Marcus Jackson — a software engineer from Washington, D.C.
Lisa Peabody — a coffee shop manager and trainer from Las Vegas, Nevada
Rick Hoffman — a technical instructor from Oswego, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $600 | $1,200 | $7,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Lisa | $2,000 | $4,400 | $8,800 |
$3,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Marcus | $2,200 | $3,600 | $15,800 |
$13,999
New champion: $13,999 |
$16,800
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | ELVIS FILM ROLES | FAMOUS WOMEN | SHAKESPEAREAN FIRST NAMES | TRAVELIN' | ON THE "GO" |
|
$200
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.) The origin of this name for Duke University's sports teams is traced back to the nickname of a brave French fighting force of World War I
the Blue Devils
Marcus
|
$200
[11]
1964:Race car driver Lucky Jackson, who gets a job as a waiter in a casino
Viva Las Vegas
Lisa
|
$200
[6]
This woman slipped a .38 revolver to Clyde Barrow in his prison cell in 1930, leading to his escape
Bonnie Parker
Rick
|
$200
[16]
"Legend of Zorro" star Banderas
Antonio
Rick
|
$200
[21]
If you're in Rabat, you must be in the capital city of this country
Morocco
|
$200
[1]
After trying out 3 different types, this fairy tale girl eventually fell asleep in the baby bear's bed
Goldilocks
Marcus
|
|
$400
[27]
Thetowerof the Duke Chapel was inspired by the Bell Harry Tower of this English cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Rick
Lisa
Marcus
|
$400
[12]
1957:Vince Everett, who serves time for manslaughter
Jailhouse Rock
Lisa
|
$400
[7]
Born in Lorain, Ohio in 1931, this African-American woman won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993
Toni Morrison
Marcus
|
$400
[17]
Current heartthrob actor Bloom
Orlando
Marcus
|
$400
[22]
Of the Seychelles, the Maldives or the Grenadines, the island group closest to India
the Maldives
Lisa
|
$400
[2]
Beastly highest awarded handed out at the Berlin Film Festival, not the Berlin Golf Tournament
the Golden Bear
Rick
|
|
$600
[28]
Got ESP? Then you know in the '20s J.B. Rhine began his famous studies at Duke in this science that researches ESP
parapsychology (paranormal psychology accepted)
Marcus
|
DD
$800
[13]
1961:Chad Gates, son of a pineapple mogul
Blue Hawaii
Lisa
|
$600
[8]
In 1804 fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau made her his wife
Sacagawea
Lisa
|
$600
[18]
Late "Can-Can" dancer Prowse
Juliet
Lisa
|
$600
[23]
Yo, it's the sea you'll have to cross to cruise from Bari, Italy to Durres, Albania
the Adriatic
Marcus
|
$600
[3]
Magical clay figure of Jewish legend brought to life by incantations
a golem
Marcus
|
|
$800
[29]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.) Entranced by Duke University during a 1937 visit, this author of "Brave New World" called it "a whole city of grey stone"
(Aldous) Huxley
Lisa
|
$800
[14]
1960:Army specialist Tulsa McLean, who's been stationed in West Germany
G.I. Blues
|
$800
[9]
Yoko Ono attended this Bronxville, N.Y. private women's college with a female name
Sarah Lawrence
|
$800
[19]
Mahogany master Phyfe
Duncan
|
$800
[24]
You can head south on Varig Airlines, the national airline of this South American country
Brazil
Rick
|
$800
[4]
A type of tortoise that's an accomplished excavator is named for this mammal
a gopher
|
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.) Later one of the most glamorous heiresses of her day, this member of the Duke family laid the cornerstone for Duke University in 1928
Doris Duke
|
$1,000
[15]
1969:Dr. John Carpenter, who works with Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Moore)
Change of Habit
|
$1,000
[10]
In "The Female Eunuch", this Aussie feminist declared, "Women have very little idea of how much men hate them"
Germaine Greer
|
$1,000
[20]
Beauty queen Madame Rubinstein seen here
Helena
Lisa
Marcus
|
$1,000
[25]
Travelin' in Asia, you'll need to know that the baht is the basic unit of currency of this kingdom
Thailand
Marcus
|
$1,000
[5]
Founded by Spanish immigrants in 1936, the nation's largest Hispanic food company has this artistic name
Goya
Marcus
|
| U.S. COUNTIES | HALL OF FAMERS | FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE | "O" MAN! | EPONYMOUS INVENTIONS | ADDICTED TO ADJECTIVES |
|
$400
[21]
It's the largest state that has counties, & its Brewster County is bigger than 3 other states
Texas
Rick
Marcus
|
$400
[16]
Pub Galvin, Pee Wee Reese, Enos Slaughter
baseball
Marcus
|
$400
[6]
Launched in 2005, the national tour of this "novel" musical features Maureen McGovern as Marmee
Little Women
Lisa
|
$400
[11]
He stunned the Nazis by winning 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
Jesse Owens
Lisa
|
$400
[1]
Developed by a pair of Caltech scientists, it assigns a number to quantify the size of an earthquake
the Richter scale
Lisa
|
$400
[26]
Now also meaning backward & unenlightened, technically it refers to Europe between the 5th & 15th centuries
medieval
Rick
|
|
$800
[22]
Mays Landing, N.J. & South Bend, Wash. are the seats of counties named for these 2 distant bodies of water
the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans
|
$800
[17]
Babe Zaharias, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
golf
Marcus
|
$800
[7]
The 1971 musical "Ari" wasn't based on Onassis but on this Leon Uris novel, & Uris himself wrote the lyrics
Exodus
|
$800
[12]
He composed heavenly works like "Orpheus in the Underworld"
Offenbach
Rick
|
$800
[2]
In 1954, Boston Garden bought one of the 10 machines this "ice man" built that year
Zamboni
Lisa
|
$800
[27]
This adjective that means "free from living bacteria" can describe a person unable to reproduce
sterile
Lisa
Marcus
|
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Aptly, celebrity chef Charlie Trotter made his name & first put it on a restaurant in this Midwestern county
Cook County
Marcus
|
$1,200
[18]
Nate "Tiny" Archibald, Elvin Hayes, Meadowlark Lemon
basketball
Marcus
|
$1,200
[8]
"J'accuse" this Frenchman of writing the novel "Therese Raquin", which inspired the musical "Thou Shalt Not"
Émile Zola
|
$1,200
[13]
Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent shone as his backup singers
Tony Orlando
|
$1,200
[3]
Used in many products, it's a teflonized textile material through which perspiration can pass but liquid water can't
Gore-Tex
|
$1,200
[28]
This title adjective describes the character Marietta in a Victor Herbert operetta
naughty
Rick
|
|
$1,200
[23]
You'll find Cheboygan County east of Wisconsin in this neighboring state
Michigan
Marcus
|
$1,600
[19]
Curly Lambeau, Greasy Neale, Crazylegs Hirsch
football
Marcus
|
$1,600
[9]
(Edward Albee delivers the clue.) I dedicated my stage adaptation of "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" to this author, "with great love"
Carson McCullers
Rick
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1904, this "Mobile" man left the company he founded to set up the R.E.O. Motor Car Company
(Ransom Eli) Olds
Marcus
|
$1,600
[4]
Heard here, it was one of the earliest fully electronic musical intruments & was created c. 1920 by a Russian inventor
the theremin
Lisa
|
$1,600
[29]
It means dramatic, like a famous Greek choral poet & actor of the 6th century B.C.
thespian
|
|
$2,000
[25]
South Salem, Larchmont & Rye are in this county outside New York City
Westchester
Marcus
|
$2,000
[20]
Dodo Cheney, Lottie Dod, Jana Novotna
tennis
Marcus
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
In 2005, in London, Val Kilmer had the "mail" lead in a play based on this James M. Cain novel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Rick
|
$2,000
[15]
Born in 43 B.C., this Roman poet wrote a book about love & a book to help people get over being rejected
Ovid
Lisa
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1917 John Browning designed the "BAR", which stood for this
Browning Automatic Rifle
|
$2,000
[30]
This adjective derives from the name of the author of "Martin Chuzzlewit"
Dickensian
Lisa
Marcus
|
First name & number shared by 2 current European monarchs
Albert II