Jill Futch — an attorney from West Monroe, Louisiana
Walter Grubbs — a human resources executive from Fair Oaks, California
Steve Sanders — a graduate student from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $5,200 | $5,400 | $9,000 |
$17,000
2nd place: trip to Cancún, Mexico |
$9,000
15 R, 3 W |
| Walter | $1,200 | $7,200 | $12,000 |
$18,001
New champion: $18,001 |
$12,000
18 R, 4 W |
| Jill | $1,000 | $3,200 | $6,800 |
$6,500
3rd place: trip to Las Vegas & stay at the Venetian |
$9,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE ANIMAL KINGDOM | NURSERY RHYMES | PRO BASKETBALL | BOOK SEQUELS | THAT'S MY DEPARTMENT STORE | THE "L" IT IS! |
|
$200
[21]
It can grow up to 5 feet taller than an elephant
a giraffe
Jill
|
$200
[16]
It's what "Peter Piper picked a peck of"
pickled peppers
Walter
|
$200
[1]
On September 25, 2001, this co-owner of the Washington Wizards announced his return as an active player
Michael Jordan
Steve
|
$200
[6]
"Son of Rosemary"(1997)
Rosemary's Baby
Jill
|
$200
[26]
In 1962, the year the first Wal-mart opened, this 5-&-dime retailer launched its Woolco stores
Woolworth
Walter
|
$200
[11]
In 2001 Tony Benshoof set a record for the highest speed in this winter sport, also an Olympic event--86.6 mph
luge
Jill
|
|
$400
[22]
Although the plumes of this 8-foot-tall bird are no longer of commercial value, its hide is prized as a leather
ostrich
Steve
Jill
|
$400
[17]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Mother Goose statue in New York.) In a famous Mother Goose rhyme, this little boy gets his head patched up with vinegar & brown paper
Jack
Jill
|
$400
[2]
(Here's Charles Barkley with the clue.) This current Laker coach has the highest career winning percentage of any coach in NBA history
Phil Jackson
Steve
|
$400
[7]
"Oliver's Story"(1977)
Love Story
Steve
|
$400
[27]
A cliche on being asked to share a secret was "Does this department store "tell Gimbel's"?
Macy's
Walter
|
$400
[12]
No bull, he became world middleweight boxing champion in 1949
Jake LaMotta
Steve
Walter
Jill
|
|
$800
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the San Diego Zoo.) The cub here was born under a cloud; it will grow up to be the clouded type of this creature
leopard
Walter
|
$600
[18]
She's the gardening aficionado described as "quite contrary"
Mary, Mary
Steve
|
$600
[3]
Known as "The Stilt", he led the NBA in rebounding a record 11 times during his 14-year career
Wilt Chamberlain
Steve
|
$600
[8]
Joseph Heller's "Closing Time"
Catch-22
Steve
|
$600
[28]
FD is the stock symbol of this company that operates several store chains
Federated
Walter
|
$600
[13]
In 1955's "Guys and Dolls", Marlon Brando belts out this "lucky" song
"Luck Be a Lady'
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[25]
The cutthroat species of this fish gets its name from a red-orange slash on each side of its lower jaw
trout
Walter
|
$800
[19]
Tom, Tom, the piper's son, stole this & away he run!
pig
Walter
|
$800
[4]
Originally a tri-city team it settled in Milwaukee & St. Louis before reaching Atlanta
Hawks
Steve
|
$800
[9]
Erica Jong's "How to Save Your Own Life"
Fear of Flying
Walter
|
$800
[29]
Just one letter of this name, seen here, can make a shopper's heart beat faster
Bloomingdale's
Jill
|
$800
[14]
An old woman's disappearance on a train ride leads to a dizzying web of intrigue in this 1938 Hitchcock thriller
The Lady Vanishes
|
|
DD
$1,200
[23]
The 1-horned Indian species of this animal is now found just in Bhutan, Nepal & India's Assam state
rhinoceros
Jill
|
$1,000
[20]
He's the nursery rhyme character who has "gone to sea" with "silver buckles on his knee"
Bobby Shafto
Walter
|
$1,000
[5]
From 1995 through 2000 this city's Grizzlies won only 78 games, the lowest number of NBA wins in any 5-season stretch
Vancouver
Steve
|
$1,000
[10]
"War and Remembrance"(1978)
The Winds of War
Steve
|
$1,000
[30]
An upscale store brand was launched in 1826 by Samuel Lord & this partner
(George Washington) Taylor
Walter
|
$1,000
[15]
In this Shirley Jackson short story, the "winner" is stoned to death
"The Lottery"
Jill
|
| NATIONS OF THE WORLD | HOLY MOVIE ROLES | 10-LETTER WORDS | THE FIRST CONGRESS | REFERENCE WORKS | ROSES |
|
$400
[17]
Germany's longest international border formed by the Rhine River is with this nation
France
Steve
|
$400
[1]
1956:Charlton Heston
Moses
Walter
Jill
|
$400
[6]
A visual record of earthquake vibrations
seismogram
Walter
|
$400
[7]
With this document just 2 years old, the First Congress promptly came up with 12 amendments to it
The Constitution
Steve
|
$400
[12]
It's what an almanac often predicts, or what al-manakh means in Arabic
weather
Jill
|
$400
[22]
This Oregon city of 503,000 has held its annual Rose Festival since 1907
Portland
Walter
|
|
$800
[18]
This English-speaking island 100 miles south of Cuba gained its independence in 1962
Jamaica
Jill
|
$800
[2]
1977:George Burns
God
Jill
|
$800
[27]
Botanical name for the type of interchange seen here
cloverleaf
Jill
|
$800
[8]
First Congress firsts include the first board to grant these for inventions, now numbering over 6,000,000
patents
Jill
|
$800
[13]
Microsoft's Encarta has a feature called this, also the name of Microsoft's Internet browser
Explorer
Jill
|
$800
[23]
Also the name of a Kevin Spacey film this rose is the official flower of Washington, D.C.
American Beauty
Steve
|
|
$1,200
[19]
With 1,600,000 lira to the dollar, it'll only take you $.63 to be a millionaire in this country spanning Europe & Asia
Turkey
Walter
|
$1,200
[3]
1982:Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
Walter
|
$1,200
[28]
A decorative item on a ship's prow, or a leader with a title but no power
figurehead
Jill
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Congress was in this city when it established the District of Columbia
New York
Jill
|
$1,200
[14]
Marvin Spevack's 1973 work on Shakespeare, listing all 250 uses of "pity", is this kind of book
concordance
Jill
|
$1,200
[24]
Formally presented the day this city fell to the Allies, the Peace Rose was introduced at the end of WWII
Berlin
Walter
|
|
$1,600
[20]
This Arabian peninsula country with a 4-letter name is the legendary home of Sinbad the sailor
Oman
Walter
|
$1,600
[4]
1988:Willem Dafoe
Jesus
Steve
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on a riverboat.) This title "Man" in a Melville story takes in gullible riverboat passengers on April Fool's Day
The Confidence-Man
Steve
|
$1,200
[9]
Frederick Muhlenberg was elected to this post April 1, 1789
Speaker of the House
Jill
|
$1,600
[15]
The Columbia Encyclopedia has 65,000 of these, like "see Haidar Ali" under "India"
cross reference
Walter
|
$1,600
[25]
It's not a rose's pelvis, it's a rose's fruit that's rich in vitamin C
hips
Walter
|
|
$2,000
[21]
1 of the 4 independent countries lying completely south of the Tropic of Capricorn
(1 of) New Zealand, Uruguay, Lesotho, & Swaziland
|
$2,000
[5]
1999:Jon Voight
Noah
|
DD
$2,200
[30]
From the Italian, it means someone who organizes events like ballets & concerts
impresario
Jill
|
$2,000
[11]
After the original 13, 1 of the 2 states the First Congress voted to admit to the Union
(1 of) Vermont (or Kentucky)
Steve
|
$2,000
[16]
A gazetteer is this type of dictionary
geographical dictionary
Walter
|
$2,000
[26]
Chosen the most popular rose at the 2000 World Rose Convention it bears the name of a Swedish 3-time Oscar winner
Ingrid Bergman
Walter
|
The international airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan is named for this man who moved to the city from Nebraska as a child
Gerald Ford