Denise Williamson — a property manager originally from Rowland's Castle, Hampshire, England
Steve Wright — a construction worker from Marietta, Georgia
Louis Cohen — a language teacher from Waterford, Connecticut (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis | $1,500 | $5,000 | $12,200 |
$16,001
3-day champion: $48,203 |
$12,100
30 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Steve | $100 | $2,000 | $8,000 |
$1
3rd place: Ducane 2004SS Gas Grill |
$8,000
19 R, 2 W |
| Denise | $900 | $900 | $5,700 |
$11,400
2nd place: Trip to Hotel Melia Don Pepe, Costa Del Sol, Spain |
$3,900
9 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY | CATEGORY IN TRAINING | "C" CREATURES | THE CHAIN GANG | HOT SPOTS OF THE '80s | DRUNK ON WORDS |
|
$100
[11]
In 1980 this octogenarian hit the country charts with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
George Burns
Steve
|
$100
[12]
Mode of transport stabilized by training wheels
bicycle
Louis
|
$100
[14]
A lack of food can cause this animal's hump to go limp & even flop over
camel
Louis
|
$100
[19]
In any of this chain of theme parks, like the one "Over Texas", you might run into Looney Tunes characters
Six Flags
Louis
|
$100
[2]
On April 12, 1982 Great Britain imposed a blockade on this island group
Falkland Islands (or Malvinas)
Louis
|
$100
[1]
Strangely, Ben Franklin's list of over 200 synonyms for "drunk" omits "as high as" one of these
a kite
Steve
|
|
$200
[27]
It's the country that country stars Anne Murray & Shania Twain came from
Canada
Louis
|
$200
[13]
Training device seen here:
a flight simulator
|
$200
[15]
Although most don't have nearly that many, its name means "100-footed"
centipede
Denise
|
$200
[23]
This video store chain began renting video games in January 1994; "Wow, What A Difference"
Blockbuster
Steve
|
$200
[3]
Students who met in this square April 18, 1989 to mourn Hu Yaobang's death stayed to demonstrate
Tiananmen Square
Louis
|
$200
[7]
This 2-word expression is often followed by "like a Christmas tree"
lit up
Denise
|
|
$300
[28]
On the country charts in the '70s, this singer, seen here, came back to country in 1997:"Think of that summer..."
Olivia Newton-John
Steve
|
$300
[20]
Period during which recruits learn combat skills
basic training
Louis
|
$300
[16]
Not only can this lizard change color, its eyes move independently of each other
chameleon
Louis
|
$300
[24]
Now owned by the Gap, this clothing store originally sold safari clothing
Banana Republic
Louis
|
$300
[4]
The Achille Lauro was in this sea when it was hijacked October 7, 1985
Mediterranean Sea
Louis
|
$300
[8]
Now meaning "sleepy", this term once described sailors knocked out on watered-down rum
groggy
Louis
|
|
$400
[29]
This late "Winds Of War" star had a Top 10 country hit in 1967 with "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
Robert Mitchum
Louis
|
$400
[21]
In days of olde, it was the training level between page & knight
squire
Steve
|
DD
$500
[17]
Commercial breeding of this critter, seen here, began in 1923 when 11 were imported to California
chinchilla
Louis
|
$400
[25]
In 1996 they averaged about 54,000 quick oil changes a day
Jiffy Lube
Louis
|
$400
[5]
Accusing this nation of backing terrorism, the U.S. ordered its embassy in D.C. closed May 6, 1981
Libya
Louis
|
$400
[9]
This term compares a tipsy person to a recently stuccoed wall
plastered
Steve
|
|
$500
[30]
Sheena Easton made it to the country charts when she did the duet "We've Got Tonight" with this man
Kenny Rogers
Steve
|
$500
[22]
From the Latin for "new", it's where the trainee nuns are quartered
novitiate
Louis
|
$500
[18]
This bird named for its call is famous for laying its eggs in other birds' nests; that's crazy!
cuckoo
Steve
|
$500
[26]
This world capital was the site of the world's first Hard Rock Cafe
London
Louis
|
$500
[6]
This newly independent country's first prime minister, Marxist Robert Mugabe, took office in 1980
Zimbabwe
Louis
Steve
|
$500
[10]
"Bombed" came into slang usage for drunk before this other adjective inspired by the Luftwaffe
blitzed
Louis
Denise
|
| A LITTLE BITTY COUNTRY | HISTORIC NAMES | GREEK LETTERS | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE | "WATER" | THE MOVIES |
|
$200
[1]
Luxembourg's language, Letzeburgesch, is a dialect of this, with some French thrown in
German
Steve
|
$200
[6]
In 1930 he led a march to the sea to collect salt to protest a monopoly by the government of India
Mahatma Gandhi
Louis
|
$200
[17]
Greek letter you need to know to figure out the area of a circle
pi
Louis
|
$200
[22]
This city's famed "Art Theatre" opened in 1898 with a production of "Czar Fyodor Ivanovich"
Moscow
Steve
|
$200
[11]
This poisonous viper is also called a cottonmouth
a water moccasin
Steve
|
$200
[16]
Richard Attenborough was Kris Kringle in this 1994 remake of a Christmas classic
Miracle on 34th Street
Denise
|
|
$400
[2]
If you need this in Luxembourg, it's called "benzine" & sold by the liter
gasoline
Louis
Denise
|
$400
[7]
In 1979 this vice premier became the first top Communist leader from China to visit the U.S.
Deng Xiaoping
Steve
Denise
|
$400
[18]
This fourth Greek letter is in the title of Helen Reddy's second No. 1 hit
delta ("Delta Dawn")
Louis
|
$400
[23]
The 2-letter name of this form of Japanese drama means "talent" or "skill"
no
Steve
|
$400
[12]
This series of Monet works was painted near the end of his life when he was almost blind
Water Lilies
Louis
|
$400
[19]
This actress did her own singing in "Grease 2" & "The Fabulous Baker Boys"
Michelle Pfeiffer
Steve
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1354 Charles of Luxembourg raised the country to this status; it became "grand" in 1815
duchy
Louis
|
$800
[9]
The eagle on Iraq's coat of arms is associated with this 12th century Muslim warrior
Saladin
Louis
|
$600
[28]
It's the final name in watch brands
Omega
Steve
|
$600
[24]
Several of his plays, including "Long Day's Journey Into Night", had their world premieres in Stockholm
Eugene O' Neill
Steve
|
$600
[13]
The 23rd Psalm says the Lord "Maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me" beside these
still waters
Louis
|
$600
[20]
Oscar-winning epic seen here:
Lawrence of Arabia
Louis
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
It was in the Ardennes region in the north of Luxembourg that the U.S. fought the big WWII "Battle of" this
the Bulge
Denise
|
$1,000
[10]
It's been said there are more monuments to this Egyptian pharaoh of the 13th c. B.C. than to any other
Ramses II (the Great)
Louis
|
$800
[29]
Explore American Samoa & you'll come across this island that'll suit you to a "T"
Tau
Steve
|
$800
[25]
This existentialist's play "The Flies", or "Les Mouches", debuted in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943
Jean-Paul Sartre
Denise
|
$800
[14]
In 1970 Simon & Garfunkel sang, "Like" this "I will lay me down"
a bridge over troubled water
Louis
|
$800
[21]
David Bowie was Pontius Pilate in this controversial 1988 film about Jesus' self-doubts
The Last Temptation of Christ
Louis
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Luxembourg is one-third of this economic union that was set up November 1, 1960
Benelux
Louis
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
In an 1880 letter, Queen Victoria referred to this successor of Disraeli as a "half-mad fire brand"
William Gladstone
Denise
|
$1,000
[30]
Computer games & programs undergo this test period to work out bugs before their final retail release
beta testing
|
$1,000
[26]
The Abbey Theatre is so-named because it's located on lower Abbey Street in this capital city
Dublin
Steve
|
$1,000
[15]
This Irish city founded by Viking raiders in the 800s is best known for its glassware
Waterford
Steve
|
$1,000
[27]
Lily Tomlin's soul enters Steve Martin's body in this 1984 comedy
All of Me
Steve
|
It was once said of this man who lived to be 101: He "has no place in American music. He is American music"
Irving Berlin