James Reeves — a writer originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
Amy Johnson — a business writer from Seattle, Washington
Rich Way — a manager from Aromas, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich | $0 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$14,399
2-day champion: $34,800 |
$7,200
13 R, 5 W |
| Amy | $2,600 | $4,200 | $5,400 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
12 R, 2 W |
| James | $-200 | $3,600 | $12,000 |
$9,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| SCIENCE CLASS | NFL NICKNAMES | AMERICANA | ROUGH ALTERNATE LITERARY ENDINGS | YOU'RE JUST "GR"EAT | THE APPLE OF MY EYE |
|
$200
[1]
Your body has millions of these glands, up to 625 per square inch of skin, & they're probably now working overtime
sweat glands
Rich
|
$200
[10]
"Broadway Joe"
Joe Namath
James
|
$200
[20]
In the 1920s Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly made a name for himself by sitting atop these, often for days at a time
flagpoles
Rich
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$200
[6]
Farmer Arable dabbed the napkin at his mouth. Mmm! That Wilbur... "Some pig", indeed!
Charlotte's Web
Amy
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$200
[13]
One particle of sand
a grain
James
|
$200
[18]
The 2005 version of the Mac operating system shares its name with this tawny Asian feline
a tiger
|
|
$400
[2]
Total number of sides on a Klein bottle or a Mobius strip
one
Amy
|
$400
[11]
"Mean Joe"
Joe Greene
Amy
|
$400
[21]
An air and space museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio is named for this Wapakoneta native
Neil Armstrong
|
$400
[7]
Jenny told me "Love means never having to say you're sorry". But now she was gone, & that nurse was giving me the eye.
Love Story
Rich
|
$400
[14]
It's the geographic feature mentioned in Arizona's state nickname
the Grand Canyon
James
|
$400
[19]
The Apple i Book & Powerbook are this type of portable computer
a laptop (or a notebook)
Rich
|
|
$600
[3]
If the solar system's 9 planets were lined up smallest to largest, Earth would be this number in line
fifth
Rich
James
|
$600
[23]
"The Refrigerator"
William Perry
Amy
James
|
$600
[22]
Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Ann Randolph Custis, was the great-granddaughter of this first lady
Martha Washington
James
|
$600
[8]
Enraged, Lemuel tore the ropes from his body. His captors were "not six inches high"! His boot rose ominously.
Gulliver's Travels
James
|
$600
[15]
Not only did Buck Henry pen this 1967 coming-of-age film classic, he played a hotel desk clerk, too
The Graduate
Amy
|
$600
[28]
Making $1 a year at Apple, he's the Guinness World Record holder for lowest paid chief executive officer
(Steve) Jobs
James
|
|
$800
[4]
This prized natural substance is made up of alternating thin plates of calcium carbonate & conchiolin
mother of pearl
|
$800
[26]
"Too Tall"
(Ed) Jones
Amy
|
$800
[24]
In 1811 work began on the 1st national highway, the Cumberland Road, between Illinois & Cumberland in this state
Maryland
Rich
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Kitty & Levin's marriage is great, she thought. My guy stinks. With that, she pushed Hubby under the train. Whoomp!
Anna Karenina
James
|
$800
[16]
In 1967 "The Colonel's Coup" overthrew the monarchy in this country
Greece
Rich
Amy
|
$800
[29]
"Take off" & "land" information wirelessly with this Apple Wi Fi device
Airport (Express)
Rich
|
|
$1,000
[5]
What we call a Thermos goes back to the flask this scientist invented in the 1890s
Dewar
|
$1,000
[27]
"Sweetness"
Walter Payton
James
|
$1,000
[25]
Closed in 2002, this lavish NYC restaurant began as a place for immigrants to gather & drink tea
the Russian Tea Room
James
|
$1,000
[12]
"Hey, it's Dantes! He must've escaped in Abbe Faria's burial shroud!" shouted Villefort. So they hanged him. Fin.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Amy
|
$1,000
[17]
The 4 basic forces in physics are the strong nuclear, the weak nuclear, the electromagnetic & this one
gravity
Rich
|
$1,000
[30]
This "speedy" Mac software lets you watch movies or graphics on your PC or Mac computer
QuickTime
Amy
|
| PHILOSOPHERS | ACTORS & ACTRESSES | VERMONT | CHESS PAINS | HISTORIC NAMES | TAKE A LETTER |
|
$400
[6]
This existentialist gave the world "Nausea", a philosophical novel, in 1938
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
James
|
$400
[12]
The middle name of this "Kill Bill" star is Karuna & she has a brother named Mipam
Uma Thurman
James
|
$400
[2]
Vermont hogs have lived high off this company, eating ice cream waste & loving it (except for mint Oreo)
Ben & Jerry's
James
|
$400
[21]
In the endgame, 2 opposing ones of these pieces that always move on the same color often leads to a draw
bishops
Amy
|
$400
[16]
Julius Caesar burst into tears when he thought of how many lands this man had conquered by Julius' age
Alexander the Great
James
|
$400
[24]
The Spanish put a tilde above this letter to indicate a palatal nasal sound
N
Rich
|
|
$800
[7]
Cartesianism, based on mathematical principles, comes from the Latin verison of his name
Rene Descartes
James
|
$800
[11]
Born in Vancouver in 1981, on filmhe"skywalked" into space in 2002
Hayden Christensen
Amy
|
$800
[1]
Let's not keep silent about the fact that this president was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont in 1872
Calvin Coolidge
Amy
|
$800
[22]
In the newspaper, your dumb move that lost a knight would be followed by this symbol, maybe 2 of them
question marks
Rich
|
$800
[17]
Born in 1638, the first child of a 22-year marriage, this king was christened Louis Dieudonne, or "gift of God"
Louis XIV
James
|
$800
[30]
In ASL this letter is indicated by bending the 3 middle fingers to the palm & extending the thumb & pinkie up
Y
Rich
|
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
A Gershwin song says, "My nights were sour, spent with" this gloomy German philosopher
Schopenhauer
James
|
$1,200
[13]
A star of the "Matrix" movies, she was named after a Hollies song
Carrie-Anne Moss
Amy
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
From Burlington, you can hop aboard the cruise ship The Spirit of Ethan Allen III & cruise this lake
Lake Champlain
James
|
$1,200
[23]
A guy looking over a game making annoying suggestions is doing this, from a Yiddish word
kibitz
Rich
|
$1,200
[18]
In the 1670s, this Quaker preached in Germany, & many of his listeners later came to his American colony
William Penn
James
|
$1,200
[29]
It precedes "note" in a slang term for a hundred-dollar bill
C
Rich
|
|
$1,600
[9]
"Zarathustra's Sister" is a biography of Elisabeth & her brother, this philosopher
Nietzsche
James
|
$1,600
[14]
He delivered the "Jaws" speech about the shark attack on the Indianapolis' crew
(Robert) Shaw
James
|
$1,200
[3]
While living in Arlington, Vt., he featured many of its residents on his Saturday Evening Post covers
Norman Rockwell
James
|
$1,600
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays chess with Cheryl.) By moving my rook, I've given my opponent the nasty shock of discovered this
check
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1889 this 74-year old chancellor instituted old age pensions in Germany
Bismarck
James
|
$1,600
[25]
On a piece of sheet music, play loudly when you come to this letter, short for the Italian meaning "strong"
f
Rich
|
|
$2,000
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Athens, Greece.) Stoicism, the name forhisschool of philosophy, is derived from the stoa; he taught his followers here
Zeno
Rich
James
|
$2,000
[15]
OK, one more time: John C. McGinley is on "Scrubs"; this actor played Amos in the 2002 film "Chicago"
John C. Reilly
|
$2,000
[5]
In 2004 some residents of this city, Vermont's largest & most bustling ski area, wanted to secede & join N.H.
Killington
Amy
|
$2,000
[27]
In tournament play, a fallen flag means you've lost because this has happened
ran out of time
Rich
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1940hegot more votes than any Republican presidential candidate before him, & still lost
Wendell Willkie
Rich
|
$2,000
[26]
It's the symbol for the old British penny
d
|
He was the only 20th century president who had previously served as U.S. House Minority Leader
Gerald Ford