Lucretia Manning — a head cashier from Jesup, Georgia
Gerald McClanahan — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Chris Smith — an advertising creative director from Dallas, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $5,400 | $7,400 | $23,400 |
$26,400
2-day champion: $42,199 |
$21,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Gerald | $1,800 | $5,200 | $9,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
16 R, 4 W |
| Lucretia | $1,200 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENCE | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE | EVERY TIM, DIRK OR GARY | OPERA QUEENS | CELL-PHONING IT IN | HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[1]
This medal metal is usually an alloy of tin & copper
bronze
Gerald
|
$200
[2]
This actor played the role of a lifetime explaining to Sean Connery categories such as "COLORS THAT ARE RED"
Will Ferrell
Gerald
|
$200
[20]
This South African is one of the few golfers to win all 4 major titles at least once
Gary Player
Chris
|
$200
[25]
The title character of "Maria Stuarda" is better known in English by this name
Mary Stuart
Chris
|
$200
[16]
Atlanta-based & with more than $19 billion in 2004 revenue, it's "one" this telecom "sensation"
Cingular
|
$200
[11]
To rule over, or to shower upon
reign/rain
Lucretia
|
|
$400
[7]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Copenhagen, Denmark.) In 1883, Carlsberg developed Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, a special strain of this to ferment the sugars in beer
yeast
Chris
|
$400
[3]
As Fernando, this actor looked mahvelous & asked Mr. Hulk Hogan & Mr. T about their plans for Passover
Billy Crystal
Chris
|
$400
[21]
A "Far Side" panel by this cartoonist is seen here
Gary Larson
Lucretia
|
$400
[26]
The seductive Queen of Shemakha sings a "Hymn to" this heavenly body in "Le Coq d'Or"
the Sun
Chris
|
$400
[17]
Tony Stewart was the 2005 champion of the cup named for this company
Nextel
Chris
Gerald
Lucretia
|
$400
[12]
Jetties, or people of the same legal status, as on a jury
piers/peers
Chris
|
|
$800
[9]
The name of this disorder in which the bones become porous comes from the Greek for "bone" & "passage"
osteoporosis
Chris
|
$600
[4]
This late, great comedian gave us the memorable "Anal-Retentive Chef" & "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer"
Phil Hartman
Gerald
|
$600
[22]
In 1983 this "Psychedelic Evangelist" wrote his autobiographical "Flashbacks"
Timothy Leary
Gerald
|
$600
[28]
This queen reigned in several operas, including "L'Atlantida" & "Christophe Colomb"
Queen Isabella
Gerald
|
$600
[18]
This company is associated with the sound heard here
T-Mobile
Chris
|
$600
[13]
Finished, or a grayish-brown horse color
done/dun
Chris
|
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
In testing out gases by smelling them (not a good idea) Humphry Davy found in 1800 that this one made him feel giddy
nitrous oxide (or laughing gas)
Chris
|
$800
[5]
He bellowed, "My name is Matt Foley, I'm 35, divorced, and I live in a van down by the river!"
Chris Farley
Gerald
|
$800
[23]
Let's "Meet the Press" guy seen here
Tim Russert
Gerald
|
$800
[29]
In a Rossini opera, this queen is incensed to find out the Earl of Leicester is secretly married
Elizabeth I
Lucretia
|
$800
[19]
Can you hear me now? In 2005 this company was No. 14 on the Fortune 500
Verizon
Gerald
|
$800
[14]
Had a meal, or an octet
ate/eight
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In astronomy, this unit of measure is abbreviated pc
parsec
|
$1,000
[6]
Listen to me now & believe me later, these Dana Carvey & Kevin Nealon characters wanted to"Pump... you up"
Hans & Franz
Lucretia
|
$1,000
[24]
Mark Wahlberg was impressive in every sense of the word playing Eddie Adams & this alter ego in "Boogie Nights"
Dirk Diggler
Gerald
|
$1,000
[30]
The Catholic Marguerite de Valois is a pivotal character in the 1836 opera named for these French Protestants
the Huguenots
Chris
|
$1,000
[27]
"Q" rating check: there's a "u" in "cellular" but not in the Denver-based company known by this 1-word name
Qwest
Lucretia
|
$1,000
[15]
A brutal form of embroidery?
cruel/crewel
Chris
|
| THE "NEW" WORLD | MUNICH | THE CONSTANT GARDENER | CRASH | WALK THE LINE | RECENT MOVIES |
|
$400
[1]
Gandhi was on his way to a prayer meeting in this city when he was assassinated in 1948
New Delhi
Chris
|
$400
[21]
During the Thirty Years' War, King Gustav II Adolf of this Scandanavian kingdom captured & occupied Munich
Sweden
Chris
|
$400
[26]
In 17th century Holland, fortunes were invested in the bulbs of this flower
a tulip
Lucretia
|
$400
[6]
In a car crash, these can inflate within 45 to 55 milliseconds
air bags
Gerald
|
$400
[16]
To agree to abide fully by terms is to "sign" here
on the dotted line
Gerald
|
$400
[11]
This director shot much of his film "Munich" in Malta, which stood in for Israel
Spielberg
Lucretia
|
|
$800
[2]
The 2 Canadian provinces that fit the category
Newfoundland & New Brunswick
Chris
Gerald
|
$800
[22]
Using Munich as his royal city of residence, German king Louis IV was crowned this emperor in 1328
the Holy Roman Emperor
Chris
|
$800
[27]
Thispopular houseplant needs bright light & some direct sun
an African violet
Lucretia
|
$800
[7]
Abbreviated ABS, these help drivers avoid crashing in part by allowing the driver to maintain steering control
anti-lock braking system
Gerald
|
$800
[17]
Likening U.S. Grant to an axman, Roscoe Conkling said he'd "hew to the line of right, let" these "fall where they may"
the chips
Chris
|
$800
[12]
"Crash" totalled the competition & won this union's award for outstanding ensemble performance
SAG (Screen Actors Guild)
Gerald
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The Green in the center of this Delaware city was laid out by Peter Stuyvesant in 1655
New Castle
|
$1,200
[23]
In an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic, the Nazis staged a 1923 putsch named for this Munich location
a beer hall
Chris
|
DD
$1,400
[28]
This flower whose name is Latin for "small sword" comes in colors ranging from pure white to deep red
gladiola
Lucretia
|
$1,200
[8]
A recent study in Europe determined that pink cars were the safest & cars of this color the most likely to crash
black
Chris
Gerald
|
$1,200
[18]
"Sticking to" this means adhering to a principle of your group, not to a shared telephone circuit
the party line
Chris
|
$1,200
[13]
The first scenes in "Walk the Line" take place at this location, just before a famous 1968 concert
Folsom Prison
Lucretia
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Colombia, Panama, Ecuador & Venezuela were once part of this Spanish viceroyalty
New Granada
Gerald
|
$1,600
[24]
When this largest German state was reunited as a kingdom in the early 1500s, Munich became its capital
Bavaria
Chris
|
$1,600
[29]
In Japan, this flower is called sakura & the tree does not bear fruit
a cherry blossom
Chris
|
$1,600
[9]
Designed to compress during a car crash, these structural "zones" absorb energy from an impact
crumple zones
Lucretia
|
$1,600
[19]
On film Mary Poppins says the children will tread the path described by this pair of proverbial adjectives
the straight & narrow
Chris
|
$1,600
[14]
"The New World" was filmed in Virginia, close to the real site of this colony that's central to the movie
Jamestown
Gerald
|
|
DD
$2,400
[3]
At over 12,300 feet, Mount Cook is its highest point
New Zealand
Chris
|
$2,000
[25]
Many of Munich's finest Neoclassical buildings were built during the 19th century reign of this "Mad" king
Ludwig II
|
$2,000
[30]
To a gardener buying a tree from a nursery, "B&B" means the tree is balled-and-this
burlapped
|
$2,000
[10]
This government organization abbreviated the NTSB investigates every civil aviation crash in the U.S.
the National Transportation Safety Board
Gerald
|
$2,000
[20]
As a noun, these can be jumps, or limits you'd best not overstep
bounds
Chris
Lucretia
|
$2,000
[15]
"The Constant Gardener" is based on a novel by this master of the Cold War spy thriller
John le Carré
Gerald
|
Henry Laurens, Thomas Mifflin & Richard Henry Lee were presidents of this body that only lasted for about 15 years
the Continental Congress