Carol Hager — a high school librarian from Peoria, Arizona
Mike Leger — an air quality consultant from Bridgewater, New Jersey
Ray Freson — a retired advertising executive from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray | $2,400 | $4,000 | $9,200 |
$18,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
11 R, 2 W |
| Mike | $1,800 | $2,400 | $16,400 |
$30,801
New champion: $30,801 |
$16,400
19 R, 2 W |
| Carol | $-2,200 | $1,600 | $15,400 |
$21,074
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
19 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| ATTORNEYS GENERAL | THE WORLD SERIES | STATE THE ITEM | PALINDROMIC WORDS | BORN | THE DARWIN AWARDS |
|
$200
[28]
Edmund Randolph helped draft & ratify the Constitution before becoming this man's Attorney General
Washington
Mike
|
$200
[21]
The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series in 4 straight games, finally exorcising this man's "curse"
The Bambino (The Babe accepted)
Carol
|
$200
[5]
Also a Lone Star State lottery game, it's a numerical country dance
the Texas Two-Step
Carol
|
$200
[10]
Eskimo boat
kayak
Mike
|
$200
[16]
Born on Oct. 31, 1887 in the Zhejiang Province, he'd Taiwan-on in 1949
Chiang Kai-shek
Carol
|
$200
[1]
A Louisiana man put $20 on a Circle-K counter, asked for change, then robbed the place for $15; he forgot about this
the $20 he had put in
Ray
Carol
|
|
$400
[26]
A relative of Napoleon, Charles Bonaparte served as Navy Secretary in 1905 & later as Attorney General for this president
Theodore Roosevelt
|
$400
[22]
"Say Hey"! This Giants outfielder's catch of a Vic Wertz drive was a highlight of the 1954 World Series
Willie Mays
Carol
|
$400
[6]
About 250 of these 2-named Western U.S. vultures survive in the world, most in captivity
California condors
Mike
|
$400
[11]
A failed munition
dud
Mike
|
$600
[18]
No truth to the rumor this Soviet leader's eyebrows added 5 lbs. to his Dec. 19, 1906 birth
(Leonid) Brezhnev
Ray
Mike
|
$400
[2]
A teen involved in a previous fireworks mishap tried to light gunpowder with this 9-letter metalworking aid
a blowtorch
Ray
|
|
$600
[27]
This man appointed Harry Daugherty, who'd helped him become lt. gov. of Ohio & a U.S. senator as well as president
Warren G. Harding
Carol
|
$600
[23]
In game one of the 1968 Series, this Cardinals pitcher struck out a record 17 Tigers
Bob Gibson
|
$600
[7]
An American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers & producing brown eggs
a Rhode Island red
Ray
|
$600
[12]
A title for an important Islamic leader; Khan you dig it?
aga
Mike
Carol
|
$800
[19]
He made his very first exploration into the cold world on July 16, 1872 in Borge, near Oslo, Norway
Amundsen
Carol
|
$600
[3]
A man from this "Nutmeg State" ended a chase by ducking into a high-security prison, thinking it was a mall
Connecticut
Mike
Carol
|
|
$800
[29]
A.G. Roger Taney wrote this president's speech announcing the veto of the bill renewing the Bank of the U.S.
Andrew Jackson
|
$800
[24]
This outfielder was named World Series MVP twice: with the Oakland A's in 1973 & with the Yankees in 1977
Reggie Jackson
Carol
|
$800
[8]
"Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing" this beautiful state song
the "Tennessee Waltz"
Ray
|
$800
[13]
Muscle "cuff" that permits free shoulder movement
rotator
Ray
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Born on March 18, 1869 in Birmingham, England, he appeased away 71 years later
Neville Chamberlain
Carol
|
$800
[4]
Explosive habit! A W.V. man lit a cigarette in an outhouse but forgot about the presence of this, aka marsh gas
methane
Mike
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
This Yankee catcher hit the 1st pinch-hit home run in Series history in '47; he hit 11 more homers in his Series career
Yogi Berra
Ray
|
$1,000
[9]
1854's Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed this
the Missouri Compromise
Carol
|
$1,000
[14]
Enemy of God in Ezekiel & Revelation
Gog
|
$1,000
[20]
This painter was nude descending into the world on July 28, 1887 in Blainville, France
(Marcel) Duchamp
Carol
|
$1,000
[15]
In '02 a boy in this westernmost cont. European country refused his soup until Mom let him play with a gun; yes, she survived
Portugal
Mike
|
| HEALTH & MEDICINE | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN | THE NAKED TRUTH | MOUNTAINS | "K" RATIONS |
|
$400
[2]
A tear in this light-receptive layer at the back of the eye can cause it to detach from the underlying tissue
the retina
Mike
|
$400
[3]
1997:Agent J, Agent K, Chief Zed
Men in Black
Mike
|
$400
[1]
In Act I her nurse & mother discuss her upcoming 14th birthday
Juliet
Ray
|
$400
[25]
This funny man & movie Santa Claus titled one of his books of musings "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man"
Tim Allen
Carol
|
$400
[21]
This mountain has additional named peaks that exceed 24,000 feet, including Lhotse & Changtse
Mount Everest
Carol
|
$400
[16]
In 1891 African-American jockey Isaac Murphy became the first man to win this horse race 3 times
the Kentucky Derby
Mike
|
|
$800
[5]
A lack of iodine in the diet can cause a goiter, which is an enlargement of this gland that's just below the larynx
a thyroid
Carol
|
$800
[4]
1978:Bluto, Otter, Flounder, D-Day
Animal House
Carol
|
DD
$800
[12]
She says of her husband, "His unkindness may defeat my life, but never taint my love" (She was right)
Desdemona
Carol
|
$800
[30]
Flash back to this event in 1974 where the famous photo seenherewas taken
the Oscars
Mike
|
$800
[22]
The name of Mexico's Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain" in the language of this people
the Aztecs
|
$800
[17]
From a Chinese word meaning "skill", it's an ancient style of weaponless combat
kung fu
Carol
|
|
$1,200
[6]
An angiogram may reveal one of these bulges in the wall of a blood vessel
an aneurysm
Ray
|
$1,200
[8]
2005:Paul Crewe, Warden Hazen, Cheeseburger
The Longest Yard
Mike
|
$1,200
[13]
The Duke of Albany & the Duke of Cornwall are the husbands of these 2 sisters
Goneril & Regan
Carol
|
$1,200
[29]
When Adam & Eve realized they were naked, they sewed these together to make aprons
fig leaves
Mike
|
$1,600
[24]
Canada's 10 highest mountains lie totally or partly in this territory
the Yukon Territory
Ray
Mike
|
$1,200
[18]
For more than 1,000 years, this city served as the seat of Japan's imperial court
Kyoto
Mike
|
|
$1,600
[7]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy!science lab.) It's the 11-letter adjective for this type of medical application; the first approved use was for motion sickness
transdermal
Mike
|
$1,600
[9]
1974:The Waco Kid, Hedley Lamarr, Mongo
Blazing Saddles
Mike
|
$1,600
[14]
Hurry up & name this character who makes bawdy puns during a Latin lesson in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Mistress Quickly
Ray
|
$1,600
[27]
Taken by this woman, the last portrait of John Lennon shows him nude on a bed with a fully clothed Yoko Ono
Annie Leibovitz
Mike
|
$2,000
[26]
Although it stands almost on the equator, this second-highest African peak is capped by 12 glaciers
Mount Kenya
Ray
|
$1,600
[19]
This melancholic philosopher & author of "Fear & Trembling" was a frail hunchback born in Denmark in 1813
Kierkegaard
Ray
|
|
$2,000
[11]
In a severe case, this lateral curvature of the spine can cause a 90-degree displacement of the pelvis
scoliosis
Carol
|
$2,000
[10]
1989:Ray& Annie Kinsella, Moonlight Graham
Field of Dreams
Carol
|
$2,000
[15]
She's the younger sister in "The Taming of the Shrew"
Bianca
Carol
|
$2,000
[28]
Many speculate that the model for Goya's "The Naked Maja" was the duchess of this
Alba
|
DD
$2,600
[23]
The name of this sacred mountain is said to be derived from the Ainu word for "fire"
Mount Fuji
Carol
|
$2,000
[20]
A famous book of medieval illuminated manuscripts bears the name of this town in Ireland's County Meath
Kells
Mike
|
His great-granddad wrote the best-seller "White Rose of Memphis", a city 40 miles north of the county in which he was raised
William Faulkner