Carly Sporer — a high school English teacher from San Diego, California
Larry Bigman — a psychiatrist from Orinda, California
Mike Andrews — a writer originally from Detroit, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $15,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $200 | $2,400 | $11,800 |
$13,600
3-day champion: $29,501 |
$9,800
23 R (including 3 DDs), 6 W |
| Larry | $200 | $800 | $3,000 |
$1,799
3rd place: The American Historic Society Gift Certificate |
$3,000
12 R, 3 W |
| Carly | $300 | $1,300 | $2,100 |
$4,105
2nd place: Trip to Grand Lido Braco Resort, Jamaica |
$2,100
11 R, 4 W |
| AMERICANA | SPORTS SUPERSTARS | SMITH, JOHN SMITH | CULINARY COMMON BONDS | BEADS | SIMON SAYS |
|
$100
[7]
Johnny Cash once recorded a live album at Folsom Prison, just east of this state capital
Sacramento
Mike
Larry
|
$100
[15]
In 1961 Mickey Mantle & this teammate hit a total of 115 home runs--the most by 2 teammates in baseball history
Roger Maris
Mike
Larry
|
$100
[12]
While fighting in Hungary & Transylvania, Smith was promoted to this rank
Captain
Carly
|
$100
[6]
Fore shank, short loin, brisket
cuts of beef
Mike
Larry
|
$100
[23]
The beads, body valve stem & tread are parts of a pneumatic one of these
a tire
Larry
|
$100
[1]
Oscar's line:"I'd be immensely grateful to you, Felix, if you didn't clean up just now"
Neil Simon
Mike
|
|
$200
[8]
On its north, this state borders Tennessee; on its east, the Atlantic Ocean
Georgia (North Carolina accepted)
Mike
Larry
|
$200
[17]
In 1987 this Broncos quarterback became the first quarterback to receive a pass in the Super Bowl
John Elway
Carly
|
$200
[13]
In 1608 Smith was elected president of this colony that earlier in the year wanted to hang him
Jamestown
Mike
Larry
Carly
|
$200
[14]
Snow, sugar snap, chick
peas
Mike
|
$200
[24]
A bean counter in ancient or modern China might use this beaded device for his calculations
an abacus
Mike
|
$200
[2]
In a '70s song:"...She kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be 50 ways to leave your lover"
Paul Simon
Mike
|
|
$300
[9]
With Hartford, this "New" city was joint capital of Connecticut from 1701 to 1875
New Haven
Carly
|
$300
[20]
(Hi, I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) 3 NBA players have officially blocked over 3,000 shots in their career: myself, Mark Eaton & this Houston Rockets star
Hakeem Olajuwon
Mike
|
— |
$300
[16]
Grinder, hero, submarine
sandwiches
Mike
|
$400
[26]
Venice, especially the island of Murano, is famous for its beads made out of this
glass
Carly
|
$300
[3]
In 1987 at Carbondale, Illinois:"I seek the presidency with a firm sense of who I am"
Senator Paul Simon
Mike
|
|
$400
[10]
In 1860 this small Atlantic coast state had the highest percentage of slaves in the U.S.
South Carolina
Larry
Carly
|
$400
[21]
On July 25, 1999 Lance Armstrong became the first American since Greg LeMond to win this 2,300-mile race
the Tour de France
Larry
|
— |
$400
[18]
Cotto, Genoa, pepperoni
salamis
Mike
Carly
|
DD
$700
[25]
In Europe, around lunchtime August 11, 1999, Baily's Beads became visible around this
the sun (during an eclipse)
Mike
|
$400
[4]
In an 1852 book:"Didn't I pay twelve hundred dollars cash, for all there is inside yer old cussed black shell?"
Simon Legree (from Uncle Tom's Cabin )
Larry
|
|
$500
[11]
This "colorful" suburb of New York City on the Bronx River was settled by Puritans in 1683
White Plains
|
$500
[22]
In 1999 this former Penguins star became the first retired player to own a major sports team he had played for
Mario Lemieux
Mike
|
— |
$500
[19]
Westphalian, Bayonne, prosciutto
hams
Mike
|
— |
$500
[5]
In an 1815 letter:"The bonds that united us to Spain have been severed"
Simon Bolivar
Carly
|
| GREECE IS THE WORD | MOVIE ACTORS | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | WRITERS | HELLO KITTY | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$200
[26]
A 1974 referendum eliminated this post, giving the country a parliamentary government
king (did away with the monarchy)
Carly
|
$200
[13]
The 1973 movie musical "Tom Sawyer" featured young Jodie Foster in this role
Becky Thatcher
Mike
|
$200
[19]
The Dome is the yearbook of this university near South Bend, Indiana
Notre Dame
Carly
|
$200
[8]
In November 1959 he arrived in Holcomb, Kansas to begin 6 years of research for "In Cold Blood"
Truman Capote
Larry
|
$200
[3]
"Stumpies" are the tailed offspring of this tailless cat
Manx
Mike
|
$200
[20]
It's that wacky Cameron Diaz comedy about the widow of our 16th president
There's Something About Mary Todd Lincoln
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[27]
It was on this now Greek isle that the famous statue of Nike, now in the Louvre, was found in 1863
Samothrace
Larry
|
$400
[12]
(Hi, I'm Francesco Quinn of The Young And The Restless.) I played Rhah the drug king in this Oliver Stone film that won the 1986 Best Picture Oscar
Platoon
Larry
Carly
|
$400
[25]
This Poughkeepsie, New York school was the first of the Seven Sisters to be coeducational
Vassar
Mike
|
$400
[10]
The 1676 revised edition of his "Compleat Angler" included a new section on trout fishing
Izaak Walton
|
$400
[4]
They're what's "folded" in a Scottish fold
ears
Mike
|
$400
[21]
Southern California beach town that once interned in the White House
Santa Monica Lewinsky
Mike
|
| — |
$600
[9]
Swoosie Kurtz appeared as Uma Thurman's mother in this 1988 film about hazardous trysts
Dangerous Liaisons
Carly
|
$600
[17]
Both Benjamin Harrison & his running mate Whitelaw Reid graduated from Miami of this Midwestern state
Ohio
Carly
|
$600
[11]
To research "Hotel", he spent 6 weeks as a paying guest in an old New Orleans hotel
Arthur Hailey
Larry
|
$600
[5]
Notice the eyes on this most popular breed of cat seen here:
Persian
Mike
|
$600
[22]
Beatles song about a "Talented Mr. Ripley" co-star
"Hey Jude Law"
Carly
|
| — |
$800
[2]
Despite his role as tobacco co. whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in "The Insider", this actor still smokes
Russell Crowe
Mike
|
$800
[16]
"Windy" nickname of Iowa State's athletic teams
Cyclones
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
In 1902 Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted not for Sherlock Holmes but for defending British actions in this war
the Boer War
Mike
|
$1,000
[7]
Riddle me this:Despite its name, you'd be hard pressed to find one of these "hairless" cats in Egypt
Sphynx
Mike
|
$800
[23]
Imperial New York state nickname for a time of declared crisis
"The Empire State of Emergency"
Mike
|
| — |
$1,000
[1]
She played Moses' wife in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments" (& Herman Munster's wife on TV)
Yvonne De Carlo
Larry
|
$1,000
[18]
Founded in 1842, Willamette University in this state capital is the oldest college on the West Coast
Salem (Oregon)
Mike
Carly
|
$1,000
[15]
This "Doctor Zhivago" author's father, Leonid, was a painter & illustrator of Tolstoy's works
Boris Pasternak
Larry
|
DD
$2,400
[6]
The blue-eyed Balinese was developed as a separate breed after it appeared as a mutation of this other breed
Siamese
Mike
|
$1,000
[24]
Turgenev family novel about the country music act that sang "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
Fathers and Sons of the Pioneers
|
It's estimated that of 6,000 in the world today, half will vanish in the next 100 years, including Jingulu & Chamicuro
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