Louis Rice — a university fundraiser from Decatur, Georgia
Dena Martin — an underwriter from Pasadena, California
David Nikithser — a project manager from Hightstown, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $3,800 | $9,400 | $19,400 |
$26,000
2-day champion: $44,799 |
$19,000
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Dena | $400 | $-200 | $3,200 |
$5,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
6 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Louis | $400 | $1,800 | $19,000 |
$19,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| POPE-POURRI | THE ROLES OF TOM CRUISE | MARTIAL ARTS | COVERINGS | FEMALE FIRSTS | A VISIT TO THE "E.R." |
|
$200
[2]
Of Abraham V, Martin V or John V, the one who was not a pope
Abraham V
Dena
|
$200
[15]
Wannabe Ivy Leaguer Joel Goodson
Risky Business
David
Dena
|
$200
[1]
Judo contestants don't wear shoes & socks, & the color of these changes as they gain expertise
belts
Louis
|
$200
[3]
"On top of Old Smokey, all covered with" this, "I lost my true lover..."
snow
Louis
|
$200
[12]
In 2006 this Caribbean country made history by swearing in its first wo-mon prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller
Jamaica
David
|
$200
[21]
Wedding websites say the "3 months' salary" figure for these isn't realistic; buy what she likes
an engagement ring
David
|
|
$400
[16]
In Manila on Jan. 15, 1995 the Pope honored World Youth Day by celebrating this with over 4 million people
a mass
David
|
$400
[17]
Young lawyer Mitch McDeere
The Firm
Louis
|
$400
[8]
A seito is a student; a sensei is one of these
a teacher
David
|
$400
[4]
The current U.S. penny is zinc covered in this
copper
Louis
|
$400
[13]
In May 1970 Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in this race; she finished 15th aboard Fathom
the Kentucky Derby
David
|
$400
[22]
Who doesn't love plum sauce with these Chinese appetizers?
egg rolls
David
|
|
$600
[28]
Pope Urban II told the crusaders to fight not for honor or money but for this act of religious self-punishment
penance
David
|
$600
[18]
Navy pilot Lt. Pete Mitchell
Top Gun
David
Dena
|
$600
[9]
Used in kendo, the shinai is a sword made of this plant
bamboo
David
|
$600
[5]
The baseballs the Harwood Factory made in 1858 were covered not in cowhide but in this, sewn in a figure-eight stitch
horsehide
Louis
|
$600
[14]
In 1944 Lt. Cordelia Cook became the first woman to win both the Bronze Star & this award for her war wounds
the Purple Heart
David
|
$600
[23]
One of these is seen here from the 1940s, in Chicago, natch
an elevated railway
David
|
|
$800
[29]
A Bolivian disguised as a priest attempted to assassinate this pope in 1970
Paul VI
David
|
$800
[19]
Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee
A Few Good Men
Louis
|
$800
[10]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco, CA.) In a movie title, Jackie Chan has played a master of this style of martial arts, which uses an unpredictable flowing style
drunken
David
|
$800
[6]
They're the main machines covered by the domes seen here; the nude beach is farther down shore
nuclear reactors
|
$1,000
[27]
In 1933 FDR appointed Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of this politician, the first U.S. woman diplomat
William Jennings Bryan
Louis
|
$800
[24]
1 U.S. dollar equals 1.13 Canadian dollars, for example
an exchange rate
David
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1376 St. Catherine of Siena helped convince Pope Gregory XI to end this "captivity" & return to Rome
the Babylonian Captivity
|
$1,000
[20]
Pool shark Vincent Lauria
The Color of Money
David
|
$1,000
[11]
This Japanese art translated as "way of harmony of the spirit" uses opponents' energy against them
aikido
|
$1,000
[7]
The origin of the name of this rooflike canvas covering for a deck on your house is unknown
an awning
David
Louis
|
DD
$1,200
[26]
In 1995 Roberta Cooper Ramo, an Albuquerque attorney, became the first woman president of this organization
the American Bar Association
David
|
$1,000
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew waxes poetic.) Because it only looks like it works, the verse here...Oh, Montague, I long toPROVEHow strong and stalwart is myLOVE...has what's called this two-word term
an eye rhyme
David
|
| OLD AMERICAN HISTORY | THE GRAMMYS | LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES | THE HENRY WHO... | A ROUND OF GULF | "PAR" FOR THE COURSE |
|
$400
[19]
In 1663 John Eliot's translation of this, both the old & new parts, appeared in Algonquin
The Bible
Dena
|
$400
[9]
The Anita Kerr singers won a 1965 Grammy for Best Vocal Group Performance over this quartet's "Help!"
The Beatles
Louis
|
$400
[6]
fake_leg@moby-dick.net
Captain Ahab
Louis
|
$400
[14]
...was the American statesman known as "The Great Compromiser"
Henry Clay
Louis
|
$400
[24]
Appropriately, Iran has the longest coastline on it
the Persian Gulf
David
|
$400
[1]
In a 1998 issue of People magazine, Michael J. Fox revealed that he had been diagnosed with this disease
Parkinson's disease
Louis
|
|
$800
[22]
The school in Ct. Eleazor Wheelock opened in 1754 to educate natives moved to N.H. in 1770, becoming this college
Dartmouth
Louis
|
$800
[10]
A hit for Judy Collins, this tune from Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" was 1975's Song of the Year
"Send In The Clowns"
|
$800
[7]
megs_mom@ littlewomen.com
Marmee
Dena
|
$800
[15]
...wrote the line "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation"
Thoreau
Louis
|
$800
[25]
Spanning an area of about 600,000 square miles, it's the world's largest gulf
the Gulf of Mexico
David
|
$800
[2]
An imitation that copies another work in a comical way
a parody
David
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Thomas Morton angered the Puritans when he put up a giant one of these for a spring celebration with merrymaking
a maypole
David
|
$1,200
[11]
He won for Best Male Rock Vocal for 1999 with "American Woman", & then "Again" for 2000
(Lenny) Kravitz
David
|
$1,200
[8]
my_a_is_not_for_ applause@ scarletletter.com
Hester Prynne
David
|
$1,200
[16]
...beginning in the 1950s was ambassador to the U.N., to South Vietnam & to West Germany
Henry Cabot Lodge
Louis
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
Prince Edward Island is in the Gulf of this saint
St. Lawrence
Dena
|
$1,200
[3]
This Wagnerian opera was first performed in Bayreuth in 1882
Parsifal
David
|
|
$1,600
[27]
In 1811 De Witt Clinton went to Washington to try to get funds for this "ditch"
the Erie Canal
Louis
|
$1,600
[12]
In 1986 Carl Perkins was given a Hall of Fame award for this recording released 30 years earlier
"Blue Suede Shoes"
Louis
|
$1,600
[20]
wannabe_crazy_ bombardier_captain@ catch-22.mil
Yossarian
Louis
|
$1,600
[17]
...presumably made his greatest discovery November 10, 1871 at the town of Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika
Henry Stanley
|
$1,200
[26]
This historic Vietnamese gulf is really the northwestern arm of the South China Sea
the Gulf of Tonkin
David
|
$1,600
[4]
Great frugality or unwillingness to spend money
parsimony
Dena
|
|
DD
$6,000
[28]
Daniel Shays in 1787, like John Brown in 1859, tried to capture one of these storage places
an arsenal
Louis
|
$2,000
[13]
2006's Best New Artist for songs like "Used To Love U", he changed his name from plain John Stephens
John Legend
David
|
$2,000
[21]
tomstarksdad@ allthekingsmen.gov
Willie Stark
|
$2,000
[18]
...founded Time, Life & Sports Illustrated magazines, among others
Henry Luce
Louis
|
$1,600
[29]
The Gulf of California is also known as the Sea of this conqueror
Cortéz
Dena
|
$2,000
[5]
This 16th century Swiss alchemist opined that "medicine is not only a science; it is also an art"
Paracelsus
|
On July 20, 1903 this company delivered its first product, purchased by a respected Detroiter
Ford