Sarah Altier — a teacher from DeLand, Florida
William Love — a brick manufacturer from Los Angeles, California
Candy Murphy — a federal IT specialist from Brambleton, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy | $200 | $2,800 | $16,000 |
$2,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| William | $5,200 | $9,600 | $14,800 |
$7,599
New champion: $7,599 |
$14,800
25 R, 1 W |
| Sarah | $2,600 | $2,400 | $11,000 |
$7,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| SURRENDER! | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK | LANGUAGE | STATE BIRDS | McDONALD'S SLOGANS | "PH" DELIGHTS |
|
$200
[6]
When asked to surrender, naval hero John Paul Jones supposedly quipped, "I have not yet begun to" do this
fight
William
|
$200
[1]
This comedianwas once suspended for three days from his Andover, Massachusetts high school for burning rubber in the parking lot
Jay Leno
Sarah
|
$200
[21]
As one of the Berber languages, Riff is mainly spoken in Algeria & this country
Morocco
William
|
$200
[26]
This red-feathered friend is the state bird of a record 7 states
the cardinal
Candy
|
$200
[11]
1961:"Look for the Golden" these
Arches
Candy
|
$200
[16]
Traditional title of the kings who built the pyramids
pharaoh
William
|
|
$400
[7]
American general William Hull was court-martialed for surrendering this Michigan city during the War of 1812
Detroit
William
|
$400
[2]
A cheerleader & 1980 graduate of Van Nuys High School; years later, she'd be "Idol"ized by millions
Paula Abdul
William
|
$400
[22]
In the Kootenai tongue, a word's pitch changes its meaning, as in this most widely spoken world language
Mandarin (Chinese)
Sarah
|
$600
[28]
1 of 2 states that have a breed of chicken as the state bird
Rhode Island (or Delaware)
Sarah
|
$400
[12]
2003:"I'm" doing this
lovin' it
William
|
$400
[17]
To see Van Gogh's "Vase with 12 Sunflowers", head out to this American city's Museum of Art
Philadelphia
William
|
|
$600
[8]
In 332 B.C. Mazaces, the Persian in charge of Egypt, wisely surrendered to this "Great" guy
Alexander
William
|
$600
[3]
Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years afterhis picturewas taken
James Dean
Sarah
|
$600
[23]
Volapuk, created in 1880 as one of these, was too complex to attract many permanent users
an artificial language
Candy
|
$800
[29]
Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is a close relative of this "Canadian" bird
the (Canada) goose
William
Sarah
|
$600
[13]
2000:"We love to see you" do this
smile
William
|
$600
[18]
Light energy becomes organic energy through this plant process
photosynthesis
Sarah
|
|
$800
[9]
French forces resisted a Vietminh attack here for 56 days but surrendered in May 1954
Dien Bien Phu
Sarah
|
$800
[4]
Thisactress has total recall of her high school days in Pennsylvania, as a self-described uber-geek & outsider
Sharon Stone
William
|
$800
[24]
Czech is in the West Group & Ukrainian in the East Group of this branch of languages
Slavic languages
William
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
One naturalist reported that this state bird of Arkansas imitated the songs of 32 birds within 10 minutes
the mockingbird
Candy
|
$800
[14]
1988:"Good time. Great" this
taste
William
|
$800
[19]
From the Greek for "to appear", it's an unreal, ghostly being
a phantom
Candy
|
|
$1,000
[10]
It was McAuliffe's widely quoted 1-word reply when asked by the Germans to surrender at Bastogne in 1944
"Nuts"
William
|
$1,000
[5]
He's the 12-time Grammy-winning country music legend & 1950 Dyess High School graduate seen here
Johnny Cash
Sarah
|
$1,000
[25]
We took the word nirvana from this classical language
Sanskrit
Candy
|
$1,000
[30]
A state bird since 1947, its black & orange colors resemble those on the Calvert coat of arms
the Baltimore oriole
William
Sarah
|
$1,000
[15]
1966:"McDonald's... the closest thing to" this
home
|
$1,000
[20]
Appropriately, Paul Nurse shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in this category
Physiology
Candy
William
|
| AUSSIE CAPITALS | G_S_N | WORDS ABOUT WRITING | WHERE THE PRESIDENT PASSED | SINGERS ALSO KNOWN AS | PRECIOUS "M"s |
|
$400
[1]
This capital of New South Wales is the home of Opera Australia
Sydney
William
|
$400
[26]
It's what powers Bubba's outboard Evinrude
gasoline
Sarah
|
$400
[6]
They're the 3 words that complete Benjamin Disraeli's famous quote, "When I want to read a book..."
I write one
Sarah
|
$400
[11]
Bel Air, California
Ronald Reagan
William
|
$400
[21]
Before finding fame, this "gem" of a singer dropped her last name, Kilcher
Jewel
William
|
$400
[16]
Dynastic term for the porcelain jar seen here
Ming
William
|
|
$800
[2]
Of all the world's urban centers exceeding 1 million in populatioin, this capital of Victoria is southernmost
Melbourne
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
This Texas county shares its name with a Gulf of Mexico port city & a hit song by Glen Campbell
Galveston
Candy
|
$1,200
[8]
"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance", this poet wrote in "An Essay on Criticism"
(Alexander) Pope
Sarah
|
$800
[12]
Warm Springs, Georgia
FDR
William
|
$800
[22]
Stanley is the real first name of this singer who took "Blue Velvet" to No. 1 in 1963
Bobby Vinton
William
|
$800
[17]
In 1994 Bill Gates paid a record price for one of these, $30.8 million for a 72-page Leonardo one
a manuscript
William
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This city's harbor was discovered in 1839 by John Stokes, surveyor aboard the HMS Beagle
Darwin
Sarah
|
$1,200
[30]
These hardened masses of cholesterol & bilirubin can be painful when they lodge in your bile ducts
gallstones
Candy
|
$1,600
[9]
"Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing", wrote this author of "Show Boat"
Edna Ferber
|
$1,200
[13]
Buffalo, New York
McKinley
William
Sarah
|
$1,200
[23]
"Flap Your Wings" & "Shake Ya Tailfeather" if you know that this rapper was born Cornell Haynes Jr.
Nelly
William
|
$1,200
[18]
(Cheryl of the Clue crew shows off her choker.) You can buy some unique jewelry made of this, the lining of some mollusk shells
mother of pearl
William
|
|
$1,600
[4]
This capital of South Australia was named for a queen, the consort of King William IV
Adelaide
Sarah
|
$1,600
[29]
For the Greek for "study of the stomach", it's the art & appreciation of preparing & eating good food
gastronomy
Candy
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
In his 1954 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this American called "writing, at its best... a lonely life"
Ernest Hemingway
Candy
|
$2,000
[15]
Kinderhook, New York
(Martin) Van Buren
Candy
Sarah
|
$1,600
[24]
This ex-Sugarcube once sported the surname Gudmundsdottir
Björk
Candy
|
$1,600
[19]
The Musee d'Orsay has several of his works, including Haystacks & Cathedrals
Monet
Sarah
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This capital was once the government seat of a British colony called Van Diemen's Land
Hobart
Candy
Sarah
|
$2,000
[28]
A region of Southwestern France, its people are famous for their boastfulness
Gascogne
Candy
|
$2,000
[10]
His wife Nora reportedly once asked him, "Why don't you write books people can read?"
James Joyce
Candy
|
DD
$5,000
[14]
In the Speaker's Room at the House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Sarah
|
$2,000
[25]
"Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" was a hit for this Tex-Mex singer whose real name is Baldemar Huerta
Freddy Fender
|
$2,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.) This room in St. Petersburg's Winter Palace is adorned with more than 2 tons of this lustrous green stone mined in Russia
malachite
Candy
|
This U.S. sports figure (born 1940) became the only living person ever on a Scottish note besides the Queen & her mum
Jack Nicklaus