Bill Aquino — an undergraduate student from Los Angeles, California
Matthew Carlton — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
Robert Campbell — a web page designer from Sunnyvale, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | $400 | $1,200 | $800 |
$0
2nd place: Trip to Carmel-By-The-Sea Lodge, California |
$2,600
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matthew | $300 | $1,200 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: Pair of Ellesse Sport Watches |
$0
7 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Bill | $1,000 | $1,600 | $6,600 |
$10,000
New champion: $10,000 |
$6,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| EUROPEAN RIVERS | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE | IN THE GROUND | AIR | SPORTS | NUMBER, PLEASE |
|
$100
[20]
This "Beautiful Blue" river is blue for only part of its length; mostly it's brown or sepia-colored
Danube
Robert
|
$100
[16]
Its state flower is the Carolina Jessamine--take a guess!
South Carolina
|
$100
[1]
Found in Australia, a giant species of this annelid can measure 10 feet long
a worm
Matthew
|
$100
[26]
Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air to this gas' 21%, so no one has ever needed a nitrogen tent
oxygen
Bill
|
$100
[7]
In 1997 this event began at Rouen with a 4 1/2 mile time trial called the "Prologue"
Tour de France
Bill
|
$100
[2]
Currently, it's the age an American becomes eligible for "full retirement" Social Security benefits
65
Bill
|
|
$200
[21]
This river, which flows through London, rises in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire
Thames
Bill
|
$200
[17]
Nebraska's official one is "Beautiful Nebraska"; Ohio's is "Beautiful Ohio"
state song
Matthew
Bill
|
$200
[12]
Westinghouse introduced this name for the container it buried in 1938, to be opened in 6939
a time capsule
Robert
|
$200
[27]
About 14.5 pounds per square inch at sea level, it decreases with altitude & has to be increased in airplanes
air pressure
Bill
|
$200
[8]
Until 1991 this NBA star's name was listed as "Akeem" because the "H" is silent in his native language
Hakeem Olajuwon
Bill
|
$200
[3]
The world's population first hit this round number around 1850; it's now about 6 times that
One billion
Robert
|
|
$300
[22]
Remains flung into this river include Joan of Arc's ashes & Marguerite of Burgundy's discarded lovers
Seine
Robert
|
$300
[18]
Fort Michilimackinac in this state is a reconstruction of an 18th century fort
Michigan
Matthew
|
$300
[13]
About 10% of hazardous wastes are disposed of in the "sanitary" type of these pits
landfills
Bill
|
$300
[28]
It's what is done to air so it can power a jackhammer
compressed
Bill
|
$300
[9]
Known as "Mr. October", he hit his 500th home run on Sept. 17, 1984, becoming the 13th player to do so
Reggie Jackson
Bill
|
$300
[4]
In Revelation 13:8, it's given as "The Number of the Beast"
666
Matthew
|
|
$400
[23]
The famed boatmen of this Russian river once pulled their barges from the river's banks
Volga
Matthew
|
DD
$400
[19]
(Hi, I'm Brook Lee, Miss U.S.A.) I represented Hawaii in the Miss U.S.A. pageant, so I know that this king appears on Hawaii's state seal
King Kamehameha
Matthew
|
$400
[14]
Gladioli & crocuses grow from corms, which resemble these structures but have fewer leaves
Bulbs
|
$400
[29]
This process that originally formed the oceans also forms dew
Condensation
Robert
|
$400
[10]
At the 1972 Munich Olympics, he swam in 7 events, including relays, & won all in world record times
Mark Spitz
Matthew
|
$400
[5]
Malcolm X & Martin Luther King both died at this age, months short of a milestone birthday
39
|
|
$500
[24]
The ancient Romans believed it was a shield protecting Gaul from the wild German tribes
Rhine
|
$500
[25]
You might think Georgia would have chosen this tree as its state tree, but it didn't; Texas did
pecan
Bill
|
$500
[15]
It's a layer of porous material that provides ground water for a well
an aquifer
Bill
|
$500
[30]
A sudden change of windspeed or direction, it also means "cut"
Shear
Bill
|
$500
[11]
In the Preakness, mums are painted to resemble this out-of-season "bruised" daisy on the winner's blanket
Black-eyed Susan
|
$500
[6]
Total number of seats in the U.S. Congress
535
Matthew
Bill
|
| THE 20th CENTURY | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE | VIRGINIA DARE | WHAT'S THE MATTER? | CHICKEN? |
|
$200
[7]
Central High School in this state capital was forcibly desegregated on September 25, 1957
Little Rock, Arkansas
Matthew
Bill
|
$200
[2]
This Hardy hero may be "obscure" but he does have a last name: Fawley
Jude
Robert
|
$200
[1]
Allen Stewart Konigsberg & Diane Hall in "Annie Hall"
Woody Allen & Diane Keaton
Matthew
Bill
|
$200
[12]
Virginia & Indian chief Manteo were the first known recipients of this sacrament in North America
baptism
Bill
|
$200
[17]
Soda can, Reynolds Wrap, siding
aluminum
Robert
|
$200
[22]
"He that fights and" does this "may live to fight another day"
run away
Robert
|
|
$400
[8]
In 1961 he might have taken highway 61 to New York City to meet his idol, folk singer Woody Guthrie
Bob Dylan
Bill
|
$400
[3]
This Colette heroine is the granddaughter of a courtesan, who trains her to continue the family tradition
Gigi
Robert
|
$400
[13]
Mary Louis Streep & Ronald Walken in "The Deer Hunter"
Meryl Streep & Christopher Walken
Bill
|
$400
[29]
Virginia's first name commemorates the supposed celibacy of this woman
Queen Elizabeth I
Matthew
Bill
|
$400
[18]
Calico, denim, Q-Tip tips
cotton
Bill
|
$400
[23]
Joints that are "weak" on a chicken
knees
|
|
$800
[10]
Arthur Scargill, the fiery leader of these British workers, battled the government in the 1980s
coal miners
Bill
|
$600
[4]
Maggie & Tom Tulliver are the children of a miller in her 1860 novel "The Mill on the Floss"
George Eliot
|
$600
[14]
Julia Wells & James Baumgarner in "Victor/Victoria"
Julie Andrews & James Garner
Robert
|
$600
[28]
A drama given annually about the Dares & their fellow settlers is titled "The Lost" this
Colony
Bill
|
$600
[19]
Barbie, a MasterCard, modern piano keys
plastic
Bill
|
$1,000
[25]
From the Latin for "very small spirit", it doesn't mean catlike, but cowardly
pusillanimous
|
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
The first successful Mars probe; it passed the planet in 1965 but orbited the sun until it became "ancient"
Mariner
Bill
|
$800
[5]
This title Defoe heroine has many misfortunes, including marrying her own brother by mistake
Moll Flanders
Bill
|
$800
[15]
William Franklin Beedle, Jr. & Dorothy Dunaway in "Network"
William Holden & Faye Dunaway
Matthew
|
$800
[27]
This gold-seeking courtier who popularized tobacco sponsored the Dares' voyage to America
Sir Walter Raleigh
Robert
|
$800
[20]
Michelangelo's Pieta, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Parthenon's frieze
marble
Bill
|
DD
$1,800
[24]
Synonym for "chicken" exhibited by the woodpecker seen here:
yellow-bellied (sapsucker)
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[11]
From Latin for "to sit apart", this word was applied to outspoken Eastern Europeans like Vaclav Havel
dissidents
|
$1,000
[6]
"I have not a fault to find with her person", says Mr. Knightley, of this Jane Austen heroine
Emma (Wodehouse)
Robert
|
$1,000
[16]
Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner & Julius Garfinkle in "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
Lana Turner & John Garfield
|
$1,000
[26]
Despite Virginia Dare's first name, Roanoke Island, her birthplace, is now part of this state
North Carolina
|
$1,000
[21]
Linden, Sumac, Yew
trees (or wood)
Bill
|
— |
On July 1, 1997 its population suddenly increased by over 6 million
China (because on that day they got Hong Kong back)