Sharon Wing — a writer originally from Rock Island, Illinois
Bret Rosson — an information security manager from Portland, Oregon
Jim McMurtry — a letter carrier from Tallahassee, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $1,000 | $3,200 | $18,400 |
$36,800
2-day champion: $58,401 |
$12,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Bret | $3,800 | $4,400 | $20,400 |
$2,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sharon | $-800 | $-800 | $-400 |
$-400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-400
1 R, 1 W |
| TWIN PEAKS | HORSE SENSE | THOU ART DA MAN! | COFFEES ALL AROUND | LET'S MAKE THEM IRISH! | FOOTBALL 101 |
|
$200
[11]
Nanga Parbat & Namcha Barwa, both over 25,000 feet
the Himalayas
Bret
|
$200
[16]
Count Casimir Pulaski led his own cavalry unit in this war
Revolutionary War
Jim
|
$200
[21]
"They brought" this Old Testament man, "and cast him into the den of lions"
Daniel
Jim
|
$200
[6]
This "Good to the last drop" brand lets you choose among smooth, rich & bold
Maxwell House
Jim
|
$200
[1]
Making an Irishman out of potato chip entrepreneur Herman brings this cry of approval
O'Lay (olé)
Bret
|
$200
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes the snap and holds for the kick.) The ball is snapped from the 3-yard-line to the holder a few yards back to kick a PAT, which stands for this
a point after touchdown
|
|
$400
[12]
Monte Leone&the Rheinwaldhorn
the Alps
Bret
|
$400
[17]
You don't need a Gallup poll to tell you it has the horse seenhereon its grille
the Ford Mustang
Bret
|
$400
[22]
In Genesis 5 we learn this man "was five hundred years old; and... begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth"
Noah
Jim
|
$400
[7]
At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew
espresso
Jim
|
$400
[2]
Make baseball pitcher Nolan (even more) Irish & you get this "belted" constellation
O'Ryan (Orion)
Jim
|
$400
[27]
(Jimmy watches a receiver catch the ball while running out of bounds.) It's the reason that's a completed pass under NCAA rules, but would be an incompletion in the NFL
the receiver had only one foot in bounds
|
|
$600
[13]
Mount Elbert&Longs Peak
the Rockies
Jim
|
$600
[18]
Overo & Tobiano are 2 major color patterns of this breed that's not available from Sherwin-Williams
a paint (or pinto)
Jim
|
$600
[23]
In his Bible book he "prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly"
Jonah
Bret
|
$600
[8]
The press you can use to infuse your coffee bears the name of this country that invented the infusion method
France (a French press accepted)
Bret
|
$600
[3]
Make the band that sang "She Sells Sanctuary" Irish, & you've got this realm of the supernatural
O'Cult (occult)
Bret
|
$600
[28]
(Jimmy describes a formation.) Usually there's a split end about ten yards from one tackle & this end close to the other tackle; Junior Miller was a great one
a tight end
Jim
|
|
$800
[14]
Lassen Peak&Mount Rainier
the Cascades
Jim
|
$800
[19]
Among trees, the Aesculus hippocastanum is the common horse this
chestnut
|
$800
[24]
In Exodus 3:14 "God said unto" this man, "I am that I am"
Moses
Jim
Bret
|
$800
[9]
If you feel a chill in Chinchina, Colombia, you may be passing the factory where instant coffee is made this way
freeze-dried
Bret
Sharon
|
$800
[4]
Take any wise man, like the one "of Monticello", turn him Irish & you'll have this Oklahoma tribe
O'Sage (Osage)
Jim
|
$800
[29]
(Jimmy stands and takes the snap from center.) By lining up several yards behind the center, the quarterback pulls the trigger on this offense popularized by the Dallas Cowboys"Hut, hut!"
shotgun
Bret
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Mont-Louis&Monte Perdido
the Pyrenees
Jim
Bret
|
$1,000
[20]
We'll issue you one if you can name this horse who in 1951 became the first million-dollar earner
Citation
Jim
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
In Acts he says, "I am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city"
Paul
Bret
|
$1,000
[10]
This "heavenly coffee", a New York institution, is the official coffee of Radio City Music Hall
Chock Full O' Nuts
|
$1,000
[5]
Turning Hero's mythical lover into an Irishman gives you this evergreen shrub
O'Leander (Oleander)
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jimmy watches an offensive drill.) In this pattern, whose name is also an insect, the receiver runs straight down the field at full speed
a fly pattern
Bret
|
| LITERATURE | MOVIE QUOTES | SCIENCE GUYS | DISGUISE THE LIMIT | WHO'S THAT GUERRILLA? | "K" MART |
|
$400
[1]
Not Natty Dresser but Natty this dies in the novel "The Prairie"
Bumppo
Jim
|
$400
[16]
1967:"I just want to say one word to you--just one word... plastics!"
The Graduate
Jim
|
$400
[11]
At a 1944 auction a copy of his paper on the special theory of relativity brought a $6.5-mil. pledge in war bonds
Einstein
Sharon
|
$400
[21]
Capone's men were disguised as these during the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" of 1929
policemen
|
$400
[26]
His guerrilla war against Chaing Kai-shek led him to his own brand of Marxism where the peasants lead the revolution
Mao Zedong
Jim
|
$400
[6]
Ann Richards delivered this "address" at the 1988 Democratic National Convention
the keynote
Jim
|
|
$800
[2]
This Melville character's artificial leg is carved from the jawbone of a sperm whale
Ahab
Jim
Bret
|
$800
[17]
1970:"Oh, Frank, my lips are hot. Kiss my hot lips"
M*A*S*H
Jim
|
$800
[12]
In the 1930s Charles A. Lindbergh helped secure financial backing for this man's rocket experiments
Goddard
Bret
|
$800
[22]
In 19th c. India British troops dyed their white uniforms to blend with the dry earth, utilizing this 10-letter term
camouflage
Jim
|
$800
[27]
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Wendell Fertig was a WWII guerrilla leader on Mindanao in this country
the Philippines
Bret
|
$800
[7]
Jewish "ravioli" served in soup
kreplach
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Jim Hawkins narrates this 1883 novel
Treasure Island
Jim
|
$1,200
[18]
1987:"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!"
The Princess Bride
Jim
|
$1,600
[14]
We're certain that in the 1920s, this "principled" German physicist developed the principle of matrix mechanics
(Wener) Heisenberg
Jim
Bret
|
$1,200
[23]
Imprisoned for Bonapartist sympathies, Edmond Dantes returns disguised, rich & mad in this book
The Count of Monte Cristo
Bret
|
$1,200
[28]
For Encyclopedia Britannica, he wrote a "Guerrilla Warfare" article based on the Arab revolt of 1916-18
Lawrence (of Arabia)
Jim
|
$1,200
[8]
In playing cards, it's another word for a jack
a knave
Jim
|
|
$1,600
[4]
At the start of this Dickens novel, Pip meets an escaped convict who threatens to eat him
Great Expectations
Jim
|
$1,600
[19]
1983:"You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend"
Scarface
Bret
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
"General Chemistry", a 1947 textbook by this Peace & Chemistry Nobel winner, is still a useful introduction
(Linus) Pauling
Bret
|
$1,600
[24]
In Sept. 1776 this patriot disguised himself as a schoolmaster & carried his Yale diploma while tracking the Brits
(Nathan) Hale
Bret
|
DD
$8,000
[29]
Ramdane Abbane fought the French in this African country in the 1950s
Algeria
Jim
|
$1,600
[9]
Called Durobrivae in ancient times, Rochester, England is found in this county where you'll also find Canterbury
Kent
Bret
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This governor of a Southern state asks his aide to dig up dirt on Judge Irwin, a man of integrity
Willie Stark
|
$2,000
[20]
1952, Grace Kelly:"You're asking me to wait an hour to find out if I'm going to be a wife or a widow"
High Noon
Jim
|
$2,000
[15]
This professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Bologna discovered that electricity can cause frogs' legs to twitch
Galvani
Bret
|
$2,000
[25]
Gugilemo & Ferrando gussy up as Albanians to test their finacees' fidelity in his opera "Cosi fan tutte"
Mozart
Bret
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
In December of 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev became this -stan's first democratically elected president
Kazakhstan
Jim
|
A play-within-a-play, called "Pretty Lady", suddenly needs a new leading lady in this ever-popular musical
42nd Street