Kord Heinemann — a truck driver from Allentown, Pennsylvania
Pete DeBalli — an anesthesiologist from Titusville, Florida
Katie Fitzgerald — a wealth management project analyst originally from New Rochelle, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie | $1,000 | $4,600 | $4,600 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
13 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Pete | $1,200 | $3,600 | $13,200 |
$16,200
New champion: $16,200 |
$13,200
18 R, 2 W |
| Kord | $-1,800 | $-1,200 | $-800 |
$-800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 12 W |
| NEPALESE HISTORY | SONG BIRDS | ON THE GO | THE PLANETS | 10-HUT! | AT "EASE" |
|
$200
[26]
A king described Nepal as "a yam between two boulders"; one is India, this is the other
China
Kord
|
$200
[6]
Steve Miller had a No. 2 hit with this 1977 song
"Fly Like An Eagle"
|
$200
[11]
In September 1984 Joe W. Kittinger became the first to solo across the Atlantic in one of these
a hot air balloon
Kord
|
$200
[1]
At 3,031 miles in diameter, this planet is the second smallest in our solar system
Mercury
Kord
|
$200
[16]
If an area has a yearly average of less than 10 inches of precipitation, it's classified as this
a desert
Pete
|
$200
[21]
What Monet used to hold up this work while he painted it
an easel
Pete
|
|
$400
[27]
The golden age of Licchavi rule was followed by 300 years of these ages, also a term used of medieval Europe
the Dark Ages
Katie
|
$400
[7]
This songs begins "He rocks in the tree tops all day long, hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song"
"Rockin' Robin"
Kord
|
$400
[12]
In 1936 this company's DC-3 became the first successful commercial airliner; some are still in service
Douglas
Pete
Kord
|
$400
[2]
In the time it takes this planet to orbit the sun once, you'd get over 90,000 deliveries of your daily paper
Pluto
Katie
|
$400
[17]
The stations on the route of this old west mail service were set up about 10 miles apart
the Pony Express
Pete
|
$400
[22]
A military agreement to stop fighting for a limited time
ceasefire
Kord
|
|
$600
[28]
Promulgated in 1990, the Nepali constitution is the only one in the world that makes this the state religion
Hinduism
Kord
|
$600
[8]
This bird is mentioned in the lyrics of both "Over The Rainbow" & "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
bluebird
Katie
|
$600
[13]
Scows & lighters are types of these flat-bottomed boats used in harbors
barges
Pete
Kord
|
$800
[4]
The USA's Mariner 2 was sent to check out this nearby planet
Venus
Kord
|
$600
[18]
In 1978 the Wildcats & the Sun Devils from this state bumped the Pac-8 up to the Pac-10
Arizona
Pete
|
$600
[23]
The otter is an aquatic member of this animal family
weasel
Katie
|
|
$800
[30]
Because this was Dipendra's title when he killed his father in 2001, he was briefly king before dying of his own wounds
Crown Prince
Katie
|
$800
[9]
Anne Murray asked it to "Take me... to that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow"
snowbird
|
$800
[14]
Old locomotives had this pointed grill in front of the engine to remove obstacles from the tracks
cowcatchers
Kord
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
The name of Antares, a red giant star, means "the rival of" this planet
Mars
Katie
|
$800
[19]
The National Labor Relations Act says health care workers have to give 10 days' notice before they do this
strike
Kord
|
$800
[24]
The political strategy of pacifying a hostile nation in the hope of avoiding war
appeasement
Katie
|
|
$1,000
[29]
This name of the dynasty that has ruled Nepal since 1769 is also the Persian word for "King"
Shah
Katie
|
$1,000
[10]
Like Shelley, Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael wrote an ode to this title bird
skylark
Kord
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1775 Daniel Boone & 30 expert woodsmen marked this 200-mile trail from Virginia to Kentucky
Wilderness Road
Katie
Kord
|
$1,000
[5]
Voyager II flew by this planet January 24, 1986, 205 years after its discovery
Uranus
Katie
Pete
Kord
|
$1,000
[20]
According to the title of an Alistair MacLean novel, it's where "Force 10" was "from"
Navarone
Pete
|
$1,000
[25]
Waxy, colored makeup used by actors
greasepaint
Katie
|
| ANDREW JACKSON | GROUPS | THE WILD WEST INDIES | CORPORATE BRANDS | THAT'S POETRY TO MY EAR | 4-LETTER "W"ORDS |
|
$400
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Hermitage in Tennessee, a gold sword in his hands.) Jackson received this sword in honor of this 1815 victory that made him a national hero
The Battle of New Orleans
Pete
|
$400
[16]
"Affair" is common to Sly Stone & Brian Keith
Family Affair
Kord
|
$400
[26]
In Daniel Defoe's "General History of" these West Indies operators, Blackbeard carries 12 pistols & has 14 wives
Pirates
Katie
|
$400
[21]
You can rent Lincolns & Volvos at Hertz; all 3 are owned by this automaker
Ford
Kord
|
$400
[8]
Ogden Nash wrote, "God in his wisdom made the fly and then forgot to tell us" this
why
Pete
|
$400
[1]
An old proverb tells us "there is truth in" this beverage
wine
Pete
|
|
$800
[3]
The earliest known letter written by Jackson is, naturally, a challenge to this
a duel
Kord
|
$800
[17]
England's one "of the Garter" is "most noble"
Order
Pete
|
$800
[27]
In the 1790s France recaptured Guadeloupe & introduced this bloody device there
guillotine
Katie
|
$800
[22]
This brewer tapped O'Doul's as a brand
Anheuser-Busch
Pete
Kord
|
$800
[9]
Robert Burns wrote, "And we'll tak' a cup o'kindness yet for" this
auld lang syne
Pete
|
$800
[7]
Jot this down--habeas corpus is an example of one of these court-issued orders
writ
Pete
|
|
$1,200
[4]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Hermitage in Tennessee holding a pendant.) Jackson was never without his miniature of this woman, who died just before he became President
Rachel Robards
|
$1,200
[18]
Before "Dawson's Creek" Michelle Williams played the young part-alien, part-human Sil in this film
Species
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1868 Carlos de Cespedes, heading a 147-man army, proclaimed this island free of Spain--didn't work
Cuba
Kord
|
$1,200
[23]
This Iowa company can send its repairmen to fix its Magic Chef & Admiral appliances & its Hoover vacuums
Maytag
|
$1,200
[10]
3 words ending Dryden's"Here lies my wife:Here let her lie!Now she's at rest and..."
so am I
Katie
|
$1,200
[13]
In May 2004 an 18-year old German student confessed to creating the "Sasser" one
worm
Katie
Kord
|
|
$1,600
[5]
In 1833 Harvard gave Jackson an honorary degree while this alumnus & presidential opponent fumed
John Quincy Adams
Pete
|
$1,600
[19]
This Queen Latifah-Catherine Zeta-Jones number was cut from "Chicago" but made it onto the soundtrack
"Class"
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
The wealth provided by this crop led Britain & France to 4 decades of war in the 18th century Caribbean
sugar
Kord
|
$1,600
[24]
Wyeth, formerly American Home Products, owns this cough syrup recommended by "Dr. Mom"
Robitussin
Katie
Kord
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
Writing about this ancient author, Keats mused, "There is a triple sight in blindness keen"
Homer
Katie
|
$1,600
[14]
Though later Republican, while governor of New York, William Seward belonged to this political party
Whig
Katie
Pete
Kord
|
|
$2,000
[6]
The main issue of the 1832 campaign was Jackson's opposition to this type of institution
the Bank of the United States
Pete
Kord
|
$2,000
[20]
In a 2000 TV miniseries Kimberly Williams found herself in "The 10th" this
Kingdom
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
Ashland has a very refined line, including this brand, whose logo is seen here
Valvoline
Pete
|
$2,000
[12]
Goldsmith rhymed, "When lovely woman stoops to" this, "What charm can soothe her melancholy?"
folly
Pete
|
$2,000
[15]
A cactus one is seenherein the photo
wren
Kord
|
Of the USA's 10 most populous cities, 1 of the 2 that dropped in population from 1990 to 2000
(1 of) Detroit or Philadelphia