Chris Koehler — a substitute teacher from Medford, Oregon
Zinie Chen — a journalist from Richmond, Virginia
Tim Surdyk — an undergraduate student from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $900 | $2,500 | $9,400 |
$8,900
2-day champion: $18,700 |
$9,900
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Zinie | $1,200 | $3,000 | $4,200 |
$200
3rd place: Trip on Amtrak |
$4,100
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Chris | $1,600 | $2,900 | $4,200 |
$3,000
2nd place: Trip to Kauai Coconut Beach Hotel, Hawaii |
$5,700
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| FRUIT | PAIRS | JACK LEMMON FILMS | THE BIG APPLE | HISTORIC DATES | PLUMBING |
|
$100
[21]
When buying this fruit, the pina in a pina colada, don't judge it by its color
Pineapple
Zinie
|
$100
[5]
About this title pair, Sammy Cahn wrote, "You can't have one without the other"
Love And Marriage
Tim
|
$100
[7]
Lemmon made his directorial debut with 1971's "Kotch", starring this man, his "Out To Sea" co-star
Walter Matthau
Chris
|
$100
[4]
Home to the Knicks & Rangers, it's NYC's largest indoor sports arena
Madison Square Garden
Zinie
|
$100
[1]
In 1945 May 7 was called V-E Day & September 2 was called this
V-J Day
Zinie
|
$100
[23]
When you do this, the stopper ball lifts to allow water from the tank to flow into the bowl
Flush the toilet
Zinie
|
|
$200
[22]
Its seeds can be roasted, salted & eaten as snacks, & have been spit for a Guinness record
Watermelon
Chris
|
$200
[10]
In "Hey! Diddle, Diddle", these 2 left the scene together
Dish & spoon
Tim
Zinie
|
$200
[8]
In 1996's "My Fellow Americans", Lemmon, James Garner & Dan Aykroyd played men who held this office
President of the U.S.
Zinie
|
$200
[6]
Both located in Queens, they're NYC's 2 major airports
John F. Kennedy & LaGuardia
Chris
|
$200
[2]
On the French Revolutionary calendar, this 1789 date of the Bastille's fall might have been 25 Messidor
July 14
Tim
|
$200
[24]
Doing this to a pipe, unlike doing it to a needle, involves special cutting tools
Threading
Zinie
|
|
$300
[28]
Ounce for ounce it has more potassium than any other fruit except the avocado
Banana
Tim
|
$300
[18]
After this singing duo split, she won an Oscar & he was elected to Congress....& the beat goes on
Sonny & Cher
Chris
|
$300
[12]
In "The China Syndrome", Lemmon played the executive of this type of plant
Nuclear power plant
Zinie
|
DD
$400
[9]
"(Hi, I'm Sharon Lawrence) At 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue you'll find this great institution, guarded by 2 lions"
NYC Public Library
Zinie
|
$300
[3]
The thousand-year Byzantine Empire ended May 29, 1453 when this city fell to the Turks
Constantinople
Zinie
|
$300
[25]
You may run your dishwasher's drain line under the sink into this other labor-saving device
Garbage disposal
Chris
|
|
$400
[29]
The pink seedless & ruby red seedless types of this citrus fruit were developed from the marsh seedless
Grapefruit
Tim
|
$400
[19]
An April 1997 auction of Clyde Barrow's belongings raised money to fund moving his grave next to hers
Bonnie Parker
Tim
|
$400
[14]
In "Some Like It Hot", Lemmon & this actor joined an all-girl band to escape the mob
Tony Curtis
Tim
|
$400
[13]
The answer is "Practice, Practice, Practice"
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Chris
|
$400
[11]
He had a historic date with Nora Barnacle June 16, 1904, the day on which "Ulysses" is set
James Joyce
Chris
|
$400
[26]
This rhyming device sucks up water to prevent basement flooding
Sump pump
Zinie
|
|
$500
[30]
This fruit's name may be from the Greek word for a "Drink of the Gods"
Nectarine
Zinie
|
$500
[20]
These Siamese twins, last name Bunker, married sisters in 1843 & fathered a total of 22 children
Chang & Eng
Tim
|
$500
[16]
In this 1992 film based on a David Mamet play, Lemmon portrayed a loser of a real-estate salesman
Glengarry Glen Ross
Tim
|
$500
[17]
Named for a Danish settler, it's the only borough on the mainland
The Bronx
Chris
|
$500
[15]
The Russian Revolution began Nov. 7, 1917, or Oct. 25 on this calendar named for Caesar
Julian calendar
Chris
|
$500
[27]
This L-shaped "hex" wrench was named for a Hartford, Connecticut manufacturer
Allen wrench
Tim
Zinie
|
| SCIENCE | NAME THAT FAMOUS MOTHER | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | OLD MAN HOMER HAD A FARM | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | 3-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
From the surface of this innermost planet, the sun appears 2.5 times as large as it does from Earth
Mercury
Zinie
|
$200
[11]
Cody, Cassidy
Kathie Lee Gifford
Chris
|
$200
[20]
This "Lullaby" composer was instrumental in getting Dvorak's "Moravian Duets" published
Johannes Brahms
Tim
|
$200
[16]
This one-eyed monster had some sheep, E-I-E-I-O, but he preferred to dine on Odysseus' men
Cyclops (Polyphemus)
Chris
|
$200
[6]
In the late 1940s, this firm began the practice of selling underwear in cellophane bags, 3 to a bag
Fruit of the Loom
Zinie
|
$200
[24]
A baby bear, or a novice reporter
Cub
Chris
|
|
$400
[2]
The name of this element comes from iris, "rainbow", & refers to its multi-hued compounds
iridium
Tim
Chris
|
$400
[12]
Rumer, Scout, Tallulah Belle
Demi Moore
Chris
|
$400
[21]
3 of his most famous works, "Rigoletto", "Il Trovatore" & "La Traviata", were published between 1851-1853
Giuseppe Verdi
Chris
|
$400
[17]
E-I-E-I-Ouch! On a hunting trip, young Odysseus was scarred by one of these tusked terrors
a boar
Chris
|
$400
[7]
On July 19, 1970, after 70 years of business, this chocolate company ran its first consumer ad
Hershey's
Tim
|
$400
[25]
A cat might take this short sleep
nap
Tim
|
|
$600
[3]
In computers or audio amplifiers, it's the process in which part of the output returns to the input
Feedback
|
$600
[13]
David, Ricky(whose real name was Eric)
Harriet Nelson
Chris
|
$600
[22]
This "Rite Of Spring" composer was commissioned to write the "Circus Polka" to be danced by circus elephants
Igor Stravinsky
Chris
|
$600
[18]
Old King Priam had this wooden animal, E-I-E-I-O, & it was full of trouble
Trojan Horse
Tim
|
DD
$500
[10]
This athletic shoe company was named for an African gazelle admired for its swiftness
Reebok
Tim
|
$600
[26]
Mimic, simian style
Ape
Tim
|
|
$800
[4]
This basic aerodynamic force acts on a wing, putting greater pressure on its lower surface than on its upper
Lift
Tim
|
$800
[14]
Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, Eugenie Victoria Helena
Sarah Ferguson
Tim
|
$800
[29]
When this composer's opera "La boheme" premiered in Turin, Arturo Toscanini conducted the orchestra
Giacomo Puccini
Tim
|
$800
[19]
Soldiers couldn't see the heron this wise goddess sent for luck, but heard it squawk here & squawk there
Athena
|
$600
[8]
In 1992 Playskool overhauled this toy by replacing its wooden rods & spools with plastic parts
Tinkertoys
Tim
|
$800
[27]
A tarboosh resembles this tall, red brimless cap
Fez
Zinie
|
|
$1,000
[5]
The 3 basic bacterial types are the coccus, the spirillum & this type that causes TB
Bacillus
|
$1,000
[15]
Christina, Christopher, Cynthia, Cathy
Joan Crawford
Chris
|
$1,000
[30]
From 1835 to 1863 this "Symphonie Fantastique" composer wrote music criticism for "Journal des Debats" ("Journal of Debates")
Hector Berlioz
|
DD
$1,500
[23]
On this sorceress' island, Aeaea, it was here a pig, there a pig, everywhere a pig, pig
Circe (turned all the men into swine)
Chris
|
$800
[9]
In 1949 this German small appliance firm introduced the world's first electric foil shaver
Braun
Tim
|
$1,000
[28]
It's a lyric poem usually addressed to a person or thing
Ode
Tim
|
Legend says Saint Rule brought this saint's relics to the coast of Fife in 368
St. Andrew