Lani Hyde — a horse trainer from Monkton, Maryland
Todd Jones — a publishing sales representative from West Nyack, New York
Bill O'Donnell — a national park ranger from Eminence, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $3,600 | $7,600 | $13,600 |
$13,600
2-day champion: $28,700 |
$13,600
18 R, 3 W |
| Todd | $3,200 | $2,600 | $12,000 |
$9,100
2nd place: Trip to Almond Resorts, Barbados |
$13,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lani | $-600 | $0 | $7,400 |
$4,300
3rd place: Trip to Eden Roc Resort, Miami Beach |
$8,400
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| A DATE WITH DESTINY | STUPID ANSWERS | SLOGANS | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS | PUT OUT THE CHINA | VERB-OTEN |
|
$200
[7]
On August 1, 1946 this president signed the McMahon Act creating the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Harry S. Truman
Todd
|
$200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an amusement park next to a Ferris wheel.) Last name of the engineer who built the first Ferris wheel
George Ferris
Bill
|
$200
[2]
"Double your pleasure! Double your fun!" with this
Doublemint gum
Bill
|
$200
[21]
The Leif Ericson proof had 2 versions: the U.S. dollar & this island country's kronur
Iceland
Lani
|
$200
[1]
This Chinese dictator was born December 26, 1893 in the city of Shaoshan
Mao Tse-tung
Todd
|
$200
[22]
In Matthew 26 Jesus tells the disciples, "One of you shall" do this
betray me
Todd
|
|
$400
[13]
On June 26, 1977 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis he left the building after giving his last concert
Elvis Presley
Bill
|
$400
[9]
It's the capital city of Panama
Panama City
Todd
|
$400
[17]
It's "Strong enough for a man, but pH-balanced for a woman"
Secret deodorant
Lani
|
$400
[27]
There were 4 heads & an eagle on the 1991 coin honoring this landmark
Mount Rushmore
Lani
|
$400
[3]
Recent bans in the U.S. involve this dried shark part some Chinese recipes call for in an expensive soup
fin
Bill
|
$400
[23]
It can mean "to abduct", as in the case of the Sabine women, as well as to sexually assault
rape
Lani
|
|
$600
[14]
After 8 years, this man's mummified corpse was removed from public display in Red Square Oct. 31, 1961
Joseph Stalin
Bill
|
$600
[10]
In 1936 Henry & Edsel Ford established this foundation
the Ford Foundation
Bill
|
$600
[18]
This cereal is "A honey of an O"
Honey Nut Cheerios
Todd
|
$600
[28]
In 1997 this Brooklyn Dodger got a commemorative coin as quick as you could say his name
Jackie Robinson
Bill
|
$600
[4]
The name of this Chinese-American stew of meat & vegetables translates into English as "mixed bits"
chop suey
Bill
Lani
|
$600
[24]
You can do it to property, to "the show" or to second base
steal
Bill
|
|
$800
[15]
3 years after being forced out by the Japanese, MacArthur returned to this capital city on Feb. 7, 1945
Manila
Todd
|
$800
[11]
Completes the joke "He's so fat, when he sits around the house..."
he sits around the house
Todd
|
$800
[19]
It "rinses cleaner than soap"
Zest
|
$800
[29]
Congress authorized coins to commemorate this event held in 1984, 1992 & 1996
the Olympics
Todd
Lani
|
$800
[5]
With 900 million speakers, this dialect of Chinese is the world's most widely used
Mandarin
Todd
|
$800
[25]
This verb meaning to go back on a promise comes from the same root as "renegade"
renege
Bill
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Eric the Red would be pleased that this U.S. spacecraft landed on the Red Planet July 20, 1976
Viking
Bill
|
$1,000
[12]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from inside a fancy hotel lobby.) It's the name of the 1968 Neil Simon play that takes place in a suite here at the Plaza
Plaza Suite
Bill
|
$1,000
[20]
"Move over, bacon" it's this
Sizzlean
Bill
|
DD
$800
[30]
His quincentenary was celebrated with a coin in 1992
Christopher Columbus
Todd
|
$1,000
[6]
Examples of these regions in China include Fujian, Guangdong & Sichuan
provinces
Bill
|
$1,000
[26]
To violate the sanctity of a place, or an adjective that's opposed to "sacred"
profane
Bill
Todd
|
| IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... | SPORTS TALK | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS | "20" QUESTIONS | ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL |
|
$400
[20]
"Oklahoma!" had a surrey with a fringe on top; this Garden State's musical would feature a Zeppelin
New Jersey
Lani
|
$400
[13]
During a baseball game, it's the off-field area where relief pitchers warm up
bullpen
Todd
|
$400
[11]
Jackson was born March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw area of this state but N. Carolina also claimed him as a native
South Carolina
Bill
Todd
|
$400
[15]
William Hodges' painting of the statues on this south Pacific island may be seen at England's Nat. Maritime Museum
Easter Island
Lani
|
$400
[2]
To quote a nursery rhyme, the number of 'blackbirds baked in a pie"
4 & 20
Lani
|
$400
[1]
Feldspar
mineral
Todd
|
|
$800
[21]
Santiago does the rumba with a giant marlin in the musical version of this Hemingway novella
The Old Man and the Sea
Lani
|
$800
[14]
(For this clue, we'll hear from soccer star Brandi Chastain.) As in basketball, this is what a soccer player does with the ball to advance it by herself
dribble
Lani
|
$800
[12]
In 1812, long before "South Park" "blamed" it, Jackson wanted 50,000 volunteers to invade this country
Canada
Todd
|
$800
[16]
Sebastiano probably painted the "Judgement of" this Biblical king that was once attributed to Giorgione
Solomon
|
$800
[7]
For this, the little woman expects china
20th wedding anniversary
Bill
|
$800
[3]
Springhaas
animal
Bill
|
|
$1,200
[22]
"The Waiting is the Hardest Part" is the title of the musical version of this Beckett tragicomedy
Waiting for Godot
Todd
|
$1,200
[23]
In figure skating a single one of these jumps named for Mr. Paulsen is 1 1/2 revolutions; a triple is 3 1/2
axel
Todd
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
Jackson was the first U.S. president not born in either of these 2 states
Virginia & Massachusetts
Todd
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
Seen here is Giacomo Tracort's 19th century painting of this English poet in Greece
Lord Byron
Lani
|
$1,200
[8]
It's the often facetious ability to determine the nature of an event after it has occurred
20/20 hindsight
Bill
|
$1,200
[4]
Haricot
vegetable
Lani
|
|
$1,600
[26]
The harpooners Queequeg, Daggoo & Tashtego serve as a Greek chorus in the musical of this book
Moby Dick
Bill
|
$1,600
[24]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from a golf course.) In most iron shots, good or bad, a piece of turf called this gets dislodged
divot
Todd
|
$1,200
[29]
In 1833 Jackson became the first president to travel using this mode of transport
train
Todd
|
$1,200
[17]
This woman painted the charming little girl & dog seen here
Mary Cassatt
Lani
|
$1,600
[9]
It's considered the most popular novel in Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages" series
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
Lani
|
$1,600
[5]
Tuco-tuco
animal
|
|
$2,000
[27]
The toe-tapping numbers "Meat-Packing Boogie" & "Hot Dog Blues" are from this Upton Sinclair novel's musical
The Jungle
Todd
|
$2,000
[25]
Ja, this term means to ski straight down a slope at full speed
schussing
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1796 Jackson "volunteered" to become this state's first member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Tennessee
Lani
|
$1,600
[18]
This American known for his mobiles also created a wire portrait of Josephine Baker
Alexander Calder
|
$2,000
[10]
The period known as "The Jazz Age" was also known by this "growling" nickname
"The Roaring '20s"
Bill
|
$2,000
[6]
Daikon
vegetable
|
One of 4 men nominated twice for playing the same character
(1 of) Bing Crosby, Paul Newman, Al Pacino & Peter O'Toole