Erik Best — a law student from East Lansing, Michigan
Karen Evans — a photographer from Charlotte, North Carolina
Rich Hastings — a gardener from Fayetteville, Arkansas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $59,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich | $3,200 | $5,400 | $15,800 |
$31,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Karen | $1,600 | $3,600 | $9,200 |
$18,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
12 R, 4 W |
| Erik | $1,600 | $2,800 | $22,000 |
$31,700
New champion: $31,700 |
$13,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| MEDICAL TALK | HITTING THE LINKS | FOREST | NATIONALITIES | SEE 'EM & WEEP | "UP" WORDS |
|
$200
[26]
In cases of meningitis, Kernig's sign is hamstring pain when trying to extend this joint
the knee
Erik
|
$200
[6]
24 tales are linked in this Chaucer masterpiece
Canterbury Tales
Erik
|
$200
[11]
Types of these you'll find in the forest include the red-eyed vireo & the scarlet tanager
birds
Rich
|
$200
[21]
Basically this dressing is thousand island without the relish
Russian
Rich
|
$200
[16]
This actress copes with cancer & overbearing mom Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endearment"
Debra Winger
Karen
|
$200
[1]
To improve your computer by incorporating new advances
upgrade
Rich
|
|
$400
[27]
Don't worry if the doc says you have an aortic sinus of Valsalva; it's a normal part of this organ
the heart
Rich
|
$400
[7]
The Oswego canal links the Erie Canal with this Great Lake
Lake Ontario
Karen
|
$400
[12]
Careful! These eucalyptus eaters in the forests of New South Wales can rip you to pieces if disturbed
the koala
Rich
|
$400
[22]
The pirate-infested Caribbean was known as this "Main"
the Spanish Main
Rich
|
$400
[17]
This actress copes with cancer & pouty daughter Renee Zellweger in 1998's "One True Thing"
Meryl Streep
|
$400
[2]
The early training one receives in life
upbringing
Karen
|
|
$600
[28]
If your doctor says your condition is idiopathic or cryptogenic, he's telling you this about its cause
they don't know the cause
Karen
Erik
|
$600
[8]
This ancient trade route linking China & Europe was used by Marco Polo in the 13th century
the Silk Road
Rich
|
$800
[14]
As opposed to evergreen, it's the term for trees in temperate forests that lose their leaves each year
deciduous
Karen
|
$600
[23]
Relax. Enjoy. It's the bath seen here
a Turkish bath
Erik
|
$600
[18]
Who isn't moved to tears when the people of Bedford Falls come to George Bailey's rescue in this 1946 holiday classic?
It's a Wonderful Life
Rich
|
$600
[3]
Capital letters used in writing or printing
uppercase
Erik
|
|
$800
[29]
Laryngoxerosis is this problem in the throat, sometimes medicated at a nearby bar
a dry throat
Karen
|
$800
[9]
Xerox created the local area network known as this to link computers at its research center
the Ethernet
Rich
|
$1,000
[15]
You'll find this covering layer in a rainforest between the understory & the emergent layer
canopy
Karen
|
$800
[24]
Woman the Guess Who & Lenny Kravitz wanted to stay away from them
an American woman
Karen
|
$800
[19]
Ricky Schroeder took on the Jackie Cooper role in the remake of this 3-hankie classic about a washed-up fighter
The Champ
Karen
|
$800
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew has his boxing gloves on.) It's the devastating blow I'm about to deliver
an uppercut
Erik
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A patient labeled NPO, "non per os", cannot be nourished this way
through the mouth
Rich
|
$1,000
[10]
Using simple links, the molecule whose structure is seenhereis this substance, used as a bleach
hydrogen peroxide
Rich
Karen
|
DD
$1,600
[13]
The only National Forest in Missouri is named for this author
Mark Twain
Rich
|
$1,000
[25]
This dip is a sliced beef sandwich served with pan juice on the side
a French dip
Erik
|
$1,000
[20]
Robin Williams leaves heaven to save wife Annabella Sciorra from hell in this 1998 weepie
What Dreams May Come
|
$1,000
[5]
This city is home to Sweden's oldest university
Uppsala
|
| MILITARY MEN | THIS'LL KILL YA! | ON THE "M"AP | THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE | SITCOM CITIES | YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE IS CORRECT |
|
$400
[21]
"It Doesn't Take a Hero" is the autobiography of this commander of the Persian Gulf War
Schwarzkopf
Rich
|
$400
[13]
Give a person enough of this & he'll hang himself
rope
Rich
|
$400
[6]
This Northern Michigan island sits on the strait of the same name
Mackinac
Rich
|
$400
[11]
This Roundtable gal quipped, "Four be the things I'd been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt"
Dorothy Parker
Rich
Karen
|
$400
[1]
"Friends"
New York
Erik
|
$400
[26]
In an operetta title it precedes "Pinafore"
H.M.S.
Rich
|
|
$800
[22]
On June 6, 1944 he said, "The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you"
Eisenhower
Rich
|
$800
[17]
Weapon in the title of a 1983 Bryan Adams album (it was also cut 5)
a knife
Rich
|
$1,200
[8]
Limerick & Tipperary are in this cheesy-sounding province in Ireland
Munster
Rich
|
$800
[12]
Perhaps out mending the wall, this American poet said, "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired"
Frost
Erik
|
$800
[2]
"Too Close for Comfort" &"Dharma & Greg"
San Francisco
Erik
|
$800
[27]
Madonna in "Music" & J. Lo. in "Play" both have a request for this person
D.J.
Erik
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Upon arriving in France in 1917, this AEF commander laid a wreath on Lafayette's tomb
Pershing
Rich
|
$1,200
[18]
To throw out your back while monkeying around, or a "monkey" tool to twist a bolt
a wrench
Erik
|
$1,600
[9]
(Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, delivers the clue.) Nuka Hiva is the largest island in this French group in the South Pacific
the Marquesas
Rich
Karen
|
$1,200
[14]
He wrote in a 1970 book, "Love means not ever having to say you're sorry"
Erich Segal
Rich
|
$1,200
[3]
"Martin" &"Home Improvement"
Detroit
Erik
|
$1,600
[29]
This abbreviation means "no seats left"' but you can still watch the show inside
S.R.O.
Erik
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Known as "The G.I.'s General", he's the five-star hero seen here with only three during World War II
(Omar) Bradley
Rich
|
$1,600
[19]
Something easy is this type of "cinch"
a lead pipe
Rich
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Community in the name of the dollseen here, introduced in 1971
Malibu
Rich
|
$1,600
[15]
In 1949 this Baltimore columnist opined, "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another"
Mencken
Rich
|
$1,600
[4]
"Mork & Mindy"
Boulder (Colorado)
Karen
Erik
|
$2,000
[30]
A baby & mama doc (not Papa Doc) combo
OB/GYN
Rich
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Commander of the Pacific Fleet, this American signed the Japanese surrender in 1945
Nimitz
Erik
|
$2,000
[20]
An earthquake occurred in 1989 while some 60,000 folks were gathered for the World Series in this park
Candlestick
Erik
|
$2,000
[10]
It's Somalia's principal port & not a Chinese dish, even when followed by pork
Mogadishu
Karen
|
$2,000
[16]
This Victorian prime minister observed, "The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end"
Benjamin Disraeli
Karen
|
$2,000
[5]
"Alice"
Phoenix
Karen
|
DD
$10,000
[28]
This postal abbreviation of the "Old Line State" has been doctored
MD
Erik
|
All the correct responses in the category "THIS'LL KILL YA!" are integral to this, introduced in the 1940s
Clue