Ron Gordon — a graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia
James Fraleigh — a senior journal production editor from Hackensack, New Jersey
Kate Rogers — a veterinarian from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $2,300 | $2,600 | $3,600 |
$5,600
2nd place: a trip to Hotel Melia Don Pepe, Costa del Sol, Spain |
$3,300
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| James | $-100 | $2,600 | $9,800 |
$12,300
New champion: $12,300 |
$8,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Ron | $-500 | $200 | $400 |
$800
3rd place: Meade Model 395 telescope |
$3,400
13 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| SHAKESPEARE LITE | SYMBOLS | THE MARX BROTHERS | EUROPEAN HISTORY | POTENT POTABLES | "SET" 'EM UP |
|
$100
[7]
It's a play-within-a-play, & so is "Kiss Me, Kate", the musical based on it
The Taming of the Shrew
Ron
|
$100
[1]
These symbols worn by cops are made, appropriately, of copper
badges
Kate
|
$100
[14]
He honked, whistled & gestured; in fact, he did everything but talk
Harpo
Kate
|
$100
[19]
The "hyper" type of this economic event struck Germany in 1923, when a U.S. dollar was worth 4 trillion marks
inflation
Ron
|
$100
[6]
In 1975 this company introduced the first nationally successful "lite" beer
Miller
James
|
$100
[24]
Another name for a couch
settee
James
Ron
|
|
$200
[8]
This play may have premiered a dozen days after Christmas, which would explain its title
Twelfth Night
Kate
Ron
|
$300
[3]
These heraldic symbols are full of genealogical information, but be skeptical of mail-order versions
coats-of-arms
Ron
|
$200
[16]
In "Animal Crackers", this African explorer is the guest of honor at Mrs. Rittenhouse's party, hooray
Captain Spaulding
James
|
$200
[20]
Spreading Greek culture far & wide, he inaugurated the Hellenistic Age in the 4th century B.C.
Alexander the Great
Kate
|
$200
[9]
It turns a shamrock & a grasshopper green
crème de menthe
Kate
Ron
|
$200
[25]
3-part command that begins a footrace
"On your mark, get set, go"
James
|
|
$300
[13]
This comedy concerns Valentine & Proteus, 2 guys from Italy who vie for the hand of Sylvia
Two Gentlemen of Verona
James
|
$400
[4]
This term for an African doll representing a spirit also refers to an extreme fixation
fetish
Kate
|
$300
[17]
In "Horse Feathers", this brother of Groucho played his son
Zeppo
James
|
$300
[21]
1995 public sector strikes protesting premier Alain Juppe's austerity plan paralyzed this country
France
James
|
$300
[10]
This "chilly" beverage is often made of sparkling burgundy & champagne
Cold Duck
|
$300
[27]
In tennis, it's played at 5-2, 40-15, for example
set point
Ron
|
|
$400
[15]
Anthony Hopkins played the female role of Audrey in an all-male production of this "likable" comedy
As You Like It
James
|
DD
$500
[2]
(Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst.) A communion wafer as well as this better-known Christian symbol can be used against vampires
a cross
Kate
|
$400
[18]
Groucho said the stateroom scene in this film was so complicated it took at least a week to film
A Night at the Opera
Ron
|
$400
[26]
The tribunal for war crimes in areas formerly part of this country held its first trial in 1996
Yugoslavia
Ron
|
$400
[11]
1 of 2 fruit juices featured in a vodka seabreeze
cranberry juice (or grapefruit juice)
Kate
|
$400
[29]
Add an "L" to the name of a reddish dog breed to get this term for the town founders of Murphys, Calif.
Irish settlers
James
|
|
$500
[23]
If you think the Antipholus twins aren't the heroes of this comedy, you're "mistaken"
The Comedy of Errors
|
$500
[5]
Sanskrit for "circle", it's a circular representation of the universe in Hinduism
mandala
Kate
|
$500
[22]
The famous "Why a duck?" scene comes from this, the Marx Brothers' first major film
The Cocoanuts
James
|
$500
[28]
These states that included Rome were established in 756 & were absorbed by Italy in 1870
Papal States
James
|
$500
[12]
Tempted by a Tempter?--it's made with apricot brandy & this sweet dessert wine
port
James
Ron
|
— |
| SHAKESPEARE DARK | TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK | EXPLORERS | MEDICINE | LOANWORDS | B.C. WOMEN |
|
$200
[3]
Legend says this play is cursed, so if you mention it in a dressing room, you may not get off Scot-free
Macbeth
Kate
Ron
|
$200
[22]
A sign above the visitor's clubhouse at this Detroit park once read, "Visitors' Clubhouse--No Visitors Allowed"
Tiger Stadium
Ron
|
$200
[21]
Between 1282 & 1287 this Venetian served as governor of Yangchow, China
Marco Polo
Kate
|
$200
[1]
Hemophilia is a hereditary condition in which this coagulates extremely slowly
blood
James
|
$200
[13]
This word for a small charcoal grill is from the Japanese
hibachi
James
|
$200
[11]
Wife of Akhenaton & mother of 6, she wasn't just another pretty bust
Nefertiti
Kate
James
|
|
$400
[4]
George Orwell griped about this kingly tragedy: "One wicked daughter would have been quite enough"
King Lear
Kate
|
$600
[28]
On May 4, 1984 Dave Kingman hit a ball through the roof of this Twins park but was only credited with a double
the Metrodome
Kate
|
$400
[23]
In 1521, 8 years after claiming Florida for Spain, he was wounded by an arrow & died in Cuba
Ponce de León
James
|
$400
[2]
In the early 1930s surgeon Alexis Carrel & this American aviator invented a mechanical heart
Charles Lindbergh
James
|
$400
[15]
Body part terms schnozzle & tuchis come from the body of words in this language
Yiddish
James
|
$400
[12]
Some blame the influence of Aspasia for leading Pericles into this war
the Peloponnesian War
James
|
|
$800
[7]
Horatio speaks of this play's "Carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts", & he should know
Hamlet
James
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
Ballpark seen here:
Fenway Park
Ron
|
$600
[24]
On his fourth voyage to the New World, 1502-1504, he reached Panama but did not cross the isthmus
Columbus
Ron
|
$600
[5]
From the Greek for "against life", these substances kill or inhibit the growth of infectious organisms
antibiotics
James
|
$600
[16]
As Dorothy might tell you, this 2-word Latin phrase means "entirely"
in toto
Ron
|
$600
[14]
The song of this woman, who led the tribes of Israel to defeat King Jabin, is found in the book of Judges
Deborah
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In this monumentally gruesome play, Titus kills Tamora's sons & serves them to her in a pie
Titus Andronicus
Ron
|
— |
$800
[25]
In 1725 Peter the Great commissioned this Dane to explore the Pacific coast of Siberia
Vitus Bering
Ron
|
$800
[9]
This medical specialty is also known as chiropody
podiatry
Kate
Ron
|
$800
[17]
Italian meaning "to the tooth", it's used to describe firm pasta
al dente
Ron
|
$800
[19]
Plato wrote, "Some say there are nine muses....look at" this woman "of Lesbos; she makes ten"
Sappho
James
|
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
Laurence Olivier was accidentally hit by an arrow when he played this king on film, so his limp was real
Richard III
James
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
In 1604 this "Father of New France" founded the Acadia colony at the mouth of Canada's St. Croix River
Samuel de Champlain
|
$1,000
[10]
Information about the medical problems of those wearing this metal tag can be accessed 24 hours a day
MedicAlert
Ron
|
$1,000
[18]
German for "substitute", like cubic zirconia for diamond
Ersatz
James
|
$1,000
[20]
Lysimache, an antiwar priestess, may have been the model for this Aristophanes title character
Lysistrata
James
|
In reviewing this May 1997 4-hour miniseries, TV Guide said NBC didn't "quite hit a Homer"
The Odyssey