Jack Gilbert — an attorney from Austin, Texas
Wendy Zarganis — a legal assistant from Brooklyn, New York
Jason Block — an Internet researcher from Brooklyn, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $28,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $1,600 | $3,300 | $8,500 |
$8,500
4-day champion: $36,701 |
$8,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Wendy | $-200 | $0 | $1,400 |
$1
3rd place: an IKEA shopping spree |
$1,400
6 R, 2 W |
| Jack | $800 | $2,600 | $3,000 |
$2,900
2nd place: a trip/Renaissance Cruise to Tahiti & South Pacific |
$4,000
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE FIRST PERSON | DECODE THE POSTAL CODES | HITMEN | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT | CONVERSIONS | BURLAP TO CHARM |
|
$100
[6]
As in a famous JFK quote, it's how one says "I" in German
Ich
Jason
|
$100
[16]
Scar
South Carolina & Arkansas
Jason
|
$100
[10]
In 1993 this Dodgers catcher, now with the Mets, was named National League Rookie of the Year
Mike Piazza
Jack
|
$100
[1]
This cartoon Sopwith Camel ace flew for "Peanuts"
Snoopy
Jack
|
$100
[21]
1 quart equals 2 of these
pints
Jack
|
$100
[23]
Collier's entry on these includes descriptions of fan tan, klaberjass & slap jack
card games
|
|
$200
[7]
The beautiful female seenhererefers to herself with this French pronoun
moi
Wendy
|
$200
[17]
Vain
Virginia & Indiana
Jason
|
$200
[11]
Although he gained fame as "Mr. October", he holds the career record for the most strikeouts by a batter--2,597
Reggie Jackson
Jason
|
$200
[2]
She was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
Amelia Earhart
Jason
|
$200
[22]
When the temperature is 1 degree Celsius, it's 33.8 degrees this
Fahrenheit
Jason
|
$200
[24]
To keep it white, the head of this cruciferous vegetable is tied up in its leaves when it's young to keep the sun off
cauliflower
Jason
|
|
$300
[8]
Bob Dole became known for the quirk of using these 2 words instead of saying "I"
Bob Dole
Jack
|
$300
[18]
Lame
Louisiana & Maine
Jason
|
$300
[13]
In 1941 this Yankee broke a 44-year-old record by hitting safely in 56 straight games
Joe DiMaggio
Jack
|
$300
[3]
Before first breaking the sound barrier, he had "The Right Stuff", shooting down 13 German aircraft in WWII
Chuck Yeager
Jack
|
$300
[27]
1 square mile equals 640 of these
acres
Jack
|
$300
[25]
You must remember this city in Arabic is Dar-El-Beida
Casablanca
Wendy
|
|
$400
[9]
Apple Computer's Steve Wozniak organized this festival, seen here
the US Festival
Jason
Wendy
|
$400
[19]
Hide
Hawaii & Delaware
Jason
|
$400
[14]
In 1988 this Cuban-born A's outfielder became the 1st in history with 40 home runs & 40 stolen bases in a season
Jose Canseco
Jason
|
$400
[4]
Tom Cruise's ego wrote checks his body couldn't cash playing this Navy pilot
Maverick (in Top Gun )
Jason
|
$400
[28]
1 byte usually equals 8 of these
bits
Jason
|
$400
[26]
It's the largest country in area that falls between burlap & charm
Canada
Jack
|
|
$500
[12]
Completes the title of a women's health classic, "Our Bodies,..."
Ourselves
Jason
|
$500
[20]
Wine
Wisconsin & Nebraska
Jack
|
$500
[15]
"Rajah" was the nickname of this second baseman who hit an astounding .424 in 1924
Rogers Hornsby
Jack
|
DD
$600
[5]
Lt. Col. Paul Tibbetts commanded this bomber over Japan in August 1945
the Enola Gay
Jason
|
$500
[29]
1 fathom equals 6 of these
feet
Jason
Jack
|
$500
[30]
Common name of the wahoo plant, or something God talked to Moses through
burning bush
Wendy
|
| THE FIRST PERSON | EUROPE | BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY | IT'S ALL POLITICS | STARTS WITH "S" | BIRDS |
|
$200
[9]
In 1955 Donald Campbell became the first person to surpass 200 mph on this surface & survive
water
|
$200
[19]
We have the White House; this country's P.M. has the Chigi Palace or Palazzo Chigi
Italy
Jason
|
$200
[1]
Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola(1972)
The Godfather
Wendy
|
$200
[4]
In July 1804 Alexander Hamilton ended up on the losing end of a duel with this politician
Aaron Burr
Jason
|
$200
[14]
Around 1817 Giovanni Caviglia rescued the Great Sphinx from obliteration by this
sand (a sandstorm accepted)
Jason
Jack
|
$600
[28]
Fanfare, please... it's the American counterpart to Europe's whooper swan
the trumpeter swan
|
|
$400
[10]
The first man called this, referring to his net value, was 18th century speculator John Law
a millionaire
Jack
|
$400
[20]
If you belong to the major religion in Norway, you're an evangelical one of these Protestants
Lutherans
Wendy
|
$400
[2]
John Irving(1999)
The Cider House Rules
Wendy
|
$400
[5]
Before Cheney, he was the last U.S. vice president born west of the Mississippi River; he left office in 1981
Walter Mondale
Jack
|
$400
[15]
The Koran says "Those who believe" will wear "bracelets of gold" & their garments will be of this fabric
silk
Wendy
|
$800
[27]
Heard here, this bird is named for its sad call
a mourning dove
Jack
|
|
$600
[11]
At 15 years old in 1989, Jack Staddon won the first of these contests sponsored by National Geographic
the National Geography Bee
Jason
|
$600
[22]
Country in which you'd find the city the natives call Den Haag
Holland (or the Netherlands)
Jason
Jack
|
$600
[3]
Billy Bob Thornton(1996)
Sling Blade
Jason
|
$600
[6]
Miami Beach, Philadelphia & this are the cities that have hosted the Democratic & GOP conventions in the same year
Chicago
|
$600
[16]
Coach "Mouse" Davis invented the football offense known as "run &" this
shoot
Jack
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
Richard Chamberlain might know that the chestnut-backed & freckle-breasted are varieties of this bird
thornbirds
Jack
|
|
$800
[12]
Oveta Culp Hobby was the first secretary of HEW; Patricia Harris, the first secretary of this dept. that evolved from HEW
HHS (Health & Human Services)
Jason
Jack
|
$800
[24]
The capital of Hungary for over 200 years, it's now the capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
Jason
Jack
|
$800
[21]
William Peter Blatty(1973)
The Exorcist
Jason
|
$800
[7]
In April 1960 Dick Clark testified before a Congressional committee probing this illegal practice
payola
Jason
|
$800
[17]
The Gordon breed of this dog, seen here, is named for a 19th century duke
a setter
Jason
|
— |
|
$1,000
[13]
Kwame Nkrumah of this West African country was the first man to lead an African colony to independence after WWII
Ghana
|
$1,000
[25]
Called Bohemians by the French & Gypsies by the English, they refer to themselves as this
the Romani
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Emma Thompson(1995)
Sense and Sensibility
Jason
|
$1,000
[8]
In 1852 this Southern senator & orator became the first American to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol
Henry Clay
Jason
|
$1,000
[18]
This 3-word doctrine stems from the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson & was extended in Gong Lum v. Rice
"separate but equal"
|
— |
3 of the countries that make up this land are Gillikin, Winkie & Quadling
Oz