Tracy Bacon — a community college professor from Arvada, Colorado
Mike Ponterotto — a film and television producer from North Hollywood, California
Chantelle Schofield — an E.R. social worker from Fort Myers, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantelle | $3,200 | $6,000 | $18,000 |
$14,000
2-day champion: $32,402 |
$18,000
19 R, 0 W |
| Mike | $3,400 | $4,800 | $5,200 |
$7,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tracy | $-800 | $1,200 | $10,800 |
$2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM NICKNAMES | TALK OF THE TOWN | AWARDS & HONORS | NOTABLE WOMEN | BREAK FA*ST | CEREALS |
|
$200
[7]
The Bronx Bombers
the Yankees
Mike
|
$200
[8]
Pindar wrote, "O bright and violet-crowned and famed in song, bulwark of Greece," this "divine city!"
Athens
Tracy
|
$200
[19]
"Dwight's Pot" is a nickname for this cup awarded to the Men's International Tennis Federation championship team
the Davis Cup
|
$200
[23]
Ann Bancroft (not the actress) became the first woman to reach this spot by sled & on foot
the North Pole
Mike
|
$200
[1]
The winner of the race
the fastest
Chantelle
Mike
|
$200
[10]
Scientifically Zea mays, this cereal grain originated in the Americas but is today cultivated worldwide
corn
Mike
|
|
$400
[3]
The Halos
the Angels
Mike
|
$600
[11]
Oscar Wilde wrote, "When good Americans die they go to" this world capital
Paris
Chantelle
|
$400
[20]
(Alex presents the clue from the National Museum of African American History & Culture.) In World War I, because of racial tensions within the Army, a black combat unit nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters was assigned to fight with the French, and because of their valor, the regiment was awarded this cross of war, one of France's highest honors
the Croix de guerre
Chantelle
|
$400
[26]
This etiquette expert also wrote the 1905 novel "Purple and Fine Linen"
(Emily) Post
Mike
|
$400
[2]
Necromantic negotiator of several celebrated works
Faust
Mike
|
$400
[22]
Rye is high in carbohydrates & this substance that is only partially digested
fiber
Tracy
|
|
$600
[4]
The Redbirds
the (St. Louis) Cardinals
Mike
|
$800
[12]
She wrote of Oakland, California, "There is no there there"
Gertrude Stein
|
$600
[24]
The Nebula Awards honor this genre
science fiction
Chantelle
|
$600
[27]
With husband H.A., Margret Rey fled the Nazis carrying the manuscript for their story about this impish monkey
Curious George
Mike
|
$600
[14]
Robert Young starred in this 1950s sitcom with a 3-word title
Father Knows Best
Chantelle
|
$600
[21]
The goodness of barley includes being the source of this partly fermented product used in the brewing of beer
malt (or wort)
Tracy
|
|
$800
[5]
The Buccos
the Pirates
Mike
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
"Life on the Mississippi" says, "There is no architecture" in this city, "except in the cemeteries"
New Orleans
Tracy
|
$800
[30]
Recipients of the Draper Prize, an engineering award, include this Brit, inventor of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee
Chantelle
|
$800
[28]
This ex-Secretary of State wrote "Extraordinary, Ordinary People" about growing up in Birmingham, Alabama
Condoleezza Rice
Mike
|
$800
[15]
Maurice de Vlaminck, whose 1906 work is seen here, was a painter of this movement
Fauvist
Chantelle
|
$800
[16]
In their youth some sow these grains, such as Avena fatua
wild oats
|
|
$1,000
[6]
The Fightin' Fish
the (Miami) Marlins
Mike
|
$1,000
[13]
The book "Chaos": one of these "stirring in the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York"
a butterfly
Chantelle
|
$1,000
[25]
Canada's equivalent of the Grammy Awards, they're named after the chief Roman goddess
Juno
Tracy
|
$1,000
[29]
Shepainted herself wearing a necklace of thorns symbolizing the pain in her life
Frida Kahlo
Chantelle
|
$1,000
[18]
A tale-teller like Aesop
a fabulist
Mike
|
$1,000
[17]
In China, the red variety of this cereal grain is called kaoliang, and can grow up to 8 feet high
sorghum
|
| DANCE COMPANIES | LANDMARK'S THE SPOT | YOU CAN CALL ME "AL" | THE 4th CENTURY | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES | SONG/BOOK |
|
$400
[21]
In 2007 Mikhail Baryshnikov founded the Hell's Kitchen Dance Troupe in this city
New York City
Tracy
|
$400
[16]
With its high onion domes, St. Basil's cathedral towers over this capital city
Moscow
Tracy
|
$400
[1]
Cozad, Nebraska once billed itself as the world capital for this forage crop
alfalfa
Chantelle
|
$400
[6]
In 320 King Chandragupta I founded the Gupta empire mostly in what's now this nation
India
Tracy
|
$400
[7]
Smaller than a dash, it's the amount of salt that can be held between the thumb & the forefinger
a pinch
Chantelle
|
$400
[22]
Song:Kate Bush; book:Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights
Tracy
|
|
$800
[27]
After leaving "Riverdance", he created "Lord of the Dance"
Michael Flatley
Chantelle
|
$800
[17]
The restaurant atop this Toronto tower serves Saskatchewan mushrooms & Ontario wines
the CN Tower
Mike
|
$800
[2]
The Aymara language gives us the name of this beast of burden
the alpaca
Mike
|
$800
[8]
393 saw the last of these competitive events for the next 1,500 years
the Olympics
Chantelle
|
$800
[12]
A large amount of cargo carried by a truck, or the amount of laundry done with one push of a button
a load
Tracy
|
$800
[23]
Song:Elvis Costello; book:Bret Easton Ellis
Less Than Zero
Mike
|
|
$1,200
[30]
For the Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp created "Deuce Coupe", set to the music of this group
The Beach Boys
Tracy
|
$1,200
[18]
Completed in 1791, this Berlin landmark was originally an entrance to the Prussian palace
the Brandenburg Gate
Tracy
|
$1,200
[3]
A horse not in the top 3 finishers is called this, just filling out the field
an also-ran
Chantelle
|
$1,200
[9]
By 322 Chinese craftsmen had transformed the toe loop of nomadic horsemen into this metal feature
a stirrup
Chantelle
|
$1,200
[13]
A bundle of tied-up items, or a group of Cub Scouts
a pack
Tracy
|
$1,200
[24]
Song:Rush; book:Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
|
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1974 the Agnes De Mille Heritage Dance Theatre was founded at the North Carolina School of the Arts in this 2-name city
Winston-Salem
Chantelle
|
$1,600
[19]
Over 200 feet tall, the Koutoubia one of these mosque towers can help you find your way in Marrakesh
a minaret
Mike
|
$1,600
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows the digestive tract on the monitor.) The pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and intestines are all part of this 2-word conduit, also known as the digestive tract
the alimentary canal
Chantelle
|
$1,600
[10]
At the start of the century in Mesoamerica, these people began 600 years as the dominant culture
the Mayans
Mike
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Miscellaneous articles sold as a unit at an auction at Sotheby's
a lot
Tracy
|
$1,600
[25]
Song:Elvis Costello; book:Nick Hornby
High Fidelity
Tracy
|
|
$2,000
[29]
Tel Aviv's Batsheva Dance Company was founded in 1964 with this "Appalachian Spring" dancer as artistic director
Martha Graham
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Thestatueof Lafayette in Union Square and the grander landmark elsewhere in New York City were created by this Frenchman
Bartholdi
Mike
|
$2,000
[5]
From the Arabic for "follower", it's the brightest star in the constellation Taurus
Aldebaran
|
$2,000
[11]
Now Iznik, Turkey, this city hosted a church council in 325 that established an important "creed" still in use today
Nicaea
Chantelle
|
$2,000
[15]
In "Paradise Lost", Milton wrote of this group "of fair women", although the term also refers to quails
a bevy
Chantelle
|
$2,000
[26]
Song:Jimmy Reed; book:Jay McInerney
Bright Lights, Big City
|
This man received 2 honorary Oscars in his career, & the actor who played him on film received a 1992 nomination for the role
Charlie Chaplin