(Alex: On today'sJeopardy!, we have a contestant from New Orleans, Deborah Slattery. This episode was taped prior to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, but we have confirmed with Deborah that she and her family are safe and well. And, of course, our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected by Katrina.)
Chris Hartley — an adjunct professor and writer from the Bronx, New York
Deborah Slattery — a homemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana
Mike Leger — an air quality consultant from Bridgewater, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $-200 | $2,800 | $5,800 |
$11,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Deborah | $2,200 | $3,700 | $7,700 |
$12,300
New champion: $12,300 |
$10,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $3,800 | $3,800 | $9,800 |
$4,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
16 R, 4 W |
| ON OLD MAPS | UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES | TRANSPORTATION | FUN ACROSS AMERICA | CAN YOU DIGIT? | ANIMAL QUOTATIONS |
|
$200
[21]
Tuvalu used to be the Ellice these
Islands
Deborah
|
$200
[16]
Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team
the (Baltimore) Colts
Mike
|
$200
[26]
Karl Probst designed an army recon vehicle in 2 days in 1940; we know it better as this
the Jeep
Chris
|
$200
[11]
Holtville, Ca. has carrot ice cream for its Carrot Festival, & Goleta, Ca. serves yellow cotton candy for this fruit's fest
the lemon
Deborah
Chris
|
$200
[1]
John Stossel, a co-anchor of this ABC News show, overcame stuttering & has won 19 Emmys
20/20
Mike
|
$200
[5]
"It is easier for" this animal "to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"
a camel
Chris
|
|
$600
[23]
What's now this Southwest Arizona city was Arizona City before being renamed for a native people
Yuma
Mike
Chris
|
$400
[17]
Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie
"the Golden Arm"
Chris
|
$400
[27]
France II, at 419 feet the largest merchant sailing ship ever built, also had 2 of these to back up the sails
engines
Mike
|
$400
[12]
The world's largest Hard Rock Cafe really rocks on Citywalk at this Florida theme park
Universal Studios
Chris
|
$400
[2]
Number of stories on each of the 1,483-foot-high Petronas towers, or of keys on a standard piano keyboard
88
Mike
|
$400
[6]
John Donne called it "Nature's great masterpiece... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts"
the elephant
Chris
|
|
$800
[24]
1890s U.S. maps showed the twin territories, Oklahoma Territory & this
Indian Territory
Deborah
|
$600
[18]
Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford & this "mammoth" team
the (New York) Giants
Deborah
|
$600
[28]
"Flight attendants prepare doors for departure and" do this means make sure your door & the one opposite yours are armed
cross-check
|
$600
[13]
Indulge in a cocoa massage or a chocolate sugar scrub at the Hotel Hershey's spa in this state
Pennsylvania
Chris
|
$600
[3]
For the records, translate these 2 Roman numerals, XLV & LXXVIII
45 & 78
Chris
|
$600
[7]
"Honesty dwells like a miser... in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul" this
an oyster
Deborah
|
|
$1,000
[25]
The area once known as United Provinces is now this Indian state that also has the initials U.P.
Uttar Pradesh
|
$800
[19]
Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts
the San Diego Chargers
Mike
|
— |
$800
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while a burlesque puppet dances in the background.) Lucy will be strutting her stuff at a new $40 million theater built especially for "Avenue Q" in this city
Las Vegas
Chris
|
$800
[4]
Tennyson's "Valley of Death" chargers minus the total number of U.S. senators
500
Mike
Deborah
|
$800
[8]
Benjamin Disraeli wrote that this "which had never been thought of... rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph"
a dark horse
|
|
DD
$1,500
[22]
Part of this country was once Kievan Rus
the Ukraine
Deborah
|
$1,000
[20]
Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak
a touchdown pass
Chris
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
Windy, a 4-masted schooner, takes tourists on 90-minute cruises from this city's Navy Pier
Chicago
Mike
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
In print journalism this number is traditionally used to mark the end of a piece of copy
30
Deborah
|
$1,000
[9]
In "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", William Blake wrote, "The pride of" this bird "is the glory of God"
the peacock
Chris
|
| THE PENTAGON | FLOWER | POW-ER | A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL | LITERARY LANDMARKS | "B" BRAVE |
|
$400
[26]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a room with a podium and plaques along the walls in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon's Hall of Heroes is dedicated to over 3,440 recipients of this, our nation's highest military decoration
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Deborah
|
$400
[16]
Native to South America, these flowers from woody vines are commonly found in Florida & California
bougainvillea
Mike
|
$400
[17]
Alfred Nobel named this explosive after the Greek word for power
dynamite
Deborah
|
$400
[1]
"You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door"
L.A. Story
Chris
|
$400
[11]
He wrote most of his "Waverley" novels while living at No. 39 Castle St. in Edinburgh
Sir Walter Scott
Deborah
|
$400
[6]
Its larvae infest & destroy the seedpods of cotton plants
boll weevils
Deborah
|
|
$2,000
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew introduces us to a bust in the Pentagon.) This alcove is dedicated to this man, the first & only career soldier to win a Nobel Peace Prize
(George) Marshall
Deborah
|
$800
[22]
This flower seenherewas named for a Jesuit missionary, not for a 19th century French courtesan
a camellia
Deborah
|
$800
[18]
This incendiary substance of gelled gasoline was used extensively in Vietnam
napalm
Mike
|
$800
[2]
"I can envision the day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people"
The Man with Two Brains
Mike
|
$800
[12]
In the Bronx, visit the cottage that he shared with his sickly young wife Virginia, who, tragically, died there in 1847
Edgar Allan Poe
Chris
|
$800
[7]
A work such as a movie that enjoys enormous success, or a home video rental chain that has enjoyed enormous success
blockbuster
Mike
|
|
DD
$3,600
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew wanders through a basement corridor in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon is so vast, in 1989 this Secretary of Defense got lost in the basement for 10 minutes before finding his way out
Dick Cheney
Deborah
|
$1,200
[23]
Thisblossom is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of Christ's life, hence its name
the passion flower
Mike
Deborah
|
$1,200
[19]
Meaning "moldable", it's a term for moldable explosive such as RDX & PETN
plastique
Chris
|
DD
$1,400
[3]
"All dames are alike: they reach down your throat & they grab your heart, pull it out & they throw it on the floor"
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Mike
|
$1,200
[13]
Now a hotel, Seaham Hall is the manor where this licentious lord married Annabella Milbanke in 1815
Lord Byron
|
$1,200
[8]
Two Bs back to back was this fashion designer's trademark
Bill Blass
Deborah
|
| — |
$1,600
[24]
The Rose of Sharon and the Chinese variety are popular types of this flower used in perfumes
a hibiscus
Deborah
|
$1,600
[20]
This dye industry chemical was not used as an explosive until 1904; it later became prized by the military
TNT
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
"Wherever there is injustice, you will find us"
The Three Amigos
Chris
|
$1,600
[14]
Hyde Park's W.H. Hudson Memorial boasts a statue of this bird girl, heroine of Hudson's novel "Green Mansions"
Rima
Deborah
|
$1,600
[9]
A ratio of systolic & diastolic values
blood pressure
Chris
|
| — |
$2,000
[25]
Native to Mexico, this flower was named for a Swedish botanist & student of Linnaeus
the Dahlia
|
$2,000
[21]
This chemical explosive called blasting oil was discovered in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrero
nitroglycerin
|
$2,000
[5]
"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!"
The Jerk
Chris
|
$2,000
[15]
You'll have to go to Gwent, Wales to see this abbey immortalized in a 1798 Wordsworth poem
Tintern Abbey
Deborah
|
$2,000
[10]
As many as 1 million may have died during the 1971 civil war that produced this country
Bangladesh
Deborah
|
It was originally painted as the centerpiece for the Spanish Government Pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair
Guernica (by Pablo Picasso)