Maureen McKay — a systems engineer from Potomac Falls, Virginia
Ethan de Seife — a graduate student from Madison, Wisconsin
Joel Kahn — a physician from Irvine, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel | $3,000 | $6,200 | $15,600 |
$15,200
2-day champion: $34,200 |
$15,800
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ethan | $0 | $0 | $7,200 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maureen | $1,800 | $3,200 | $3,600 |
$600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| EUROPE | HERE BE MONSTERS | VICE PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES | WE MEAN BUSINESS | THE "RED", "WHITE" & "BLUE" | SALUTE THE FLAG |
|
$200
[13]
In December 1995 Aleksander Kwasniewski became president of this country
Poland
Joel
|
$200
[8]
The monstrous Nazgul fight against the elves & the hobbits in this film series
The Lord of the Rings
Maureen
|
$200
[1]
"That Damned Cowboy" was some "Rough Rider"
Theodore Roosevelt
Maureen
|
$200
[3]
In 1792 the NYSE was established when businessmen came to an agreement under a buttonwood tree on this street
Wall Street
Maureen
|
$200
[21]
This 200-year-old Washington, D.C. building has 35 bathrooms
the White House
Joel
|
$200
[26]
It's the U.S. territory whose flag is seen here
the Virgin Islands
Maureen
|
|
$400
[14]
In 1947 this Spanish dictator received the right via referendum to hold office for life & to name his successor
Franco
Ethan
|
$400
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge.) In 1998 after terrorizing New York, this movie monster is finally brought down on the Brooklyn Bridge
Godzilla
Ethan
|
$400
[2]
Get over "The Hump" & name this "Happy Warrior"
Hubert Humphrey
Ethan
|
$400
[4]
This informal term for someone who recruits personnel for a company sounds like a skull collector
a headhunter
Joel
|
$400
[22]
In Perrault's version, she climbs into bed with the wolf, who's disguised as her grandmother
"Little Red Riding Hood"
Ethan
|
$400
[27]
The flag of this country combines parts of the old flags of Zanzibar & Tanganyika
Tanzania
Ethan
|
|
$600
[15]
This Riviera city has a museum devoted to the works of artist Henri Matisse, who spent his last years there
Nice
Maureen
|
$600
[10]
Robert Englund played this monster for the first time in 1984
Freddy Krueger
Maureen
|
$600
[5]
This "White Knight" was also "Nixon's Nixon"
Spiro Agnew
Joel
|
$600
[16]
In 1933 this man's mercantile agency merged with one run by competitor Robert Dun
Bradstreet
Ethan
Maureen
|
$600
[23]
Elvis Presley had a hit in 1956 with this song penned by Carl Perkins
"Blue Suede Shoes"
Maureen
|
$600
[28]
He's the explorer who used the flag seenherein honor of his royal patrons
Columbus
Joel
|
|
$800
[19]
This principality nestled between Austria & Switzerland has no army; it was abolished in 1868
Liechtenstein
Joel
|
$800
[11]
In "Monsters, Inc." he provided the voice for Mike, a one-eyed green monster
Billy Crystal
Ethan
|
$800
[6]
This "Spendthrift of Albany" had some "Rocky" times
Nelson Rockefeller
Joel
|
$800
[18]
In 1988 this company sponsored one of the largest cat shows in the U.S., with 814 entries
Purina
Joel
|
$800
[24]
In the '90s this popular brand of Liebfraumilch tried using a bottle of the color found in its name
Blue Nun
Joel
|
$800
[29]
The 11 stripes on this African country's flag symbolize the 11 signers of its declaration of independence
Liberia
Ethan
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This seaport is Germany's second-largest city
Hamburg
Joel
|
$1,000
[12]
In 1941 Lon Chaney, Jr. as Larry Talbot turned into this title monster
the Wolf Man
Joel
Ethan
|
$1,000
[7]
In the early 1800s he was "The Napoleon of the West" & "The Great American Rascal"
Aaron Burr
Ethan
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1913 W.A. Heilig & this man opened a furniture store in Goldsboro, North Carolina
(J.M.) Meyers
Joel
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1520 he was born on the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor
Peregrine White
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
This South Atlantic island group's flag is seen here
the Falklands
Ethan
|
| GERMAN LITERATURE | BROADWAY | PEOPLE IN THEIR ELEMENT | BE A "NO" IT ALL | THROWING A GOOD BOOK AT YOU | A SALUTE TO FLAGSTAFF |
|
$400
[23]
This musical instrument is the prized possession of Gunter Grass' dwarfish hero Oskar
the tin drum
|
$400
[7]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Majestic Theatre.) I'm on the Broadway set of this ever-popular musical, whose first act ends with a resounding crash
The Phantom of the Opera
Joel
|
$400
[6]
Last name of the husband & wife with an atomic weight of 247
Curie
Maureen
|
$400
[1]
From the Greek for "wandering about to find pasture", it's a member of an itinerant people
a nomad
Ethan
|
DD
$200
[29]
Out of the whirlwind, God tells him to "Gird up thy loins now like a man" in Chapter 40 of his book
Job
Joel
|
$400
[17]
Flagstaff, Arizona grew up around a flagpole erected to celebrate this event in 1876
the U.S. Centennial
Maureen
|
|
$800
[24]
Sadly, this final act of Goethe's infatuated hero young Werther was widely imitated by young romantic readers
committing suicide
Maureen
|
$800
[8]
(Hi, I'm John Tartaglia. And I'm Rod. And I'm Princeton.) And we're here on the set of the 2004 Tony-award winner for best musical of this title street
Avenue Q
Joel
|
$800
[12]
He predicted the periodic law, but probably never envisioned element 101 being named for him
Mendeleev
Joel
|
$800
[2]
Describing something self-evident or easy, this term literally means "without cerebellum"
a no-brainer
Maureen
|
$400
[16]
The first entry in Reader's Digest's "Who's Who in the Bible" is this older brother of Moses
Aaron
Joel
|
$800
[19]
In the 1890s you could take a 2-day ride from Flagstaff to its south rim
the Grand Canyon
Ethan
|
|
$1,200
[25]
The title vessel of a 1494 poem by Sebastian Brant & of thepaintingof the same period by Hieronymus Bosch
the ship of fools
|
$1,200
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew hovers over the stage of the Gershwin Theatre.) Gregory Maguire's novel about the early years of the witches of Oz inspired this award-winning Broadway musical
Wicked
Joel
|
$1,200
[13]
This physicist born in Ulm, Bavaria just made it into the top 100 elements by a hair; he's No. 99
(Albert) Einstein
Joel
|
$1,200
[3]
Maori receptions in New Zealand often involve "hongi", the ceremonial pressing together of these
noses
Ethan
|
$800
[18]
Today's special is this son of Noah, who found his dad unclothed & tipsy in Genesis 9:22
Ham
Joel
|
$1,200
[20]
This fabled highway built in the 1920s made Flagstaff a popular tourist stop
Route 66
Ethan
|
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
The Peter Weiss play known by this 2-word title is "performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton"
Marat/Sade
Maureen
|
$1,600
[10]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on stage with giraffes at the New Amsterdam Theatre.) She was the first woman to win a Tony for best director of a musical when she won in 1998 for "The Lion King"
Julie Taymor
Joel
|
$1,600
[14]
Johan Gadolin wonders will you still need him, will you still feed him now that's he's element number this
64
Joel
|
$1,600
[4]
He's the comedian best known for playing Father Guido Sarducci
Don Novello
Ethan
|
$1,200
[28]
In Genesis 29:11 "Jacob kissed" this formerly infertile mother of Joseph "and wept"
Rachel
|
$1,600
[21]
In the 1850s, Army expeditions near Flagstaff included one led by E. F. Beale using this unique form of animal transport
camels
|
|
$2,000
[27]
The original title of this author's "Magister Ludi" means "The Glass Bead Game"
(Hermann) Hesse
Joel
|
$2,000
[11]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the St. James Theatre.) In "The Producers," Zero Mostel played this man on film; Nathan Lane & Brad Oscar have played him here on Broadway
Max Bialystock
Joel
|
$2,000
[15]
There is just the value of this clue, no prize, for knowing this man for whom element 102 was named
(Alfred) Nobel
Ethan
|
$2,000
[5]
In Longfellow's tale, the grandmother who raised Hiawatha
Nokomis
|
— |
$2,000
[22]
Pluto was first observed in 1930 at this Flagstaff landmark that opened in 1894
Lowell Observatory
|
In 1943 he sent the famous message "Eleven alive native knows posit and reefs Nauru Island"
John Fitzgerald Kennedy