Ken Jennings is brought out at the beginning to be recognized for his place in game show history.
Katie Fitzgerald — a wealth management project analyst originally from New Rochelle, New York
Nathan Brownback — a research assistant from Washington, D.C.
Nancy Zerg — a realtor from Ventura, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy | $3,600 | $3,800 | $5,200 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nathan | $600 | $-1,600 | $5,300 |
$199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
15 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Katie | $0 | $6,200 | $14,200 |
$13,400
New champion: $13,400 |
$14,200
17 R, 1 W |
| DECEMBER 1st | A JIM CARREY FILM FESTIVAL | SOUNDS ALL AROUND | FOREVER 39 | "B" BRAVE | ASK YOUR DOCTOR... |
|
$200
[11]
Dec. 1, 1969: The Selective Service conducts the first lottery for this since World War II
the draft
Katie
|
$200
[7]
"Blast this Christmas music! It's joyful and triumphant"
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Nathan
|
$200
[6]
It can be a continuous low humming sound or a male bee
drone
Nathan
|
$200
[12]
There were 39 signers of this 1787 document
the Constitution
Nancy
|
$200
[1]
It's forcing people to pay money by threatening to reveal their embarrassing secrets
blackmail
Katie
|
$600
[26]
...if Paxil is the appropriate treatment for panic attacks or OCD, which stands for this
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Nathan
|
|
$400
[19]
1959: 12 countries including the U.S. & the U.S.S.R. sign a treaty to keep this continent a scientific preserve
Antarctica
Nancy
|
$400
[8]
"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big black bat?"
Batman Forever
Nathan
Katie
|
$400
[17]
If you listen to your heart using a stethoscope, you'll hear the sound of these flaps opening & closing
valves
Nathan
|
$400
[13]
In 2003 this team won its 39th pennant, a major league baseball record
the New York Yankees
Katie
|
$400
[2]
Movie 007 No. 6
Pierce Brosnan
Nancy
|
$800
[28]
...about this, America's No. 1 prescribed sleep aid that "works like a dream"
Ambien
|
|
$600
[20]
1952: The New York Daily News reports George Jorgensen is now her after a visit to Denmark
Christine
Nancy
|
$600
[9]
"Good morning! And in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"
The Truman Show
Nathan
|
$600
[23]
In part of the Capitol dome, you can clearly hear distant sounds, making it this kind of "gallery"
a whispering gallery
Nathan
Katie
|
$600
[14]
This president was 39 when he won a Pulitzer Prize
John F. Kennedy
Katie
|
$600
[3]
192 people were killed trying to cross this infamous barrier
the Berlin Wall
Nancy
|
$1,000
[27]
...about taking omeprazole, sold under this brand name and available over the counter, to treat acid reflux disease
Prilosec
Nancy
Nathan
Katie
|
|
$800
[21]
1822: Dom Pedro is crowned emperor of this Western Hemisphere nation
Brazil
Nathan
|
$800
[10]
"Hi. Is there a problem with your service?"
The Cable Guy
Nancy
|
$800
[24]
The name of this instrument comes from the Italian for "little goose"
an ocarina
Nathan
Katie
|
$800
[15]
This Welsh poet did not go gentle into that good night but died at age 39 in NYC after drinking 18 whiskies
Dylan Thomas
Katie
|
$800
[4]
From the Latin for a type of hawk, it's the word commonly applied in the U.S. to a turkey vulture
a buzzard
Nancy
|
— |
|
$1,000
[22]
1941: The C.A.P., this nonmilitary U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is created
the Civil Air Patrol
Nathan
|
$1,000
[18]
"Here I come to save the day!"
Man on the Moon
Nathan
|
$1,000
[25]
This rude noise is the last name of Toby, a character in "Twelfth Night"
Belch
Katie
|
$1,000
[16]
There are 39 stories in these Nathaniel Hawthorne "Tales"
Twice-Told Tales
Katie
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
It's the marine activity seen here
breaching
Nancy
|
— |
| LET'S GET CREATIVE | SPORTS RECORDS | MILITARY TRAINING BASES | AMERICANA | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY | "SUM" IT UP |
|
$400
[21]
Picasso's patrons included this expatriate American writer & her brother Leo
Gertrude Stein
Nathan
|
$400
[10]
Puttin' the biscuit in the basket, this "Great One" is the NHL's regular-season goals leader with 894
Wayne Gretzky
Nathan
|
$400
[26]
California's Fort Irwin, the National Training Center, covers a Rhode Island-sized area in this desert
the Mojave
Nancy
|
$400
[1]
Oneof FedEx's original 13 Falcon jets from 1973 is in this Smithsonian museum; they've gone to bigger aircraft
the National Air and Space Museum
Nathan
|
$400
[15]
This dairyman ponders what it would be like "if I were a rich man"
T-E-V-Y-E
Nancy
Nathan
|
$400
[4]
"My Oberon! What visions have I seen! Methought I was enamoured of an ass" can be heard in this play
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Katie
|
|
$800
[22]
Luca Della Robbia was famous for his reliefs in this type of clay ear then ware
terra cotta
Katie
|
$800
[11]
We'll "Award" you $800 for knowing this pitcher is number 1 with 511 career wins (but also tops in losses with 316)
Cy Young
Katie
|
$800
[27]
The name of this Texas Air Defense training base implies that its soldiers are completely happy
Fort Bliss
|
$800
[2]
Open since 1900, it's been overshadowed by newer versions for baseball, rock & roll, cowboys, etc.
Halls of Fame
Nancy
|
$1,200
[18]
This inspector relentlessly pursues Le Miserable Jean Valjean
J-A-V-E-R-T
Nathan
|
$800
[5]
Bust out your Latin to translate "I think, therefore I am"
Cogito ergo sum
Katie
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This "Grand" Parisian theatre shares its name with the French equivalent of the British puppet Punch
Guignol
Nancy
|
$1,200
[12]
In 1961-62 this ex-Globetrotter averaged (averaged!) 50.4 points per game
Wilt Chamberlain
Nathan
|
$1,600
[29]
Service branch with a San Diego recruit depot & a Yuma air station
Marines
Nancy
|
$1,200
[3]
The hotel that Chester Nimitz' grandfather founded in Texas is in the shape of one of these
a steamboat
|
$1,600
[19]
This "Beauty and the Beast" character is an enchanted candlestick played by Peter Flynn
L-U-M-I-E-R-E
Nathan
|
$1,200
[6]
In diploma-speak, it's the highest of 3 special honors for grades above average
Summa Cum Laude
Nathan
|
|
$1,600
[24]
The black lace made in the town of Chantilly was exported to Spain & made into these Spanish head coverings
mantillas
Katie
|
$1,600
[13]
In 1967 this NASCAR "king" won 27 races to set the single-season standard
Richard Petty
|
DD
$2,200
[28]
This Missouri fort is named for Teddy Roosevelt's superior officer in Cuba
Fort Leonard Wood
Nancy
|
$1,600
[9]
Fred Hervey bought the Kay's food store chain & expanded it under this geometrical name
Circle K
|
DD
$1,900
[16]
Martin Dysart psychoanalyzes a boy who's been re-creating the centaur myth in this drama
E-Q-U-U-S
Nathan
|
$1,600
[7]
A common mineral used to make plaster of Paris
gypsum
Katie
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This Scottish-American born in 1768 helped define the federal style of furniture
Duncan Phyfe
Nancy
|
$2,000
[14]
In 1952 Dick Lane, who sported this nickname, set an NFL record with 14 interceptions in a season
Dick "Night Train" Lane
|
— |
$2,000
[17]
Had the photo seen here been taken in the 1920s, these four additional letters would've appeared at the right
L, A, N and D
Nathan
|
$2,000
[20]
Don Quixote, the "Man of La Mancha", worships her as "Dulcinea"
A-L-D-O-N-Z-A
Nancy
|
$2,000
[8]
A shrub or small tree in the cashew family having milky sap
sumac
Katie
|
In 1790 the HMS Pandora sailed thousands of miles specifically to bring back this man, but failed
Fletcher Christian