|
$800
[2]
In 1999 this classic toy wagon landed at the National Toy Hall of Fame
Radio Flyer
Lauren
|
$800
[24]
A statue of Puck graces this Shakespeare library
the Folger
Lauren
|
$800
[9]
Nick Cannon
America's Got Talent
Lauren
|
$800
[14]
Boxer Bob Fitzsimmons gets credit for the line that contains "bigger" & this other comparative
harder
H.B.
Lauren
|
$800
[19]
Jaffa oranges are a sweet variety named for a port in this present country
Israel
|
|
$1,000
[30]
During a thaw in the Cold War, Alexey Leonov & Thomas Staffordshook handsafter these two spacecraft docked in July 1975
Apollo & Soyuz
H.B.
|
$1,000
[3]
I got a brand new pair of Riedell 911 Jammer Jams, these
roller skates
H.B.
|
$1,000
[25]
The figure of this 20th century man is carved into the "Stone of Hope", which stands past the "Mountain of Despair"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
|
$1,000
[10]
Chris Harrison
The Bachelor
Lauren
|
$1,000
[15]
Toni Morrison titled a novel "The" this superlative "Eye"
Bluest
Lauren
|
$1,000
[20]
With its deep red flesh, the Moro variety of this orange is not for the squeamish
a blood orange
Lauren
|
| THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAY | A GLOBAL CATEGORY | MOVIE MUSIC | "ROID" RAGE | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS | RETURN OF THE WOOD |
|
$400
[18]
As this play begins, "Savage whispers fill the theater... Salieri!... Salieri!... Salieri! "
Amadeus
Phil
|
$400
[17]
From France in the west to Albania in the east, this mountain range spans a dozen countries
the Alps
Lauren
|
$400
[7]
Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was featured in this doomsday flick
Armageddon
Phil
|
$400
[1]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson delivers the clue.) I was honored in 2001 when one of these small rocky objects originally designated "1994 KA" was named for me by the International Astronomical Union
an asteroid
Phil
|
$400
[24]
Legend says Simonetta Vespucci was the model for Botticelli's "The Birth of" this goddess of love
Venus
Phil
|
$400
[23]
A Con Ed electric safety brochure advises using a fiberglass or wooden one around power lines, never metal
a ladder
H.B.
Phil
|
|
$800
[21]
Act I, scene i of this Shakespeare play: a "noise of thunder and lightning heard. Enter a ship-master and a boatswain"
The Tempest
Lauren
|
$800
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In central London, the British National Gallery of Art, St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Charing Cross, &, of course, a famouscolumnare found on this square
Trafalgar Square
Lauren
|
$800
[8]
This 1965 film gave us "Lara's Theme"
Dr. Zhivago
Phil
|
$800
[6]
This word comes from Greek words meaning "human form"
android
H.B.
|
$800
[30]
He paintedhimselfafter he moved to Giverny in 1883
Monet
Lauren
|
$800
[26]
This mythic ship's prow was made of wood from the sacred Talking Tree of Dodona & it talked to Jason & the crew
the Argo
Phil
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In one stage adaptation, it's set in "the jury room of a New York court of law"--the time is 1954
Twelve Angry Men
Phil
|
$1,200
[13]
Heading straight south from San Diego into Mexico, the first city you'll encounter is this border resort
Tijuana
Phil
|
$1,200
[9]
The Michelle Pfeiffer pfilm "Dangerous Minds" produced this heavenly hit from Coolio
"Gangsta's Paradise"
H.B.
|
$1,200
[4]
To decorate with needlework
embroider
Phil
|
$1,200
[27]
Delacroix' unfinished painting of Chopin & this lover was later cut in 2; each is now displayed in a different museum
George Sand
H.B.
|
$1,200
[11]
The wood of the Eastern red & incense species of this tree is popular for pencils
the cedar
|
|
$2,000
[22]
"Vivian Bearing walks on the empty stage pushing her IV pole. She is fifty, tall and very thin, barefoot, and completely bald"
Wit
|
$1,600
[14]
It's the biggest desert that includes part of China
the Gobi
H.B.
|
$1,600
[5]
"(Best That You Can Do)" is in the title of the theme from this Dudley Moore comedy
Arthur
Phil
|
$1,600
[2]
The gland where you might get a goiter
the thyroid
Phil
|
$1,600
[28]
Artist who painted the 1948 work seenherethat features a Maine neighbor who suffered from polio
Andrew Wyeth
Lauren
|
$1,600
[12]
The King James Bible says Noah's Ark was constructed from this "beastly" wood--maybe cypress
gopher wood
|
|
DD
$2,400
[20]
Act I of this play opens in a small bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris, Salem, Mass., in the spring of 1692
The Crucible
Phil
|
$2,000
[15]
The Guanacaste Mountains are found in this peaceful country known as the Switzerland of Central America
Costa Rica
Phil
|
$2,000
[10]
"Tubular Bells" was in this 1973 scarefest
The Exorcist
H.B.
Phil
|
$2,000
[3]
This adjective is the "NS" in "NSAID"
nonsteroidal
Phil
|
DD
$4,800
[29]
Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle was the subject of his 1872-73 work "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2"
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
H.B.
|
$2,000
[25]
Xylocopa, a large bee that tunnels into wood to nest, is known by this occupational name
a carpenter
Lauren
|
In 1913 this cleaning item was born when its creators named it from a word meaning "bright" or "shining"
Brillo