Katie Hobson — a journalist from New York, New York
Brian Ursrey — a medical secretary originally from Pearson, Georgia
Faith Love — a systems analyst from Boyds, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faith | $3,000 | $6,200 | $16,800 |
$16,000
3-day champion: $35,401 |
$16,600
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Brian | $1,200 | $3,000 | $11,734 |
$6,234
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Katie | $4,400 | $6,600 | $7,000 |
$13,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
13 R, 4 W |
| PHYSICS | HAPPY BIRTHDAY! | TOP 40 DEBUTS | THANKSGIVING AT ALEX'S HOUSE | WE INVENTED STUFF | AUTOMOTIVE METAPHORS |
|
$200
[2]
It's compressed to run a pneumatic device like a jackhammer
air
Brian
|
$200
[1]
For her birthday, April 15, this columnist suggests that you write down your favorite "hints" & send them to her
Heloise
Brian
|
$200
[8]
1991:Nirvana with this grunge anthem
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Brian
|
$200
[18]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew has dibs on a drumstick.) We should all give thanks to this U.S. president who proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789
George Washington
|
$200
[9]
By 1881 his Menlo Park home had been set up with a complete electric lighting system
Edison
Faith
|
$200
[23]
When your boss is yelling at you, you often look like "a deer in" these
the headlights
Katie
|
|
$400
[3]
In the 1800s scientists proposed a luminiferous ether to explain how this can travel in waves
light
Faith
|
$400
[5]
Michael Douglas never forgets the birthday of this woman, his wife; it's September 25, the same as his
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Faith
|
$400
[13]
1966:This Brooklynite with "Cherry, Cherry"
Neil Diamond
Katie
|
$400
[19]
(Having been banished from the kitchen, Jimmy joins Alex at the TV to deliver the clue.) While dinner is being fixed, Alex & I are watching this NFL team that played more Turkey Day games than any other Alex: "They really miss Joe Schmidt and Alex Karras."
Detroit Lions
Katie
|
$400
[10]
In 1814 Robert Fulton developed "Fulton the First", the first warship powered by this force
steam
Faith
|
$400
[24]
Your boss loads you up with meaningless busywork, so you're doing this to "your wheels"
spinning
Faith
|
|
$800
[28]
The red shift of galaxies & the change in the pitch of a train whistle are examples of this man's effect
the Doppler effect
Brian
|
$600
[6]
If you're invited to Vanna White's birthday party on Feb. 18, she might like one of these violet gems, her birthstone
amethyst
Faith
|
$600
[14]
1982:Frank Zappa with this homage to Southern California
"Valley Girl"
Katie
|
$600
[20]
(Sarah brings in table decorations.) I'm decorating with a cornucopia inspired by the magical horn of Amalthea, who nursed this Greek god when he was a baby
Zeus
|
$600
[11]
On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray attempted to file a patent for this invention; however, Bell beat him by hours
the telephone
Brian
|
$600
[25]
When you're totally exhausted but your boss makes you keep working anyway, you're "running" this way
on empty (on fumes)
Katie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Parents, the answer to this perennial kids' question is "Due to Rayleigh scattering"
"Why is the sky blue?"
Faith
|
$800
[7]
The Girl Scouts celebrate Founders Day on October 31 because it was this woman's birthday
Juliette Low
Katie
|
$800
[15]
1988:This former cheerleader with "Straight Up"
Paula Abdul
Katie
|
$800
[21]
(Sofia has some medical advice.) If we eat enough of these cranberries we won't get scurvy because they're chock full of this vitamin
C
Faith
|
$800
[12]
In 1868 Carlos Glidden & Partners patented this 1st machine that wrote faster than one could write by hand
a typewriter
Katie
|
$800
[26]
When your boss nominates himself for Businessman of the Year, he's "tooting" this
his horn
Katie
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Type of mechanics illustrated here
fluid mechanics
Katie
|
$1,000
[17]
Charles Grodin shares his April 21 birthday with this woman who directed his film "The Heartbreak Kid"
Elaine May
|
$1,000
[16]
1985:This synth-pop band with "People Are People"
Depeche Mode
Katie
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jimmy gives the last clue.) The sedative effects of turkey have been attributed to this amino acid, sold as asleep aiduntil 1990
tryptophan
Faith
|
$1,000
[22]
During WWII, this rocketry pioneer served as director of research for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics
Goddard
Faith
|
$1,000
[27]
Despite your boss, you won't quit your job; you need the money to keep "living life in" this freeway area
in the fast lane
Brian
|
| OKLAHOMA! | SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS | INTO THE WOODS | MAMMA MIA! | "PRIVATE" LIVES | ON BROADWAY |
|
$400
[26]
Following Oklahoma City, this city of about 400,000 is the second most populous in the state
Tulsa
Katie
|
$400
[21]
The billion-dollar empire of animal feed titans the Liu brothers makes them one of this country's richest families
China
Brian
|
$400
[1]
A toadstool is an inedible kind of this fungus
a mushroom
Brian
|
$400
[5]
The mother of princesses Stephanie & Caroline
Grace Kelly
Faith
|
$400
[11]
V.I. Warshawski, for example
a private eye (private detective)
Faith
|
$400
[16]
Stephen Weber "wing"ed his way onto Broadway in 2002, replacing Matthew Broderick in this musical
The Producers
Faith
|
|
$800
[27]
You can read many of this humorist's writings as well as visit his grave at his memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Faith
Katie
|
$800
[22]
(Hi. I'm Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks.) In 1999 I set a record for the biggest online purchase--a Gulfstream one of these
an airplane
Faith
|
$800
[2]
Avoid this member of the cashew family by remembering the helpful rhyme "Leaves of three, let it be"
poison ivy
Faith
|
$800
[6]
The mother of the gods Hoder & Balder
Freya (or Frigg)
Brian
|
$800
[12]
A PFC in the Marine Corps
a private first class
Brian
|
$800
[17]
Billy Crudup merited the role of John Merrick in the 2002 revival of this drama
The Elephant Man
Faith
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The U.S. acquired the vast majority of Oklahoma's territory as part of this 1803 transaction
the Louisiana Purchase
Brian
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
This political patriarch's successful ventures included shipbuilding, RKO Pictures & Gloria Swanson
Joe Kennedy
Faith
|
$1,200
[3]
The name of this delicate fern may remind you of a lovely young woman's locks
maidenhair
Faith
Brian
Katie
|
$1,200
[7]
In Egyptian mythology, the mother of Horus
Isis
Brian
|
$1,200
[13]
The business of a doctor run as an individual enterprise
private practice
Brian
|
$1,200
[18]
The 2002 revival of "Morning's at Seven" featured this versatile actor who played Jim on "Taxi"
Christopher Lloyd
Faith
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Inside the National Cowboy & Western Museum in Oklahoma City you can find a hall of fame of this kind of contest
rodeo
Brian
Katie
|
$1,600
[24]
Henry Clay Frick organized a coke company in 1871 & was part of this giant company's formation 30 years later
U.S. Steel
|
$1,600
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) From the Latin for "across" & "breathe" this evaporation from rain forest leaves helps to regulate rainfall
transpiration
Katie
|
DD
$1,534
[8]
The Italian mother of 3 French kings, Francis II, Charles IX & Henry III
Catherine de' Medici
Brian
|
$1,600
[14]
The non-government-controlled part of the national economy
the private sector
Faith
|
$1,600
[19]
Simone, the daughter of singer Nina Simone, took over the title role in this Elton John & Tim Rice show in 2002
Aida
Faith
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Over 1,000 miles long, this "colorful" river forms most of Oklahoma's southern boarder
the Red River
Brian
|
$2,000
[25]
This Viacom CEO started in business with his family's chain of 12 drive-in theaters
Sumner Redstone
Katie
|
$2,000
[10]
Woody plants like conifers that reproduce by means of exposed seeds are classified as these
gymnosperms
|
$2,000
[9]
In the Bible, the mother of John the Baptist
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[15]
Not putting down at least 20% of a home's purchase price may force you to pay PMI, this
private mortgage insurance
Faith
|
$2,000
[20]
I'll wear a bouffant 'do when I see the new musical based on this 1988 John Waters film, & I'm not teasing
Hairspray
Brian
|
1 of the 3 U.S. Presidents to run on a third-party ticket after having already served as president
(1 of) Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren & Millard Fillmore