Lisa Loiselle — an investigator and lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Josh Yost — a student from Manchester, Kentucky
Jeff Lawrence — a limousine driver from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | $4,000 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$14,800
2-day champion: $26,200 |
$13,200
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Josh | $1,200 | $2,600 | $6,900 |
$6,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Lisa | $2,600 | $5,600 | $8,600 |
$13,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| NATURAL BIOLOGY | MOVIE NEWCOMERS | DIVERSIONS | PEAKS & VALLEYS | AD HOCK | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS |
|
$200
[7]
Arterioles are a link between arteries & these fine blood vessels
capillaries
Josh
|
$200
[1]
He made his starring debut in "Blind Date", foolishly letting Kim Basinger have a drink
Bruce Willis
Jeff
|
$200
[12]
The standard way to determine the first turn in darts is by whose throw is closest to this
the bull's-eye
Josh
|
$200
[6]
Mount Vignemale, the highest French peak in this range, lies on France's southwestern border
the Pyrenees
Josh
|
$200
[26]
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief" this Bayer product "is"
Alka-Seltzer
Jeff
|
$200
[17]
1946:This system of flag & arm position signals
S-E-M-A-P-H-O-R-E
Lisa
|
|
$400
[8]
It's often a warning when this tuft or plume on a cockatoo's head stands up
the crest
|
$400
[2]
"Pushover" features this woman seenherein her first lead"Afraid I don't read the paper. And I don't know anyone named Harry."
Kim Novak
|
$400
[13]
This game named for a ship used to clear explosives tempts many away from more important computer tasks
Minesweeper
Josh
|
$400
[22]
This continent has only one mountain exceeding 16,000 feet: Vinson Massif
Antarctica
Lisa
|
$400
[27]
quickerpickerupper.com is this product's website
Bounty
Josh
|
$400
[18]
1983:This festival commemorating the rescue of Persia's Jews
P-U-R-I-M
|
|
$600
[9]
From the Latin for "to carry", it's the time period between conception & birth
gestation
Lisa
|
$600
[3]
In 1912, when most everyone in movies was a newcomer, these sisters debuted in "An Unseen Enemy"
the Gish sisters (Dorothy & Lillian)
Jeff
|
$600
[14]
Chemin-de-fer is a variant of this basically mindless casino game
baccarat
Jeff
Josh
|
$600
[23]
Named for the director who filmed there, John Ford's Point is in this Utah valley known for its red sandstone buttes
Monument Valley
Jeff
|
$600
[28]
"Tough on bad hair. Tough on the causes of bad hair" & "A little dab'll do ya"
Brylcreem
Jeff
|
$600
[19]
1976:This condition, characterized by frequent & uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y
Lisa
|
|
$800
[10]
The chela on arthropods are these, & it may make them crabby if you mess with them
claws (or pincers)
Josh
|
$800
[4]
One of Tobey Maguire's first films, "This Boy's Life", starred this young actor as a character named Toby
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jeff
|
$800
[15]
In the game called this: "The Gathering", players vie with rival wizards by casting spells
Magic
Jeff
|
$1,000
[25]
Mount Ararat is Turkey's highest peak; the similar sounding mount Aragats is the highest pt. in this eastern neighbor
Armenia
|
$800
[29]
Beginning in 1982, this vacation chain claimed it was "The antidote for civilization"
Club Med
Lisa
|
$800
[20]
1985:This 6-letter French word meaning setting or environment
M-I-L-I-E-U
Jeff
|
|
$1,000
[11]
This material, such as your stapes, is formed by ossification
bones
Lisa
|
$1,000
[5]
Known for playing cop Roger Murtaugh, he debuted onscreen as a con in "Escape from Alcatraz"
Danny Glover
Jeff
|
$1,000
[16]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a grid of numbers and empty squares on a monitor.) I both divert & torment myself doing these puzzles with a Japanese name that's become a worldwide fad
Sudoku
Lisa
|
DD
$1,400
[24]
The Limbang Valley of Sarawak divides this sultanate in two
Brunei
Jeff
|
$1,000
[30]
"A Sloppy Joe is a sandwich, but" this "is a meal!"
Manwich
Josh
|
$1,000
[21]
1994:Pertaining to the period before the flood, it also means out of date
A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N
Jeff
Lisa
|
| BRITISH POETS & POETRY | GEOGRAPHIC POP | I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL! | EDUCATIONAL "BURG"s | BELLY UP TO THE BAROQUE | REGIONALISMS |
|
$400
[6]
William Cowper called it "The very spice of life"
variety
Lisa
|
$400
[1]
Formed in Topeka, their biggest hits included "Dust In The Wind" & "Carry On Wayward Son"
Kansas
Josh
|
$400
[17]
In 1712 the Duke of Hamilton & Lord Mohun killed each other in a duel with swords in this London park
Hyde Park
Josh
|
$400
[7]
Rand Afrikaans University
Johannesburg
Josh
|
$400
[21]
This Baroque artist painted dozens of self-portraits & went "Baroque" with a 1656 bankruptcy
Rembrandt
|
$400
[12]
To mean a veranda, Gulf staters use this word for a place to view art
gallery
|
|
$800
[26]
In an elegy, Shelley said this poet's soul "Like a star, beacons from the abode where the eternal are"
Keats
Jeff
|
$800
[2]
"Old Days" & "Saturday In The Park" were just two of the many hits for this band
Chicago
Jeff
|
$800
[18]
In Dumas' "The Three Musketeers", this character commits himself to 3 consecutive duels with Athos, Porthos & Aramis
d'Artagnan
Josh
|
$800
[8]
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Josh
|
$800
[22]
A form of Baroque was applied in his 17th century design of London's St. Paul's Cathedral
Christopher Wren
Lisa
|
$800
[13]
Note to Hoosiers: instead of "pitch-in dinner", use this "fortunate" term if you want out of staters to understand
pot luck
Jeff
|
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
About one of his most famous poems, he said, "I began it upon leaving Tintern, after crossing the Wye"
William Wordsworth
Lisa
|
$1,200
[3]
A sleek country-rock sound helped this "Tennessee River" band have a string of hits in the '80s & '90s
Alabama
|
$1,200
[19]
"The Conqueror of the Barbary Pirates", this naval hero was shot down by an embittered fellow officer in 1820
Stephen Decatur
|
DD
$1,500
[9]
A branch campus of the University of Southern Florida
St. Petersburg
Josh
|
$1,200
[23]
This 17th century Antwerp painter's portrait of Charles I hunting is seen here
Anthony van Dyck
|
$1,200
[14]
Illinois kids may call this sidewalk game "sky blue", after the top part of the diagram
hopscotch
Lisa
|
|
$1,600
[28]
5-word Kipling phrase that precedes "is more deadly than the male"
"The female of the species"
Jeff
|
$1,600
[4]
David Johansen was the lead singer of this pre-punk band
The New York Dolls
Jeff
|
$1,600
[20]
This "Volpone" playwright narrowly escaped the death penalty after killing an actor in a duel in 1598
Ben Jonson
|
$1,600
[10]
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Lisa
|
$1,600
[24]
In the 1620s he painted 21 large pictures in the life of Marie de Medicis; why, they were positively him-esque
Rubens
Jeff
Lisa
|
$1,600
[15]
To Bostonians it's not just a quinine-flavored mixer but a word for any soft drink
tonic
Jeff
Lisa
|
|
$2,000
[29]
In 1677 this poet wrote "All for Love", a play adapted from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
John Dryden
|
$2,000
[5]
"Fire" & "Love Rollercoaster" both took this funk band to number one
The Ohio Players
Jeff
|
$2,000
[30]
While he was PM of England, this "Younger" man dueled in 1798 with George Tierney, a political rival
(William) Pitt (the Younger)
Jeff
|
$2,000
[11]
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg
Josh
|
$2,000
[25]
Seen here, the "Supper at Emmaus" is a work by this painter who killed a man & fled Rome in 1606
Caravaggio
|
$2,000
[16]
It can mean "repairing"; when Southerners use it before "to", they mean "on the verge of"
fixin'
Josh
|
Henri Desgrange, founder of this event, created its maillot jaune, 1st worn by Eugene Christophe, riding from Grenoble
the Tour de France