Jen Noon — an editor from Woburn, Massachusetts
Jonathan Smillie — a software trainer from Jeffersonville, Indiana
Steve Kaplan — a law student from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $-800 | $1,000 | $11,000 |
$12,007
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Jonathan | $2,000 | $4,800 | $6,000 |
$11,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jen | $5,100 | $7,500 | $11,100 |
$19,103
New champion: $19,103 |
$11,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SCIENCE GUYS | HOMOPHONIC DUOS | LET'S PLAY COWBOY | CITY | WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LAVA? | I'LL ALWAYS BE "TRUE" |
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$200
[1]
Eugene Dubois died in 1940 still believing his "Java Man" to be this legendary connector between man & ape
the missing link
Jen
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$200
[4]
2 Bartletts make up this couple
pear pair
Jen
|
$200
[22]
It's what a bullwhacker whacked with
a bullwhip
Jonathan
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$200
[12]
Born in this Austrian city, Maximilian Schell directed a film of "Tale from" its "Woods"
Vienna
Jonathan
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$200
[11]
In 1935 & 1942 the U.S. military bombed lava flows that endangered the city of Hilo on this island
Hawaii
Jonathan
|
$200
[17]
John Wayne won his only Oscar for this film
True Grit
Jonathan
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$400
[2]
Sadly for science, when he was elected abbot in 1868 he had no more time for puttering around in the garden
(Gregor) Mendel
Jonathan
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$400
[5]
Biblical killer's walking sticks
Cain's canes
Steve
Jonathan
|
$400
[27]
Though the Cattalo occurs in nature, Charles Jones claimed to be the first to cross a cow with this to make one
buffalo
Jonathan
|
$400
[13]
It was originally built on 7 hills & enclosed by the Servian Wall
Rome
Jen
|
$400
[23]
If it cools underground, it forms igneous rock; if it erupts, it becomes lava
magma
Jen
|
$400
[18]
A "colorful" Madonna album, or a synonym for loyalty
True Blue
Jonathan
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1929 this Berkeley physicist bought a cabin in New Mexico; he'd spend lots of time in the state in the early '40s
(Robert) Oppenheimer
Steve
Jen
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$600
[6]
Consumed an octet
ate eight
Steve
|
$600
[28]
It's the gathering in of the cattle; the "last" one means going to meet your maker
roundup
Jen
|
$600
[14]
We have no beef with its being the capital of the Hyogo prefecture in Japan
Kobe
Steve
|
$600
[24]
This North Atlantic nation is home to Odadahraun, the largest lava bed on Earth
Iceland
Steve
|
$600
[19]
Arnie dances the tango with Jamie in this 1994 film
True Lies
Jen
|
|
DD
$900
[9]
In the 19th century Gerhard Hansen found out what causes this disease that goes back to Biblical times
leprosy
Jen
|
$800
[7]
To forcefully grab small oceans
seize seas
Jonathan
|
$800
[29]
Passel, as in "the ranch owner's wife has a passel of kids", is an alternation of this word
parcel
Jonathan
|
$800
[15]
After founding this city in 1535, Francisco Pizarro got his "Bean there, done that" t-shirt
Lima
Jen
|
$800
[25]
In the 1990s the Magellan spacecraft discovered large lava flows on this planet
Venus
Jonathan
|
$800
[20]
It follows "E!" in the title of a cable TV show that reveals "Tinseltown's Steamiest Secrets"
True Hollywood Story
Steve
Jen
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Gottfried Leibniz likened this number system to God & the void
the binary system
Steve
|
$1,000
[8]
The stuff breathed by the designated successor to the king
heir air
Jen
|
$1,000
[30]
Owen Wister dedicated this 1902 novel to Teddy Roosevelt, who, like him, was an Eastener who had gone west
The Virginian
|
$1,000
[16]
This suburb of Cairo is the third-largest city in Egypt
Giza
Jen
|
$1,000
[26]
Formed from solidified lava, this type of rock actually floats
pumice
Steve
|
$1,000
[21]
Ironically, this Milli Vanilli album went to No. 1 in 1989
Girl You Know It's True
Steve
|
| "A" IN SHAKESPEARE | IN MEMORIAM 2004 | AWARDS | THE 1980s | ABBREVIATIONS | REMEMBER MY NAME |
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$400
[1]
In "The Tempest" he's invisible to everyone but Prospero
Ariel
Jen
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$400
[19]
2 years before he turned down an Oscar, he tried to have his stolen Oscar for "On The Waterfront" replaced
(Marlon) Brando
Steve
|
$400
[11]
In 1967 these funny singing siblings, one playing a bass, the other a guitar, were awarded a gold record
the Smothers Brothers
Steve
|
$400
[6]
The L.A. Coliseum hosted the summer Olympics first in 1932 & then again in this year
1984
Jonathan
|
$400
[16]
A parents' organization:MADD
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Jen
|
$1,200
[26]
After leaving Spain in 1824, this artist wound up in Bordeaux, where he turned out many of his lithographs
(Francisco) Goya
|
|
$800
[2]
The main plot of this comedy comes from Boccaccio's "Decameron"; its title ensures a happy ending
All's Well That Ends Well
Steve
|
$800
[20]
A Broadway actress for decades, she also played "Weezie" on "The Jeffersons"
(Isabel) Sanford
Steve
|
$800
[12]
(Hi, I'm Tavis Smiley.) I led a successful campaign to have the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to this woman, a civil rights icon
(Rosa) Parks
Steve
|
$800
[7]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Berlin, Germany.) The most visible symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wallwas torn down by the citizens of Berlin in this year
1989
Jen
|
$800
[17]
A military alliance:NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Steve
|
$1,600
[27]
In 1944 Time magazine described this French leader as "hulking" & "unshapely"
(Charles) de Gaulle
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Romeo buys poison with which to kill himself from a minor character with this job title
apothecary
Steve
|
$1,200
[21]
Before he was Captain Kangaroo, he was Clarabell the Clown on "The Howdy Doody Show"
Bob Keeshan
Jen
|
$1,200
[13]
This country's Governor General's Award has 7 categories each for writing in English & French
Canada
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[8]
The first election year in which Al Gore ran for president
1988
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[18]
A government mortgage insurance provider:FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Steve
Jonathan
Jen
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|
DD
$2,000
[3]
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in this Mediterranean City that's in the title of another Shakespeare play
Athens
Steve
|
$1,600
[22]
A 2-time Oscar winner for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi", he also played Hercule Poirot & Charlie Chan on film
Peter Ustinov
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
John Sayles, Susan Sontag & Thomas Pynchon are among the fellows who got this award that is paid over 5 years
the MacArthur Fellowship Award
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[9]
In November of this year, the Columbia became the first space shuttle to be launched
1982
|
$1,600
[25]
An eye operation:RK
Radial Keratotomy
Jonathan
|
— |
|
$2,000
[5]
An Italian businessman with this first name is "The Merchant of Venice"
Antonio
Steve
|
$2,000
[23]
An Oscar winner for "All The King's Men", she was also a voice of the possessed child in "The Exorcist"
Mercedes McCambridge
|
$2,000
[15]
(I'm Aaron Brown of CNN.) I've won several of these awards for excellence in journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists
the Sigma Delta Chi Awards
Steve
|
$2,000
[10]
It's the year in which a would-be assassin wounded John Paul II & a would-be assassin wounded Ronald Reagan
1981
Steve
|
$2,000
[24]
Also called somatotropin, it's found in the body:HGH
human growth hormone
Jen
|
— |
Today, many who visit Santa Maria delle Grazie Church admit doing so because of this 2003 No. 1 bestseller
The Da Vinci Code