Champion's winnings matched to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund ($10,000 minimum).
Christine Martin — an elementary school teacher from Atlanta, Georgia
John Nienow — a doctor from Santa Ana, California
Dana Greenblatt — a graduate student originally from Toledo, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana | $1,800 | $2,700 | $10,800 |
$20,801
2-day champion: $36,401 |
$12,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $1,400 | $1,400 | $10,400 |
$400
3rd place |
$11,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Christine | $2,200 | $4,600 | $9,400 |
$18,400
2nd place |
$9,400
14 R, 1 W |
| HEY HEY WE'RE THE MONGOLS | MIME TIME | DESERTS | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" | FAMOUS WOMEN | I NEED A LATIN LOVER |
|
$200
[22]
The terms Inner & Outer Mongolia refer to the areas' positions as viewed from this country
China
Christine
|
$200
[14]
The world's most famous mime, he learned much of his craft from teacher Etienne Decroux
Marcel Marceau
Dana
|
$200
[11]
In 1974 this country detonated its first nuclear device in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan state
India
Christine
|
$200
[6]
Hansel's helper(6)
Gretel
John
|
$200
[1]
Formerly Frances Smith, she teamed with her husband Roy in film & TV westerns
Dale Evans
Dana
|
$200
[13]
From the Latin for "Holy eve", you had to "keep" one of these the night before you became a knight
a vigil
|
|
$400
[23]
The Mongols were on the verge of capturing this Austrian city in 1241 when their leader Ogodai died
Vienna
Dana
|
$400
[27]
Business people are encouraged to think outside this; a popular mime routine involves it, as seen here
the box
Christine
|
$400
[12]
The Libyan Desert is considered the most arid part of this much larger desert
the Sahara Desert
Dana
John
|
$400
[7]
Adjective for Gatsby or Santini(5)
Great
John
|
$400
[2]
Based in Chicago, this TV talk show host is one of the richest women in the U.S.
Oprah Winfrey
John
|
$400
[15]
From the Latin for "judge", business owners & strikers will sometimes submit to this process to settle disputes
arbitration
John
|
|
$600
[24]
The main object of tradition mongol worship was the "Eternal Blue" this
Heaven (or Sky)
|
$600
[28]
One horrific lowlight of the modern mime-bashing era was Dustin Hoffman shoving a mime in this film
Tootsie
John
|
DD
$500
[20]
I'll "bet" you know that most of this U.S. state is covered by the Great Basin Desert
Nevada
Dana
|
$600
[8]
Fruits "of Wrath"(6)
Grapes
Christine
|
$600
[3]
(Let's hear from Sarah in New Orleans.) Saint Louis Cathedral contains a statue of this saint, known as "The Maid of Orléans"
Joan of Arc
Christine
|
$600
[16]
From the Latin for "to hear", it's something regarded as a prophetic sign of how someone will fare in the future
an omen
Dana
John
|
|
$800
[25]
This word for the Mongol way of life is from the Greek for "wandering in search of pasture"
nomadic
Christine
|
— |
$600
[19]
A little bit of snow actually falls on this largest Asian desert in the winter
the Gobi
Dana
|
$800
[9]
He lingered in Lilliput(8)
Gulliver
Christine
|
$800
[4]
Temperatures rose across this island nation when Vigdis Finnbogadottir became its first female president in 1980
Iceland
John
|
$800
[17]
The name of these bright red cherries added to cocktails & baked goods is from the Latin for "bitter"
maraschino
John
|
|
$1,000
[26]
A group of Mongols known by this metallic term invaded Russia in the 13th century
the Golden Horde
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
This South American desert is the world's largest natural source for sodium nitrate, which is used in fertilizers
the Atacama
Christine
|
$1,000
[10]
Sue Grafton said "G is for" this(7)
Gumshoe
|
$1,000
[5]
Now a Brandeis University professor, this woman's testimony almost prevented a Supreme Court appointment in 1991
Anita Hill
Dana
|
$1,000
[18]
From the Latin for "tide", it's an arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river
an estuary
|
| 3 OR MORE WIVES | WORLD OF FOOD | ADJECTIVES | ATOM | EVE | CLASSICAL CLASSICS |
|
$400
[21]
Harlene Rosen, Louise Lasser, Soon-Yi Previn
Woody Allen
Dana
|
$400
[11]
A side dish at the first Thanksgiving, today it's sold in buckets at the movies
popcorn
Dana
|
$400
[4]
This adjective for a sullen child can also be used to describe full lips
pouty
Christine
|
$400
[1]
The nucleus of an atom contains neutrons & these positively charged particles
protons
John
Christine
|
$400
[16]
Eve's name, given to her because she was the mother of all living, is a play on this language's word for "life"
Hebrew
Christine
|
$2,000
[26]
This man's sixth symphony is known as the Pastoral Symphony
Beethoven
John
|
|
$800
[22]
Sasha Czack, Brigitte Nielsen, Jennifer Flaven
Sylvester Stallone
Dana
|
$800
[12]
Of Dutch origin, today the Krispy Kreme ones are hot
doughnuts
Christine
|
$800
[5]
This silvery metal is used as an adjective for an album that has sold a million copies
platinum
John
|
$800
[2]
It's made of specific combinations of atoms; 2 hydrogen atoms bond to 1 oxygen atom to form a water one
a molecule
Christine
|
$800
[17]
In Genesis 3:1-5 Eve has a conversation with the creature
the snake (serpent)
John
|
— |
|
$1,200
[23]
Peggy Harper, Carrie Fisher, Edie Brickell
Paul Simon
Dana
|
$1,200
[13]
Whether mince or steak & kidney, these say "I'm British"
pies
John
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
This adjective in the title of a Bronte novel describes the tumultuous atmosphere of the setting
wuthering
John
|
$1,200
[3]
An ion is an atom that contains a charge as a result of gaining or losing one or more of these
an electron
Dana
|
$1,200
[18]
After the fall, God's punishment of Eve included the pain of this
childbirth
Christine
|
— |
|
$1,600
[24]
Joan Baim, Marsha Mason, Diane Lander, Elaine Joyce
Neil Simon
John
|
$1,600
[14]
It's a cured cooked sausage named for a city on the Main in Germany
frankfurter
|
$1,200
[6]
This 6-letter word means "having no equal" or "one of a kind"; therefore, it is redundant to modify it with very or totally
unique
John
|
DD
$1,500
[10]
This type of mechanics, a field of physics, deals with the forces inside an atom
quantum
Dana
|
$1,600
[19]
Adam & Eve's 3 sons mentioned by name
Cain, Abel & Seth
Christine
|
— |
|
$2,000
[25]
Anna Kashfi, Movita Castenada, Tarita Teripia
Marlon Brando
|
$2,000
[15]
This style of southeast Chinese cuisine features bird's nest & shark's fin soups among its dishes
Cantonese cooking
|
$2,000
[8]
These 2 comparative forms of "far" are used interchangeably, but one refers to distance, the other to time
further and farther
Dana
|
$1,600
[9]
(Hi, I'm Rudy Marcus, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.Atoms having the same nuclear charge but different masses are called these
isotopes
Dana
|
$2,000
[20]
Eve, & the Adam, ate fruit from the tree called this, which God specifically said not to do
the Tree of Knowledge (of Good and Evil)
Dana
|
— |
In 2001 the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious, was presented at this historic home in the U.S.
Monticello