1999 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
Juliet Wiley — a stay-at-home mom from Plano, Texas
Lance Johnson — a warehouse associate from Champaign, Illinois
Andrew Maly — an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $1,000 | $3,400 | $5,800 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$5,500
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Lance | $1,200 | $2,300 | $6,900 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 |
$6,900
18 R, 3 W |
| Juliet | $1,300 | $2,200 | $7,000 |
$13,950
Finalist |
$6,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON | NO. 1 ALBUMS | THE NEW TESTAMENT | OLYMPIC POTPOURRI | FOREIGN CURRENCY | WORDS WITHIN WORDS |
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$100
[6]
On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"
Harry Lee
Andrew
|
$100
[11]
"Imagine"
John Lennon
Juliet
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$100
[26]
This son of a Jewish mother & a Greek father is also called Timotheus
Timothy
|
$100
[16]
En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924
Fencing
Andrew
|
$100
[1]
Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy
Lira
Juliet
|
$100
[21]
Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable
Red (irREDeemable)
Lance
|
|
$200
[7]
On May 28, 1754, Washington & his men fired the first shots of this 9-year war near Fort Duquesne
The French & Indian War
Lance
|
$200
[12]
"Forever Your Girl"
Paula Abdul
Juliet
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$200
[27]
In a letter to Corinth, Paul ranked this quality over faith & hope
Charity
Andrew
|
$200
[17]
U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm led her team to Olympic gold despite straining this the same day Kerri Strug did
Ankle
Juliet
|
$200
[2]
In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man
Ho Chi Minh
Andrew
|
$200
[22]
Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these
Mine (luMINEscent)
Andrew
|
|
$300
[8]
On December 23,1776 Washington wrote that "Our attempt on" this city was fixed for "Christmas Day or night"
Trenton
Andrew
|
$300
[13]
"Hell Freezes Over"
the Eagles
Lance
|
$300
[28]
In Gethsemane, this apostle drew a sword & cut off Malchus' ear
Peter
Juliet
|
$300
[18]
Of fire-eating, live pigeon-shooting or water buffalo polo, the one that was a 1900 Olympic event
Live pigeon-shooting
Andrew
|
$300
[3]
The name of this currency is from the Sanskrit for "coined silver"
Rupee
Lance
|
$300
[23]
A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979
Tuna (unforTUNAte)
|
|
$400
[9]
In July 1749, at age 17 George was appointed to this position for the county of Culpeper, Virginia
Surveyor
Juliet
|
$400
[14]
"Glass Houses"
Billy Joel
Lance
|
$400
[29]
This apostle, the brother of James, is traditionally credited with writing a gospel
John
Juliet
|
$400
[19]
The name of this equestrian event is French for "training"; it doesn't refer to a garment
Dressage
Andrew
|
$400
[4]
A Philippine one-peso coin of 1947 depicted this American, calling him "Defender and Liberator"
Douglas MacArthur
Andrew
|
$400
[24]
This capital city could be the climax of your world tour
Lima (cLIMAx)
Andrew
|
|
$500
[10]
Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration
His Farewell Address
Andrew
|
$500
[15]
"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"
Meat Loaf
Andrew
|
$500
[30]
In Revelation, it was the name of he who sat on a pale horse
Death
Lance
|
DD
$800
[20]
(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen.) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city
Lillehammer, Norway
Andrew
|
$500
[5]
Its currency, the guarani, shares its name with one of its national languages & an expensive Asuncion hotel
Paraguay
Juliet
|
$500
[25]
Type of literature often produced by oversensitive youths
Verse (oVERSEnsitive)
Lance
|
| BEING THOREAU | OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! | ASIAN NATIONS | DICE ROLL NICKNAMES | YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY | ACRONYM EXCITEMENT! |
|
$200
[1]
This book begins, "When I wrote the following pages... I lived alone in the woods, a mile from any neighbor..."
Walden / Life In The Woods
Lance
Juliet
|
$200
[3]
The first wife of Henry VIII to get the axe
Anne Boleyn
Juliet
|
$200
[8]
Once known as Burma, its official language Burmese was also renamed
Myanmar
Lance
|
$200
[26]
Snake Eyes
2
Lance
|
$200
[7]
Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"
Queen Latifah
Andrew
|
$200
[21]
At the United Nations: WHO
World Health Organization
Lance
|
|
$400
[2]
Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures
John Brown
Lance
|
$400
[9]
1980's "Death Of A Princess" dramatized the execution of a princess from this country & her lover's beheading
Saudi Arabia
Lance
Juliet
|
$400
[16]
A map of this country bears many Kualas; Kuala Dungun, Kuala Lumpur...
Malaysia
Lance
|
$400
[27]
Boxcars, or Hobo's Delight on a Rainy Night
Sixes
Juliet
|
$400
[10]
Though her name means "wolf", this basketball star was another canine in college--a U. Conn. Husky
Rebecca Lobo
Lance
|
$400
[22]
For feminists: NOW
National Organization for Women
Lance
|
|
$600
[4]
A dedicated abolitionist, Thoreau was a "conductor" on this
The Underground Railroad
Juliet
|
$600
[11]
After Charles II was restored to England's throne, he had this lord protector's body dug up & beheaded
Oliver Cromwell
Juliet
|
$600
[17]
Railways link this country's capital of Ulaanbaatar to Moscow & Peking
Mongolia
Lance
Juliet
|
$600
[28]
Acey-Deucy
1 & 2
Andrew
|
$800
[13]
Born in Monaco in 1965, she's 7 & 8 years younger than her siblings Caroline & Albert
Princess Stephanie
Lance
|
$600
[23]
In San Francisco: BART
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Andrew
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Work that says, "Under a gov't which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison"
Civil Disobedience
Juliet
|
$800
[14]
This principal leader of the Reign of Terror faced the guillotine himself on July 28, 1794
Robespierre
Lance
|
$800
[18]
The Baath party rules these 2 Mideast countries
Iraq & Syria
|
$800
[29]
Ada from Decatur, or Square Pair
pair of 4's
Lance
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
She occupies the California congressional seat once held by her late entertainer husband
Mary Bono
Juliet
|
$800
[24]
To Neil Armstrong: NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lance
|
|
$1,000
[6]
While in New York in the 1840s, Thoreau met this newspaper editor, who then acted as his literary agent
Horace Greeley
Juliet
|
$1,000
[15]
The last wife of Henry VIII to get the axe
Catherine Howard
|
$1,000
[19]
The Druk Gyalpo, or Dragon King, rules this neighbor of India that has a dragon on its flag
Bhutan
|
$1,000
[30]
Texas Sunflowers
two 5's
|
$1,000
[20]
In "Jerry Maguire", this actress told Tom Cruise, "You had me at hello"
Renee Zellweger
|
$1,000
[25]
For cybergeeks: MS-DOS
Microsoft - Disk Operating System
Andrew
|
In May 1998 this metropolis of 7 million voted to start electing its mayor for the first time
London