Andrew Sims — a high school social studies teacher from Laguna Niguel, California
Anne Takemoto — a consultant from Marina del Rey, California
Susan Robbins — a training and development professional from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $2,800 | $3,200 | $19,800 |
$24,800
2-day champion: $36,401 |
$16,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Anne | $200 | $0 | $2,400 |
$1
3rd place: trip to Cape Cod, Massachusetts & stay at Cape Codder Resort |
$3,200
7 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Andrew | $1,600 | $5,000 | $4,600 |
$4,801
2nd place: trip to Los Cabos, Mexico by Yahoo! Travel |
$4,600
11 R, 2 W |
| THAT'S A PAULING | COLLEGE SPORTS | MASS COMMUNICATION | THE NEAREST U.S. EMBASSY | RAINY DAY GAMES | BRIEFLY |
|
$200
[24]
Linus Pauling received this in 1962; he was short a requirement when he was supposed to get it back in 1917 at 16
high school diploma
Anne
|
$200
[15]
This school's Trojans won a record 5 straight College World Series Baseball titles from 1970 to 1974
USC
Anne
|
$200
[16]
Most Voice of America affiliates get their programs via one of these orbiting objects
satellite
Susan
|
$200
[10]
If you're in Abrantes, Portugal
Lisbon
Susan
|
$200
[1]
Stretch your neck out & name this word game on which TV's "Wheel of Fortune" is based
hangman
Andrew
|
$200
[6]
Used to express neighborhood opposition to things like prisons & garbage dumps, NIMBY means this
not in my backyard
Susan
|
|
$400
[25]
It was biochemist Irwin Stone who suggested that Pauling try large doses of this daily to live longer
vitamin C
Susan
|
$400
[21]
In 1961 this Ohio State golfer won the NCAA tournament; the following year he won the U.S. Open
Jack Nicklaus
|
$400
[17]
The diner fixture seenhereis a mini one of these
jukebox
Susan
|
$400
[11]
If you're on Crete
Athens
Susan
|
$400
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates a game.) This fun rainy day game I'm playing takes its name from British slang for an unlicensed pub
tiddlywinks
Andrew
|
$400
[7]
Food that's the "bis" in Nabisco
biscuit
Andrew
|
| — |
$600
[22]
This Bruin won the 1971 NCAA men's tennis title & later became professional tennis' all-time tournament winner
Jimmy Connors
Susan
|
$600
[18]
8-letter term for the bygone type of film seen here
newsreel
Andrew
|
$600
[12]
If you're in Christchurch
Wellington (or London)
Susan
|
$600
[3]
This murder weapon in the classic game of Clue is mentioned in the rhyme "Jack be nimble"
candlestick
Andrew
|
$600
[8]
In business it's what "FIFO" stands for
first in, first out
Susan
|
| — |
$800
[23]
In February 1970 this LSU basketball player, nicknamed "Pistol Pete", scored over 60 points in a game twice
Pete Maravich
|
$800
[19]
The book "I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby" is "A Colorful History of" these newspapers
tabloids
Andrew
|
$800
[13]
If you're in Johannesburg
Pretoria
Anne
|
$800
[4]
Acey-deucey is a variation of this ancient board game of points & stones
backgammon
Susan
|
$800
[9]
To a doctor a heart attack is an M.I., which stands for these 2 10-letter words
myocardial infarction
Anne
|
| — |
$1,000
[27]
Georgia halfback Herschel Walker won the 1982 Heisman Trophy; this Stanford quarterback was runner-up
(John) Elway
Andrew
|
$1,000
[20]
The modern TV picture tube is basically this "scope" invented by Vladimir Zworykin
kinescope
|
$1,000
[14]
If you're in Medellin
Bogotá
Susan
Andrew
|
$1,000
[5]
One of the 2 highest-point-valued tiles in a game of Scrabble
Q (or Z)
Susan
Andrew
|
$1,000
[26]
The movie "The Mummy Returns" used CGI, this kind of imagery
computer graphic (generated)
Andrew
|
| TAKE THE "MONEY" & RUN | HUSBANDS & WIVES | STARDUST MEMORIES | NEW YORK STORIES | WOODY ALLEN |
|
$400
[16]
A document for payment purchased at a bank or post office
money order
Susan
|
$400
[1]
This man married Betsy Griscom of Philadelphia in 1773, perhaps due to her skill with a needle & thread
(John) Ross
Susan
|
$400
[6]
At 3,280 miles across, this planet's moon Ganymede is the largest satellite in our solar system
Jupiter
Andrew
|
$400
[11]
This musical "Story" about gangs in New York won 10 Oscars when it made it to the big screen in 1961
West Side Story
Susan
|
$400
[21]
Woody could say "Thanks for the Memory" to this star of "The Big Broadcast of 1938", an early comedy hero
Bob Hope
|
|
$800
[17]
A term for a wealthy personage, or the sacks where you stash your cash
moneybags
Susan
|
$800
[2]
From the Latin for "sharer", it was Prince Albert's title as Queen Victoria's spouse
Consort
Susan
|
$800
[7]
In 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered the moon of this fourth planet from the Sun
Mars
Andrew
|
$800
[12]
His Catskills-based story "Rip Van Winkle" was inspired by a popular folk tale
Washington Irving
Susan
Anne
|
$800
[25]
Woody graduated from Midwood High School in this NYC borough
Brooklyn
Susan
|
|
$1,200
[18]
To "clean" illegal funds by passing them through a legitimate business in order to hide their origins
money laundering
Susan
|
$1,200
[3]
Will Shakespeare's better half, she shares her name with the young star of "The Princess Diaries"
Anne Hathaway
Anne
|
$1,200
[8]
The longest one of these celestial events in the 20th century occurred June 20, 1955 & lasted 7 minutes & 8 seconds
eclipse
Susan
|
$1,200
[13]
In a F. Scott Fitzgerald work, this title character lived at West Egg on New York's Long Island
The Great Gatsby
Anne
|
$1,200
[22]
Woody can often be seen jazzily blowing this woodwind instrument at New York's Cafe Carlyle
clarinet
Susan
|
|
$1,600
[19]
As NYC transit cops, Snipes & Harrelson chase a cash-laden subway car in this 1995 big screen thriller
Money Train
|
$1,600
[4]
He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht on several works & with Lotte Lenya on 2 marriages
(Kurt) Weill
Anne
|
$1,600
[9]
The Earth had a close shave with one of these on Dec. 9, 1994, when it came within 60,000 miles
asteroid
Susan
Andrew
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
In this mythic novel, Bernard Malamud wrote about Roy Hobbs, a player on the New York Knights baseball team
The Natural
Anne
|
$1,600
[23]
Woody played Victor Shakapopulis in this 1965 "feline" comedy that starred Peter O'Toole
What's New Pussycat?
Susan
|
|
$2,000
[20]
It's the "place" for short-term trade in low-risk securities
money market fund
Susan
|
$2,000
[5]
Appropriately, "Giulietta Degli Spiriti" was one of Giulietta Masina's films with this director husband
Federico Fellini
Anne
|
$2,000
[10]
The fastest-rotating one of these objects, believed to be neutron stars, spins once every 0.00156 seconds
pulsar
|
$1,600
[14]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew stands outside the Plaza Hotel.) The Plaza Hotel is the homeof this fictional little girl, invented in the 1940sby the singer Kay Thompson.
Eloise
Anne
|
DD
$5,000
[24]
Woody's current wife is the adopted daughter of this conductor
André Previn
Susan
|
Rachmaninoff & Heifetz watched Paul Whiteman conduct the 1924 premiere of a milestone work by this composer
Gershwin