Anna Pasquale — a web consultant for an advertising agency from Sacramento, California
John Compton — a graduate student from Washington, D.C.
Nanette Wargo — a graduate student from Sauk Village, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,430)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanette | $4,000 | $11,400 | $13,800 |
$14,600
3-day champion: $53,030 |
$13,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| John | $0 | $-600 | $5,800 |
$1,800
2nd place: trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico & stay at Pueblo Bonito Rose |
$5,800
7 R, 3 W |
| Anna | $-200 | $1,200 | $6,000 |
$300
3rd place: trip to Atlantic City & stay at Resorts Hotel |
$10,000
15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| "ANTI" UP | JOKERS | JACKS OR BETTER | STRAIT | FULL HOUSE | ROYAL FLUSH |
|
$200
[1]
Many cars these days come equipped with this sophisticated stopping device
anti-lock brakes
Nanette
|
$200
[6]
In "Splash" he plays Tom Hanks' brother, who drinks beer while playing racquetball
John Candy
|
$200
[16]
This nursery rhyme kid likes plums & pies & has a big ego
Little Jack Horner
Anna
|
$200
[26]
A suspension bridge built in 1957 over the Straits of Mackinac bridged this state's upper & lower peninsulas
Michigan
Nanette
|
$200
[11]
The Consumer Electronics Association defines these as having screens 27 inches or larger
big screen TVs
Nanette
|
$200
[21]
King Edwin of North Umbria's marriage to a Kentish princess led him to convert to this religion in 627
Christianity
Nanette
|
|
$400
[2]
They're y-shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense
antibodies
Anna
|
$400
[7]
George Carlin & Lily Tomlin were featured in the 1995 special "20 Years of Comedy on" this cable network
HBO
Nanette
|
$400
[17]
This Beat Generation author pushed Zen Buddhism in his book "The Dharma Bums"
Jack Kerouac
Anna
|
$400
[27]
The La Perouse Strait separates Russia from this country's Hokkaido
Japan
Nanette
|
$400
[12]
Geographic-sounding term for the type of kitchen counter seen here
island
Anna
|
$400
[22]
She inherited the duchy of Aquitaine in 1137
Eleanor
Nanette
|
|
$600
[3]
Pomegranates are rich in these substances that will help keep you young (& rust-free)
antioxidants
Anna
|
$600
[8]
He's the often politically incorrect comedian/actor seen here
Denis Leary
Nanette
|
$600
[18]
On April 13, 1999 a Michigan judge gave this doctor 10 to 25 years
Jack Kevorkian
Nanette
|
$600
[28]
The Bass Strait separates the Australian mainland from this state
Tasmania
Nanette
|
$600
[13]
Bathtubs made of this statuary material, regular or cultured, will cost you, but will last for ages
marble
Nanette
Anna
|
$600
[23]
In the 10th century this Scandinavian country had a scary-sounding king called Erik Bloodax
Norway
Nanette
John
|
|
$800
[4]
It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria & home to Monty Python's holy hand grenade
Antioch
|
$800
[9]
In 1987, at the first American Comedy Awards, this manic guy won Funniest Male Performer & Male Stand-Up
Robin Williams
|
$800
[19]
His third title defense, against Georges Carpentier in 1921, became boxing's first million-dollar gate
Jack Dempsey
Nanette
|
$800
[29]
This "fiery" archipelago is separated from the southern tip of South America by the Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Fuego
Anna
|
$800
[14]
Rhyming term for a table-&-chairs group designed for a kitchen nook or alcove
dinette set
|
$1,000
[25]
When Menelik II's daughter Zauditu became empress of Ethiopia around 1916, this future emperor was named regent
Haile Selassie
Nanette
|
|
$1,000
[5]
From the Latin for "of opposite feelings", it's a natural repugnance or aversion
antipathy
Nanette
|
$1,000
[10]
Mel Brooks & this man created "Get Smart!"
Buck Henry
Anna
|
$1,000
[20]
Upon this columnist's death Jack Anderson took over his "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column
Drew Pearson
|
$1,000
[30]
The Strait of Malacca separates mainland Malaysia from Sumatra in this country
Indonesia
Nanette
|
$1,000
[15]
Originally trademarked by Simmons, it's the name of the product seen here
Hide-a-Bed
Nanette
|
DD
$1,600
[24]
At Halicarnassus for her husband Queen Artemisia erected the first large tomb known by this name
mausoleum
Nanette
|
| NOVELISTS | MARDI GRAS | RELIGION | CORRECTION! | THE NATIONAL PASTIME | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME |
|
$400
[22]
In an essay titled "Why I Was Bachman", this horror writer explained why he used a pseudonym for some works
Stephen King
Anna
|
$400
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans.) It's the 3-letter name for the king of carnival at New Orleans' Mardi Gras Day Parade
rex
|
$400
[1]
From the Arabic for "one who surrenders", it's an adherent of Islam
Muslim
Anna
|
$400
[20]
On March 22, 2001 the L.A. Times corrected its statement that Edison invented this natural phenomenon
electricity
Anna
|
$400
[12]
Several Milwaukee teams, including some in the Major Leagues, have had this sudsy nickname
Brewers
John
|
$400
[7]
Mr. Rogers' commie neighbors
Fred's reds
Nanette
|
|
$800
[23]
This Nero Wolfe creator made a fortune between 1917 & 1927 by devising a school banking system
Rex Stout
John
|
$800
[3]
It's what "Mardi Gras" literally translates to in English
Fat Tuesday
Anna
|
$800
[17]
The 1963 Catholic Constitution on the Liturgy retained this language for certain rites
Latin
Anna
|
$800
[19]
"Jeopardy!" said the headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" came from the N.Y. Post; it really appeared in this newspaper
New York Daily News
Nanette
|
$800
[13]
A pitch that Steve Carlton mastered, or a player taking the low road to a base
slider
John
|
$800
[8]
Barker's unruly crowds
Bob's mobs
John
|
|
$1,200
[24]
A Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Death in the Family", he wrote the screenplay for "The African Queen"
James Agee
|
$1,200
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans.) Mardi Gras float riders in New Orleans toss souvenirs to the crowd, including plastic beads & aluminum coins called these
doubloons
|
$1,600
[28]
The Kami are the gods of this Japanese religion
Shinto
Anna
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
As we'd hope, this publication, the CJR, scrupulously corrects its own errors, like misspelling Dian Fossey
Columbia Journalism Review
Anna
|
$1,200
[14]
In his first Major League managing job, his Twins finished first but he was fired after brawling with one of his players
Billy Martin
John
|
$1,200
[9]
Ms. Reno's heavenly bodies
Janet's planets
Anna
|
|
$1,600
[25]
He wrote his first 2 novels, "The New Centurions" & "The Blue Knight", while still with the Los Angeles police department
Joe Wambaugh
John
|
$1,600
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans.) Green, purple & gold, the colors of this Russian ruling family, were adopted as the official colors of Mardi Gras
the Romanovs
Anna
|
$2,000
[29]
Like bishops, abbots get to wear these liturgical headdresses
miters
|
$1,200
[21]
Patricia Smith apologized for attributing quotes to made-up people in this New England daily
Boston Globe
Nanette
|
$1,600
[15]
This Yankee center fielder, the 1998 A.L. batting champ, plays classical guitar in his spare time
Bernie Williams
John
|
$1,600
[10]
Iacocca's bloodsucking insects
Lee's fleas
Anna
|
|
$2,000
[27]
In 1971 she published a photo book of her native Mississippi, "One Time, One Place"
Eudora Welty
John
|
$2,000
[6]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans.) It's the 5-letter word for a club that wears masks & costumes in parades on Mardi Gras
crewe
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
This group first met out-of-doors in England in the 1650s waiting to receive God's light & tremble from it
Quakers
Anna
|
$1,600
[26]
In 1998 this network retracted its report on the U.S. using nerve gas on Vietnam defectors
CNN
Nanette
|
$2,000
[16]
International slugger who wrote "A Zen Way of Baseball"
Sadaharu Oh
|
$2,000
[11]
Poet Ezra's squeals
Pound's sounds
John
|
The 2 states whose names each contain 3 sets of double letters; they border each other
Mississippi & Tennessee