Ronnie O'Rourke — a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
Mitchell Morris — a professor of musicology originally from Currituck County, North Carolina
Ben Sternberg — an investment banker from San Francisco, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $79,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $1,600 | $3,600 | $10,800 |
$0
3rd place: trip for two to Cardoza Hotel South Beach in Miami |
$12,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mitchell | $2,000 | $7,000 | $15,400 |
$400
2nd place: 7-night Caribbean cruise by Costa Cruise |
$14,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Ronnie | $4,400 | $5,600 | $16,400 |
$2,000
New champion: $2,000 |
$16,400
21 R, 1 W |
| SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | POP THE QUESTION | A BEAUTIFUL "IND" | LET'S HAVE A DRINK! | OH, YOU ANIMAL! | ADVICE FROM DR. JOYCE BROTHERS |
|
$200
[19]
Nearly 25 percent of U.S. teens now own one of these phones, so there's no excuse for not calling home
a cell phone
Mitchell
|
$200
[26]
Elton John won his first Grammy as a solo artist for this song from "The Lion King"
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
Ronnie
|
$200
[6]
Lacking the sense of sight
blind
Mitchell
|
$200
[1]
A margarita may be served with salt on the rim; a sidecar is served with this on the rim
sugar
Ronnie
|
$200
[7]
Give it a month & the May beetle becomes known by this name
a June bug
Ben
|
$200
[16]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Your daughter who's exhibiting this type of kleptomania at Wal-Mart may be trying to get attention
shoplifting
Ben
Mitchell
|
|
$400
[21]
Automaton is sometimes just a fancy name for one of these mechanical beings
a robot
Ben
|
$400
[27]
"And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime" is a line from this song by Band Aid
"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Ben
|
$400
[8]
Something used to help you recall an important fact or duty
a reminder
Ronnie
|
$400
[2]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew pours a drink in the bar of New York's Plaza Hotel.) It's the geographically appropriate name for the bourbon & vermouth cocktail I'm pouring here
a Manhattan
Ronnie
|
$400
[12]
The aardwolf, seen here, isn't really a wolf, but is actually more closely related to this laugher
a hyena
Ronnie
|
$400
[17]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Many have overcome their fear of this; you can always start with the cliche, "unaccustomed as I am" to it
speaking in public
Ronnie
|
|
$600
[22]
When a plane travels faster than the speed of sound, it creates this thunderous noise
a sonic boom
Ronnie
|
$600
[28]
This 1960 No. 1 song begins, "Tonight you're mine completely, you give your love so sweetly"
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"
Mitchell
|
$600
[9]
Sir Francis Drake's "precious metal" flagship
the Golden Hind
Ronnie
|
$600
[3]
The Sondheim song "The Ladies Who Lunch" rhymes "Another brilliant zinger" with "Another vodka" one of these
a stinger
Ronnie
|
$600
[13]
Of the bluefin, the bigeye or the skipjack, the species of tuna that can grow to 1,800 pounds & 14 feet long
the bluefin
Ben
|
$600
[18]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Make sure your kids know that this euphoria-inducing drug, also called MDMA, can do serious damage
ecstasy
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[25]
The Celsius temperature scale is also called this, meaning "divided into one hundred parts"
centigrade
Mitchell
|
$800
[29]
Joe Jackson sees "Jeanie with her new boyfriend" and voices this title complaint in the form of a question
"Is She Really Going Out With Him?"
|
$800
[10]
One who discovers a new route, or the title of a James Fenimore Cooper novel
the pathfinder
Ronnie
|
$800
[4]
This adjective follows "whiskey" in the name of a whiskey & lemon juice cocktail
sour
Ben
|
$800
[14]
This species of bear is the best swimmer
a polar bear
Mitchell
|
$800
[20]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Don't fear non-traditional gender roles, like a man keeping house as in this Michael Keaton film
Mr. Mom
Ben
|
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
An empty Goodyear blimp weighs over 12,000 lbs.; when they fill it with this gas, it weighs only 100 to 200 pounds
helium
Mitchell
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
A highly intelligent person who plans & directs a criminal activity
a mastermind
Mitchell
|
$1,000
[5]
This brand's bottle shows a lithograph, seen here, of a plantation down in Dixie
Southern Comfort
Mitchell
Ronnie
|
$1,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the zoo.) These largest parrots are prized for their beautifully colored plumage
a macaw
Mitchell
|
$1,000
[23]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) There's no need to be ashamed of this common mental illness, even if it's alternating with mania
depression
Mitchell
|
| BATTLEFIELDS | CLASSIC DRAMA SERIES EPISODES | ODDS & ENDS | IT'S A MYSTERY! | PAY THE "BILL" | CZECH, PLEASE! |
|
$400
[1]
Don't be fooled--the Brussels suburb called this is miles north of the actual battlefield
Waterloo
Ben
|
$400
[16]
"Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"
The West Wing
Mitchell
|
$400
[21]
It's the standard number of holes in a complete round of tournament golf
18
Ben
Ronnie
|
$400
[11]
C. Auguste Dupin solved these crimes, the title of a Poe story
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Ronnie
|
$400
[26]
In the classic Scandinavian folk tale, this title trio outwits a hungry troll
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff"
Ronnie
|
$400
[6]
About 56 years after she was born in Prague, Bill Clinton made her a member of his cabinet
Madeleine Albright
Ben
|
|
$800
[2]
The Palo Alto that's the site of a major 1846 battle isn't in California but in this state
Texas
Ben
|
$800
[17]
"A Bullet for Crockett"
Miami Vice
Ronnie
|
$800
[22]
In 1989 Chris Gueffroy became the last person to die climbing this; he was trying to reach West Germany
the Berlin Wall
Ronnie
|
$800
[12]
In titles of mysteries, Lawrence Treat & Sue Grafton made "H" stand for this
Homicide
Ben
|
$800
[27]
In the '70s many quenched their thirst on a brand of brewski named for this presidential brother
Billy Carter
Ronnie
|
$800
[7]
In 1994 this politician & playwright was awarded the Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Vaclav Havel
Mitchell
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Virginia battle also called Bull Run took place at what's now this National Battlefield Park
Manassas
Ben
|
$1,200
[18]
"Lifeguards Can't Jump"
Baywatch
Ronnie
|
$1,200
[23]
Much of this store's revenue comes from its private-label brands: Craftsman tools & Kenmore appliances
Sears
Ronnie
|
$1,200
[13]
Dickens offered to solve this "Mystery" for Queen Victoria before it was published, but she wasn't interested
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Ben
|
$1,200
[28]
Tom Laughlin kicked butt as this troublesome Indian hippie in 4 movies
Billy Jack
Mitchell
|
$1,200
[8]
This Czech-born director named his twins born in 1998 after Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman
Milos Forman
Ben
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Ulundi, South Africa is the site of the final battle of England's 1879 war with this people
the Zulus
Mitchell
|
$1,600
[19]
"To Serve Man"
The Twilight Zone
Ronnie
|
$1,600
[24]
In 2000 U.S. News & World Report named Creighton University in this state as the best Midwest university
Nebraska
Ben
|
$2,000
[15]
This Holmes case is so named for the "thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life"
A Study in Scarlet
Mitchell
|
$1,600
[29]
It was Michael Jackson's first music video to play on MTV
"Billie Jean"
Ben
|
$1,600
[9]
His works include the operas "Vanda", "The Jacobin", "Rusalka" & of course his symphony "From the New World"
(Antonin) Dvorak
Ben
|
|
DD
$2,500
[4]
Urban battle sites include the house defended for 58 days by Sergeant Pavlov in this WWII battle
Stalingrad
Ben
|
$2,000
[20]
"How to Stay Alive in Vietnam"
China Beach
Ronnie
|
$2,000
[25]
Erasmus, a patron saint of sailors, is also known by this name
St. Elmo
Ronnie
|
DD
$2,500
[14]
Chapter 4 of this novel is "The Black Bird"
The Maltese Falcon
Ben
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
In addition to the play "R.U.R.", he also wrote the novel "The War with the Newts"
(Karel) Capek
Mitchell
|
This director of an Oscar-winning film is fighting to preserve Angel Island, site of a former immigration station in S.F. Bay
Ang Lee