Whitney Babash — a human resource specialist from Reston, Virginia
Jesse Lewis — a copy editor from Fanwood, New Jersey
Trudy Ring — an editor and writer from Burbank, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trudy | $1,500 | $2,200 | $8,800 |
$4,799
2nd place: Trip to Gran Hotel Bahia del Duque, Tenerife, Canary Islands |
$8,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Jesse | $1,500 | $2,900 | $6,300 |
$12,600
New champion: $12,600 |
$6,300
18 R, 1 W |
| Whitney | $1,100 | $1,600 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: Nordic Track Ellipse Exercise Machine |
$7,200
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| SHORT STORY WRITERS | CATS | ROCK ARTISTS | GUINNESS RECORDS | TOOL TIME | THE "FIFTH" |
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$100
[1]
He wrote "The Murders In The Rue Morgue" shortly after becoming editor of Graham's Magazine
Edgar Allan Poe
Jesse
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$100
[6]
After Charles Dickens' cat William did this, Dickens renamed it Williamina
Had kittens
Whitney
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$100
[11]
In addition to his own bands, this guitarist has played with The Yardbirds, Cream, & Derek & The Dominos
Eric Clapton
Jesse
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$100
[21]
Theodore Pomeroy had the shortest term as this, one day; Sam Rayburn, the longest, 17 years
Speaker of the House
Jesse
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$100
[30]
Henry F. Phillips invented a popular type of this hand tool
Screwdriver
Whitney
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$100
[17]
Constitutional right that protects you from self-incrimination
Fifth Amendment
Trudy
|
|
$200
[2]
It's thought that this "Gift Of The Magi" author partly took his pen name from a prison guard
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
Trudy
|
$200
[7]
To an Englishman, stroking one of these means good luck
Black cat
Whitney
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$200
[12]
B.B. King made a guest appearance on this Irish group's "Rattle And Hum" album
U2
Jesse
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$200
[22]
The late Jeanne Calment holds this record but now it's up for grabs again
the oldest person in the world
Jesse
|
$200
[29]
It can wear down metal, shape plastic or be baked in a cake for a prison inmate
File
Trudy
|
$200
[18]
Catherine Howard was this for Henry VIII, but not for long
Fifth wife
Jesse
|
|
$300
[3]
"The Celestial Railroad" from his "Twice-Told Tales" is a parody of John Bunyan's works
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Whitney
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$300
[8]
Desmond Morris reports that a 1987 study found cats outnumbering these in the U.S. for the first time
Dogs
Jesse
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$300
[13]
2 years before "Take It Easy" was released, they backed Linda Ronstadt on her "Silk Purse" LP in 1970
The Eagles
Jesse
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$300
[23]
How low can Dennis Walston go in this dance? 6 inches in 1991
The limbo
Whitney
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$400
[27]
A brace & bit is a simple type of this hand tool
drill
Trudy
|
$300
[19]
Jupiter
Fifth planet from the sun
Trudy
|
|
$400
[4]
Sunnyside, the old Dutch home he remodeled in Tarrytown, N.Y., was made a public shrine in 1947
Washington Irving
Trudy
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$400
[9]
A homeless orphan in 1990, this cat now lives the high life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Socks
Jesse
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$400
[14]
Jim Seals & this partner toured with The Champs in 1958, but didn't have a hit as a duo until 1972
Dash Crofts
Trudy
Jesse
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$400
[24]
Nick Vermeulen has a collection of over 2,100 of these from hundreds of airlines, we hope none are used
Airsick bags
Whitney
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$500
[26]
The carpenter & torpedo types of this measuring tool use bubbles as indicators
Level
Whitney
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$400
[20]
A group of spies or traitors within your own defensive lines
Fifth column
Jesse
|
|
$500
[5]
Of this author of "The Necklace", Flaubert said, "He's my disciple and I love him like a son"
Guy de Maupassant
Whitney
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$500
[10]
This English scientist didn't need a cat to fall on him to inspire the cat flap, a swinging door
Sir Isaac Newton
Trudy
|
$500
[15]
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that he was once a session drummer for Smokey Robinson
Marvin Gaye
Jesse
|
$500
[25]
1 of the 3 men who've been the farthest from Earth; they were all on Apollo 13
(1 of) Fred Haise, James Lovell or John Swigart
Jesse
|
DD
$800
[28]
(Hi, I'm Debbe Dunning.) The head of this type of hammer has one side to drive nails & another to pull them out
a claw hammer
Whitney
|
$500
[16]
Term for the French government's current incarnation
The Fifth Republic
Trudy
|
| MEN IN BLACK | MEN IN GREY | MEN IN WHITE | MEN IN BLUE | MEN IN RED | NO MEN ALLOWED |
|
$200
[16]
This star of the film sang the theme song
Will Smith
Whitney
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$200
[6]
This author & steamboat pilot's Civil War experience was serving about a month in the Missouri militia
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Whitney
|
$200
[18]
This novelist & medical school graduate (Harvard '69) created the TV show "ER"
Michael Crichton
Trudy
|
$200
[11]
Sir Robert Peel organized this city's police force in 1829 & they've been nicknamed for him ever since
London
Trudy
|
$200
[24]
In 1935, in one of this red-caped hero's first adventures, he finds the real killer of Jack Kennedy
Superman
Jesse
|
$200
[1]
Founded in 1874, Gamma Phi Beta was the first Greek-letter society for women to be called this
Sorority
Jesse
|
|
$400
[17]
The film was based on a comic from this conglomerate whose aliens include the Silver Surfer
Marvel
Trudy
|
$400
[7]
This nickname that General Barnard Bee gave Thomas Jackson may have been an insult
"Stonewall"
Whitney
|
$400
[19]
In the 1980s Robert Gallo identified this virus but called it HTLV
HIV
Whitney
|
$400
[12]
This word for a French policeman comes from an older word meaning people-at-arms
Gendarme
Whitney
|
$400
[30]
A redcap is one of these, usually in a railroad station
Porter
Trudy
|
$400
[2]
This talk show host used to get big laughs with her comedy act for women, "Girls' Night Out"
Jenny Jones
Whitney
|
|
$600
[23]
J's little weapon is named for this "noisy" insect
cricket
Whitney
|
$600
[8]
Pierre G.T. Beauregard was known as "The Little" this from his admiration of the French leader
Napoleon
Jesse
|
DD
$400
[21]
A type of chorea, a nerve disease, is named for this physician, who died in 1916
Dr. George Huntington
Trudy
|
$600
[13]
This organization is the only police force serving the Northwest & Yukon Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Whitney
|
$600
[29]
Someone raised by committed Communists may be called this kind of "baby"
a red diaper baby
Trudy
|
$600
[3]
Once called water ballet, this women's sport officially joined the Olympics in 1984
Synchronized swimming
Whitney
|
|
$800
[25]
An alien on "Star Trek: Voyager", Jennifer Lien is the voice of this human MIB agent in the cartoon series
"L"
|
$800
[9]
This tank-commanding general was a III; his grandfather was a Confederate colonel
George S. Patton
Trudy
|
$600
[20]
Dr. Stanley Prusiner's theory of protein bits called prions may explain this degenerative bovine disease
Mad Cow Disease
Trudy
|
$800
[14]
This country's Carabinieri evolved from a military group that served the Savoyard states
Italy
Jesse
|
$800
[27]
On "My Aim Is True", Elvis Costello claimed "The angels wanna wear" these
My red shoes
Jesse
|
$800
[4]
These dancers seen here first gained "exposure" with female audiences in 1978
Chippendales
Jesse
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Last, but not least, he's the head of MIB
Chief Zed (played by Rip Torn)
Whitney
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
He never forgave Lee for having him send his men on that doomed charge at Gettysburg
George Edward Pickett
Trudy
|
$1,000
[22]
This English discoverer of blood circulation studied at Padua with the great anatomist Aquapendente
William Harvey
|
$1,000
[15]
The national police forces of 171 countries are members of this cooperative organization
Interpol
Whitney
|
$1,000
[28]
Red Schoendienst wore red for 3 decades as a player & manager with this National League team
St. Louis Cardinals
Trudy
|
$1,000
[5]
In mythology these warrior women tolerated men only in a servile capacity
Amazons
Whitney
|
In 1765 this city was named in honor of the peaceful resolution of a boundary dispute
Concord, New Hampshire