Champion's winnings matched to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund ($10,000 minimum).Performances by the L.A. Spirit Chorale.
Sarah Cooper — an administrative assistant from Whittier, California
Karim Moore — a civil engineer from Laurel, Maryland
Timothy Mahoney — a development officer originally from Detroit, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy | $1,000 | $4,400 | $6,400 |
$801
2nd place: a trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica & stay at Wyndham Rose Hall |
$6,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| Karim | $1,200 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
$1,799
New champion: $1,799 |
$3,600
11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $3,200 | $4,000 | $5,800 |
$0
3rd place: a trip to Cape Cod, Massachusetts & stay at Cape Codder Resort |
$10,800
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| SALAD DAYS | ORIGINAL TITLES | DICTATORS & TYRANTS | REMEMBER THE '60s? | YOU WEREN'T "THERE" | BIOLOGY |
|
$200
[11]
This side dish takes its name from Dutch words meaning "cabbage salad"
coleslaw
Karim
|
$200
[6]
Peter Benchley, 1974: "The Summer of the Shark"
Jaws
Timothy
|
$200
[1]
Reigning from 54 to 68 A.D., he rivals only Caligula as Rome's most infamous emperor
Nero
Timothy
|
$200
[12]
A mock funeral was held in San Francisco in 1967 from "the death of" this type of long-haired radical youth
hippie
Karim
|
$200
[17]
In a popular nursery rhyme, this line precedes "and he went a crooked mile"
There was a crooked man
Timothy
Karim
|
$800
[27]
Lacking a hard shell, copepods are less crunchy than other members of this group, like crabs
crustaceans
Karim
Sarah
|
|
$400
[22]
Insalata Caprese contains alternating slices of tomato & this cheese, drizzled with olive oil & basil
mozzarella
Timothy
|
$400
[7]
Leo Tolstoy 1869: "All's Well That Ends Well"
War and Peace
Timothy
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
As this "Emperor", Ferdinand II's promotion of Catholicism continued the Thirty Years' War of the 1600s
Holy Roman Emperor
Sarah
|
$400
[13]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Apollo Theater.) This group appeared in a Motown review here in 1962 before their first number-one hit.Where did our love go?
The Supremes
Timothy
|
$400
[18]
Ben & Cameron headlined this 1998 film about a guy who never stopped loving his high school crush
There's Something About Mary
Karim
|
$1,000
[26]
Huntington's Disease is autosomal dominant, so one gene can cause it; CF is autosomal this, needing 2
recessive
Timothy
Karim
|
|
$600
[23]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Waldorf-Astoria.) The original Waldorf salad had only apples, celery & mayo, but now it's standard to add these nuts
walnuts
Timothy
|
$600
[8]
Philip Roth, 1969: "A Jewish Patient Begins His Analysis"
Portnoy's Complaint
Sarah
|
$600
[3]
Assassinated in 1961, Rafael Trujillo had been dictator of this Caribbean republic for over 30 years
Dominican Republic
Timothy
|
$800
[15]
Before Bridget Jones, there was this title character seenherein a 1966 movie
Georgy Girl
Timothy
|
$600
[19]
This Ethel Merman hit song is "like no business I know"
"There's No Business Like Show Business"
Sarah
|
— |
|
$800
[25]
Some say this salad of crabmeat on a bed of lettuce in a chili sauce was created at Seattle's Olympic Club
Crab Louie
|
$800
[9]
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883: "The Sea-Cook"
Treasure Island
Karim
|
$800
[4]
King of Judea from 37 to 4 B.C., he ordained the infamous "Massacre of the Innocents"
Herod
Sarah
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Hundreds died in a student protest in Mexico City on Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before these opened
Summer Olympics
Timothy
|
$800
[20]
P.T. Barnum made this pithy observation regarding suckers
There's one born every minute.
Timothy
|
— |
|
$1,000
[24]
This type of orange adds a sweet tang to the classic Chinese chicken salad
mandarin
Timothy
|
$1,000
[10]
H.G. Wells, 1895: "The Chronic Argonauts"
The Time Machine
Sarah
|
$1,000
[5]
Ending his family's long dictatorial rule of Nicaragua, he was forced into exile by the Sandinistas in 1979
Anastasio Somoza
Timothy
|
$1,000
[16]
On Oct. 23 of this year The New York Times proclaimed, "U.S. Imposes Arms Blockade on Cuba"
1962
Sarah
|
$1,000
[21]
Baby, this song was a top 10 hit for the Drifters in 1959
"There Goes My Baby"
Timothy
|
— |
| AUDIO BOOKS | RHYME SPREE | NATIONS' MOST POPULOUS CITIES | ALONG COMES MARY | SWAN LAKE | JEFF PROBST IN AFRICA |
|
$400
[18]
This poet's "Odyssey", which may derive from the oral tradition, returns to it in a reading by Derek Jacobi
Homer
Sarah
|
$400
[1]
An Asian religion founder's name rhymes with this Dutch cheese
Gouda
Sarah
|
$400
[6]
In Italy, pop. 2.7 million
Rome
Sarah
|
$400
[13]
She began playing an assistant producer at WJM-TV in Minneapolis in 1970
Mary Tyler Moore
Timothy
|
$400
[11]
The lake is formed by these human secretions; it's not a happy lake
tears
Karim
|
$400
[17]
(I'm Jeff Probst in Africa.) This grave site marks the final resting spot for Elsa, the lioness made famous in this movie
Born Free
Sarah
|
|
$800
[19]
Daytime judge heardherethrowing the audio book at someone
Judge Judy
Karim
|
$800
[2]
A current TV cartoon mom's name rhymes with this word for a type of flat-bottomed boat
barge
Timothy
|
$800
[7]
In Thailand, pop. 5.5 million
Bangkok
Sarah
|
$800
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on a paddle boat.) The big wheel kept on turning for Creedence Clearwater Revival when this tune hit number two in 1969
"Proud Mary"
Timothy
|
$800
[23]
Odette, the Swan Queen, is a swan except between dusk & this time when she's mostly human
dawn
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
(Jeff Probst in Africa.) You can tell he's an African elephant because he has these, like little pitchers
big ears
Timothy
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Reading his own book, this 4-time Super Bowl champion QB assures us "It's Only a Game"
Terry Bradshaw
Karim
Sarah
|
$1,200
[3]
The name of a Sandra Bullock action movie rhymes with this word meaning a kind of gluttony
greed
Karim
|
$1,200
[8]
In India, pop. 18 million
Bombay/Mumbai
Timothy
Karim
|
$1,200
[12]
This 1983 world track champ might have said, Zola Budd, what's your problem? at the the 1984 Olympics
Mary Decker
Sarah
|
$1,600
[25]
The dances at the ball include a Hungarian czardas & a Polish one of these, similar to a polka
mazurka
Timothy
|
— |
|
$1,600
[22]
Martin Balsam reads the we hope uncensored version of this 1934 Henry Miller classic
Tropic of Cancer
Sarah
|
DD
$1,600
[4]
The name of one of the 3 Stooges rhymes with this synonym for the word muscular
burly
Karim
|
$1,600
[9]
In Liberia, pop. 1 million
Monrovia
Timothy
|
$1,600
[15]
In 1959 she & her husband found a skull at Olduvai Gorge dated at about 1.75 million years old
Mary Leakey
Karim
|
$2,000
[26]
In the classic staging, this weapon was used by the prince to hunt the swans
bow & arrow
Sarah
|
— |
|
$2,000
[21]
Joe Mantegna reads this hard-boiled author's "Out of Sight" & "Get Shorty"
Elmore Leonard
Sarah
|
$2,000
[5]
A compass direction rhymes with this term for a type of valiant search
quest
Karim
Sarah
|
$2,000
[10]
In Saudi Arabia, pop. 3 million
Riyadh
Timothy
|
$2,000
[16]
19th century Holland was the setting for "Hans Brinker", her novel for young adults
Mary Mapes Dodge
Karim
|
DD
$5,000
[24]
The director of this theater hired Tchaikovsky to score the ballet, then called "The Lake of the Swan"
Bolshoi
Sarah
|
— |
One popular story is that men of this state fought so stalwartly it seemed their feet were stuck to the ground
North Carolina