Mark Eckard game 1.
Mark Eckard — a software engineer from Bedford, Massachusetts
Scott Wetzel — a graduate student from Portland, Oregon
Jason Block — an Internet researcher from Brooklyn, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $36,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $1,900 | $3,000 | $8,900 |
$0
3rd place: Fisher Soundstage 100 watt audio-video home component theater |
$6,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Scott | $300 | $1,900 | $3,100 |
$3,942
2nd place: a trip to Shangri-La Resorts, Borneo, Malaysia |
$3,100
8 R, 0 W |
| Mark | $1,800 | $3,700 | $8,900 |
$17,800
New champion: $17,800 |
$8,500
27 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| LITERARY ANIMALS | CAR REPAIR 101 | PRESIDENTIAL VPs | THE WOMEN OF BAYWATCH | DIFFERENT STROKES | "WILL" OF THE PEOPLE |
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$100
[2]
He told the hare, "You are much faster than I, but as you have seen, slow and steady wins the race"
the tortoise
Mark
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$100
[1]
This part helps start the engine; after that, it's the alternator's job to keep the juice flowing
the battery
Mark
|
$100
[20]
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jason
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$100
[10]
Gena Lee Nolin traded in her swimsuit for a loincloth & became this "Queen of the Jungle"
Sheena
Mark
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$100
[24]
At the Olympics you won't see this "canine" race, where quick, short strokes keep the head above water
the dog paddle
Mark
|
$100
[11]
Renaissance man who wrote several narrative poems, 154 sonnets & oh, yes, over 30 plays
William Shakespeare
Jason
|
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$200
[3]
Dan'l Webster was this Twain animal who was so full of quail shot that he couldn't jump
The "Celebrated Jumping Frog"
Mark
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$200
[5]
This part ignites the fuel within the engine
a spark plug
Mark
|
$200
[22]
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Scott
|
$200
[12]
For the 2000-01 season, the show dipped back into the pages of this magazine & pulled out Miss April, Brande Roderick
Playboy
Mark
|
$200
[27]
Look directly skyward as you swim this way? That's just "Krayzelburg" enough to work
the backstroke
Mark
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$200
[13]
Swiss archer who broke a few child welfare laws around 1307
William Tell
Mark
|
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$300
[4]
Felix Salten's fawn, first appearing in print in 1923
Bambi
Scott
Mark
|
$300
[7]
The chambers in this part will keep your car purring instead of roaring
a muffler
Mark
|
$300
[23]
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jason
|
$300
[17]
Lani in 1997, at the present time she may or may not be married to Dennis Rodman
Carmen Electra
Jason
Mark
|
$300
[28]
Mike Barrowman won 200-meter Olympic gold by swimming this stroke that uses a frog kick
the breaststroke
Mark
|
$300
[14]
You like apples? Well, Matt Damon got Minnie Driver's number in this film... how'd you like them apples?
Good Will Hunting
Mark
|
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$400
[6]
Shere Khan, Mowgli's enemy in "The Jungle Book", was this type of feline
a tiger
Jason
|
$400
[9]
Metal shavings & dirt can be cleaned from the engine's lubricant with this part
an oil filter
Jason
|
$400
[25]
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Scott
|
$400
[18]
As C.J. Parker, she's been in the opening credits with several variations of her name
Pamela Anderson Lee
Jason
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$400
[29]
Croc Hunter Steve Irwin's nationality & the way his giant snakes move combine to form the name of this stroke
the Australian crawl
Mark
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$400
[15]
Last name of heavyweight champ Jess, or first name of the weatherman who'd wish him a happy 120th birthday
Willard
Mark
|
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$500
[8]
Gabilan is the equine given to young Jody Tiflin in this Steinbeck work consisting of 4 stories
The Red Pony
Jason
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$500
[21]
Detroit basketball fans will tell you expanding gas forces this part down the cylinder
a piston
Scott
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$500
[26]
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Scott
|
$500
[19]
Seen here, she played Caroline & has since appeared on "Nash Bridges"
Yasmine Bleeth
Mark
|
DD
$700
[30]
The name of this stroke is also a type of voting ballot that made some people's heads swim
the butterfly
Mark
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$500
[16]
A memorial statue to him bears his famous line, "I never met a man I didn't like"
Will Rogers
Jason
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| KEMAL ATATURK | MAY FLOWERS | ITALIAN CITIES | FUN WITH COLORS | DIONNE WARWICK | PHONETICS |
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$200
[11]
Kemal Ataturk was born in 1881 in the city of Thessaloniki in what is now this country
Greece
Mark
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$200
[23]
Held each May in Ottawa, the world's largest festival of this flower began with a gift from Dutch royalty
tulips
Scott
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$200
[6]
The locals call it Firenze
Florence
Mark
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$200
[1]
Before they appear on shows like Letterman's, guests are sequestered in this waiting area
the green room
Mark
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$200
[13]
While she sang of being "born & raised in San Jose", Dionne's actually from East Orange in this state
New Jersey
Mark
|
$200
[18]
Speech sound formed by the active use of these is called labial
the lips
Jason
Mark
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1928 Ataturk removed a Turkish constitutional provision naming this as the state religion
Islam
Jason
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$400
[24]
On display in May is the spider type of this very popular ornamental flower seen here
an orchid
Scott
|
$400
[7]
Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in this city, but keep it under your hat
Milan
|
$400
[2]
This card game is also called twenty-one or vingt-et-un
blackjack
Jason
Mark
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$400
[14]
One of Dionne's most beloved songs, "I Say A Little Prayer", was repopularized by this Julia Roberts film
My Best Friend's Wedding
Jason
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$400
[19]
Of the 2 basic categories of speech sounds, the one that earns you money on "Wheel"
consonants
Jason
|
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$600
[28]
It's the city of about 3 million where you'll find the Kemal Ataturk mausoleum
Ankara
Scott
|
$600
[25]
It must have been May in "Stage Door" when Katharine Hepburn said these "lilies are in bloom again"
the calla lilies
Mark
|
$600
[8]
Italy's motor city, it's gearing up to host the 2006 Winter Olympics
Turin
Mark
|
$600
[3]
A chocolate brown color, it shares its name with a coffee flavoring & a port in Yemen
mocha
Mark
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$600
[15]
With her first hit, "Don't Make Me Over", Dionne became the main "voice" for this songwriting team
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Jason
Mark
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$600
[20]
Put this on the wrong syllable in SYL-la-ble & you get syl-LA-ble
accent
Jason
|
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$800
[29]
From the Arabic for "ruler", it's the title held by the man overthrown by Ataturk in 1922
sultan
Jason
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$800
[26]
Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With these May blossoms seen here
silver bells
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$800
[9]
Pass go & collect $800 if you can name this seaport city between Bari & Brindisi
Monopoli
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$800
[4]
This 2-word term refers to wage earners whose jobs are performed in work clothes
blue collar
Mark
|
$800
[16]
"Chances Are" you know he's the singer who duetted with Dionne on "Friends In Love"
Johnny Mathis
Mark
|
$800
[21]
It's a vowel sound that has a change in tone during a syllable; it also sounds like beachwear for a quick swim
a diphthong
|
|
DD
$3,300
[30]
During WWI, Ataturk played a crucial military role in repelling the Allied invasion of this Turkish peninsula
Gallipoli
Jason
|
DD
$1,200
[27]
This New England novelist died in May 1864, as the plant with the same-sounding name was blooming
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark
|
$1,000
[10]
You'll find the International School of Violin Making in this city, once home to Amati & Stradivari
Cremona
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$1,000
[5]
A small type of wasp, it normally builds its nest underground
a yellowjacket
Mark
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$1,000
[17]
From 1980 to '81 & again in the mid-'80s, Dionne hosted this TV pop show
Solid Gold
Jason
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$1,000
[22]
In the words "fricative" & "spirant", the 2 fricative or spirant letters
F & S
Jason
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The USA's leading chronic illness in children, it causes 10 million missed school days & 1 in 6 of all pediatric emergency visits
asthma