David Madden game 17.
John Shivers — a marketing interviewer from Madison, Wisconsin
Sharon Rupe — a children's museum designer from St. Petersburg, Florida
David Madden — a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey (whose 16-day cash winnings total $378,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $3,400 | $5,800 | $17,200 |
$13,200
17-day champion: $391,900 |
$15,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sharon | $-1,400 | $-200 | $1,800 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
8 R, 5 W |
| John | $2,800 | $4,800 | $10,400 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
17 R, 2 W |
| ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL | NAME THE INSTRUMENT | A SOLID FOUNDATION | THE THEATAH | POLLUTION | BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the beginning of the Freedom Trail.) The first strokes of the two-&-a-half mile Freedom Trail's line were painted in 1951 at this public park that dates back to the 1630s
Boston Common
John
|
$200
[27]
In Billy Joel's "___ Man"
Piano
Sharon
|
$200
[18]
As you might expect, the Reuters Foundation sets up training programs for those in this field
journalism
David
|
$200
[7]
A 1982 play by this man is set among the Jerome family of Brighton Beach in 1937
Neil Simon
David
|
$200
[28]
The second-most reported cause of occupational injury is from this pollution caused by jackhammers & music
sound pollution (or noise pollution)
Sharon
|
$200
[29]
A carpet for a calico
a cat mat
David
|
|
$400
[26]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Old South Meeting House.) Here at Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams gave a coded signal that began this protest event
the Boston Tea Party
Sharon
|
$400
[12]
In Wynonna's "Girls With ___"
Guitars
|
$400
[19]
In 2004 the Starbright Foundation for sick kids merged, sensibly enough, with this foundation
the Starlight Foundation
David
|
$400
[13]
The plays of Franz Grillparzer, called this country's greatest dramatist, include "Family Strife In Hapsburg"
Austria
John
|
$400
[25]
(Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) As EPA head, I helped create a program to reduce diesel exhaust for these vehicles; children will breathe easier
school buses
John
|
$400
[24]
It's what the mallard acquired when he found a 4-leaf clover
duck luck
David
|
|
$600
[20]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Old North Church.) On April 18, 1775 North Church sexton Robert Newmanclimbedinto thesteepleto use the code famously known by this 9-word phrase
one if by land and two if by sea
David
Sharon
|
$600
[10]
In Bruce Hornsby's "___ Rain"
Mandolin
Sharon
|
$600
[21]
In 1914 the USA's first community foundation was set up in this Ohio city, then the nation's 6th largest
Cleveland
John
|
$600
[14]
Ralph "Mike Hammer" Meeker & John C. "Mr. Cellophane" Reilly have played this role made famous by Brando
Stanley Kowalski
John
|
$600
[8]
The American Lung Association's list of cities with the worst particle air pollutuion is topped by 3 in this state
California
David
John
|
$600
[6]
Hard-to-wash-out mark that a large wading bird left on your clothing
a crane stain
John
|
|
$800
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the U.S.S.Constitution.) The material that gave the U.S.S. Constitution this famous nickname islive oak from Georgia
"Old Ironsides"
John
|
$800
[9]
In Linda Ronstadt's "Different ___"
Drum
John
|
$800
[22]
It was launched in 1936 with car company stock, but its $10 billion portfolio no longer includes that stock
the Ford Foundation
David
|
$800
[15]
Aeschylus' play named for this king, Clytemnestra's husband, opens at his palace in Argos
Agamemnon
David
|
$800
[2]
From the Greek for "heat", this type of water pollution kills fish when hot water is dumped into a lake
thermal
David
|
$800
[4]
Type of paint for your dromedary
camel enamel
David
|
|
$1,000
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Freedom Trail.) Begun in 1795, it's the building behind me that Oliver Wendell Holmes called the "hub of the solar system"
the Bulfinch State House
David
|
$1,000
[11]
In The Byrds' "Mr. ___ Man"
Tambourine
John
|
$1,000
[23]
The breast cancer foundation named for this victim of the disease holds the "Race for the Cure"
Susan Komen
Sharon
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
Jack Absolute & Bob Acres, both vying for Lydia Languish's hand, are the title characters of this Sheridan play
The Rivals
David
|
$1,000
[3]
TCDD is a type of this toxic industrial byproduct used in Agent Orange
dioxin
Sharon
|
$1,000
[5]
Someone who guides or ministers to a big spotted feline
a leopard shepherd
Sharon
|
| WASHINGTON STATE | ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION | EPONYMOUS | I, MAX | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN |
|
$400
[25]
Hydroplane races & water carnivals highlight Seafair, held annually on Lake Washington near this largest Wash. city
Seattle
Sharon
|
$400
[1]
An extra playing card in a deck often used as a wild card
Joker
John
|
$400
[17]
On Sept. 21, 1792 the monarchy was abolished; 4 months later, this king was guillotined
Louis XVI
John
|
$400
[14]
London Street named for a 17th C. diplomat; the Prime Minister Lives on it
Downing
David
|
$400
[27]
On "M*A*S*H", this character used a great wardrobe to try & get out of the Army on a Section 8
Max Klinger
John
|
$400
[8]
Grandmotherly drag is just the thing for FBI agent Martin Lawrence in this 2000 film
Big Momma's House
Sharon
John
|
|
$800
[26]
With more than 50,000 employees in Washington, this aerospace company is one of the state's largest employers
Boeing
David
|
$800
[2]
Neurotoxic crawler who's hard on her mates
Black Widow
John
|
$1,600
[12]
This document approved on August 27, 1789 proclaimed that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
David
John
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1880 this British land agent in Ireland refused to lower his rents; as a result, he was isolated by protesters
Charles Boycott
|
$800
[24]
German poet Max Schneckenburger was famous for his 1840 poem about a watch on this river
the Rhine
David
|
$800
[9]
In this "of 1938" Bob Hope introduced "Thanks For The Memory"
The Big Broadcast
John
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Whidbey Island is the largest of several islands in this inlet
Puget Sound
David
|
$1,200
[3]
Antarctic krill-eater
The Penguin
David
|
$2,000
[13]
On June 20, 1789 assembly members took an oath at this sports venue not to separate until there was a new constitution
the tennis court
Sharon
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
The hypnotist villian in the 1894 novel "Trilby" gave us this word for one who controls another with evil intent
svengali
David
|
$1,200
[23]
He's the "big dada" whose work is seen here
Max Ernst
Sharon
|
$1,200
[10]
Paul Reubens' 2 big movies of 1985 & 1988
Pee-wee's Big Adventure & Big Top Pee-wee
David
Sharon
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The completion of the Grand Coulee dam in 1942 created the artificial lake named for this president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|
$1,600
[6]
Itchy cashew relative
Poison Ivy
|
DD
$5,600
[15]
The Jacobins used the assassination of this editor of L'ami du Peuple as an excuse to begin the Reign of Terror
(Jean-Paul) Marat
David
|
— |
$1,600
[22]
This Vietnam vet has been head of the Veterans Administration & a senator from Georgia
(Max) Cleland
David
|
$1,600
[18]
1989 gave us 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon as a Hollywood wannabe in this film
The Big Picture
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1977 this former head of the Atomic Energy Commission became Washington's first woman governor
(Dixy Lee) Ray
John
|
$2,000
[7]
His mask is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
King Tut
John
|
— | — |
$2,000
[21]
Best known as the friend who refused to destroy Kafka's works, he wrote a historical novel on Tycho Brahe
Max Brod
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1958 Gregory Peck took on Burl Ives over water rights in the Old West in this oater
The Big Country
|
This character studied medicine, "knowing it would be useful in long voyages"
Gulliver