Ken Hinton — a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
Kristen Meinhold — a graphic designer originally from Monument, Colorado
Eric Dolansky — a Ph.D. student in marketing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,600 | $4,600 | $18,000 |
$24,801
2-day champion: $46,402 |
$17,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Kristen | $4,000 | $3,000 | $8,600 |
$16,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Ken | $400 | $3,800 | $12,400 |
$4,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| WELCOME TO DENVER | COLORFUL ROCK | "-ICIAN" EXPEDITION | WEAPONS | EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER | 6-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[3]
The Denver Zoo has the world's largest indoor habitat for this giant Indonesian lizard
the Komodo dragon
Eric
Kristen
|
$200
[1]
The 1993 hit "Something In Common" was a duet featuring Whitney Houston & him
Bobby Brown
Eric
|
$200
[16]
Hey, it's your funeral director
mortician
Eric
|
$200
[8]
This weapon that vaporized an island in a Nov. 1, 1952 test was Edward Teller's brainchild
the hydrogen bomb
Ken
|
$200
[26]
First to win golf's Masters tourney 4 times
Arnold Palmer
Eric
|
$200
[15]
William Congreve wrote, "Heaven has no rage, like love to" this opposite "turned"
hatred
|
|
$600
[5]
The Kirkland Museum hasexamplesof many decorative styles including this one, named for two types of handiwork
arts & crafts
|
$400
[2]
In 1983 Ian Gillan became the new lead vocalist of this group; Ozzy Osbourne had left 4 years earlier
Black Sabbath
Kristen
|
$400
[17]
Job whose traditional obligations include kissing babies
a politician
Ken
|
$400
[9]
St. Rene Goupil was martyred in 1642 with this hand-axe for making the sign of the cross over a Mohawk child
the tomahawk
Ken
|
$400
[27]
Memorably coifed female star of 1945's "Hold That Blonde"
Veronica Lake
Eric
|
$400
[22]
A piece of harness, or what the horse may do when it's put on
bridle
Ken
|
|
$800
[6]
Denver supports two major morning papers: The Denver Post & this "News"paper founded in 1859
the Rocky Mountain News
Kristen
|
$600
[12]
This 1984 film about a young Minneapolis musician featured the title tune & "When Doves Cry"
Purple Rain
Kristen
|
$600
[18]
Luke, according to Colossians 4:14
a physician
Ken
|
$600
[10]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a field.) For defense & hunting, Lewis & Clark used this type of gun; named from the Latin for "little fly", it was one of the English words Indians knew
a musket
Ken
|
$600
[28]
Wrote an 1841 essay entitled "Self-Reliance"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eric
|
$600
[23]
A jail's temporary detention area where suspects are fingerprinted
the lockup
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Located at 1340 Pennsylvania Street, thehouseof this storied Titanic survivor is preserved as it was in 1910
Molly Brown
Kristen
|
$800
[13]
The melody of this 1967 Procol Harum hit was based on the Bach cantata "Sleepers Awake"
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Eric
|
$800
[19]
Master the thumb tip & the Chinese sticks & you have a future as one of these
a magician
|
$800
[11]
This Medieval weapon, named for its wide blade, weighed about 3 pounds & was swung one-handed
a broadsword
Eric
Ken
|
$800
[29]
Character played by Sheryl Lee on David Lynch's TV series "Twin Peaks"
Laura Palmer
Eric
|
$800
[24]
Screwball comedies are either zany or this word that includes an old synonym for "head"
madcap
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Lookout Mountain has a shrine dedicated to this first U.S. saint who founded a camp there for orphan kids
(Mother) Cabrini
Kristen
|
$1,000
[14]
Fats Domino hated this day of the week because he had to "work like a slave all day"
"Blue Monday"
|
$1,000
[20]
Vocation of Charles Dodgson & of Bertrand Russell
mathematician
Kristen
|
$1,000
[21]
Calcium permanganate once powered the V-2 type of this weapon; it's now available as a disinfectant
a rocket
Ken
|
$1,000
[30]
In Arthurian legend, she is sometimes known as the fairy Vivienne & foster mother of Lancelot
the Lady of the Lake
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
A craven poltroon
a coward
|
| MYTH ADVENTURES | THE MALE IS IN THE CZECH | MEMORABLE ROLES | SHERMANS | MARCH | TO THE "C" |
|
$400
[1]
To defeat the Lernean hydra, this hero cut off 8 of its heads & buried the ninth under a big rock
Hercules
Eric
|
$400
[26]
One-act plays by this politician include 1975's "Audience" & 1978's "Protest"
Havel
Eric
|
$400
[2]
1967:Benjamin Braddock
Dustin Hoffman
Eric
|
$400
[21]
In TV cartoons, Sherman was this animated dog's boy
Peabody
Kristen
|
$400
[11]
On trial for war crimes, he was found dead in his cell in The Hague March 11, 2006
Milosevic
Eric
|
$400
[12]
A small hospital, or the large institution bearing the Mayo family name
a clinic
Kristen
|
|
$800
[6]
Ometotl (who created himself) was the first god to exist in this culture's mythology
the Aztecs
Eric
Kristen
|
$800
[27]
This Czech-born playwright directed the film version of his "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
(Tom) Stoppard
Eric
|
$800
[3]
1972:Kay Adams;1974:Kay Corleone;1990:Kay Adams Michelson
Diane Keaton
Eric
|
$800
[22]
Sherman Minton was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1949 by this president
Truman
Eric
|
$800
[17]
On March 4, 1913 Chief Justice White had ham for breakfast & went to the Capitol to do this (OK, the ham is a guess)
swear in the president
Eric
|
$800
[13]
Preliminary training for military recruits
basic
Ken
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Thought to live in the Kilauea volcano, this goddess is the daughter of Hina in one legend
Pele
Kristen
|
$1,200
[28]
Known for his short stories, this writer got a law degree from Charles University in 1906
Franz Kafka
|
$1,200
[4]
1981 & 1996:Snake Plissken
Kurt Russell
Eric
|
$1,200
[23]
General William Tecumseh Sherman was born in 1820 & saw action during this 1846-48 war
the Mexican-American War
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
This man's reforms in 45 B.C. made March the third month rather than the first
Julius Caesar
Eric
|
$1,200
[14]
An overpowering fear; you might have a "room" for it
a panic
Kristen
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Rhea stopped Cronus from swallowing him, her sixth consecutive child, by replacing him with a rock
Zeus
Eric
|
DD
$1,800
[29]
In 1892 this composer became director of New York's National Conservatory of Music
(Antonin) Dvorak
Eric
|
$1,600
[5]
1994:Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Gary Sinise
Kristen
|
$2,000
[25]
Fittingly, Congressman Brad Sherman represents this L.A. suburb, home of the Galleria of "Valley Girl" fame
Sherman Oaks
Kristen
|
$1,600
[19]
One of the 2 astrological signs that fall in March
Pisces (or Aries)
Eric
|
$1,600
[15]
A high-quality French brandy from white grapes
cognac
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Egyptians made sure tombs contained one of these tomes so the "soul" could get by Osiris & his 42 demons
The Book of the Dead
Kristen
|
$2,000
[30]
This writer coined the word "robot" from the Czech word for forced labor
Karel Capek
Kristen
|
$2,000
[9]
1941:Joel Cairo &1942:Ugarte
Peter Lorre
|
DD
$5,000
[24]
One of the 2 important "Acts" written by U.S. Senator John Sherman in 1890
the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (or the Sherman Silver Purchase Act)
Ken
|
$2,000
[20]
This celestial event happened on March 20, 2006 at 1:26 PM EST
the vernal equinox
Kristen
|
$2,000
[16]
From the Greek for "vault", it can mean secret or hidden, like some crossword clues
cryptic
Eric
|
For over a decade starting from 1807, this nation's capital was moved to a city in South America
Portugal