Jennifer Fremlin — an English professor originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
Dileep Rao — an actor from Santa Monica, California
Erik Best — a law student from East Lansing, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik | $1,200 | $4,400 | $14,400 |
$18,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,400
23 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Dileep | $3,600 | $4,400 | $17,400 |
$34,400
New champion: $34,400 |
$14,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jennifer | $600 | $1,800 | $9,400 |
$14,402
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
14 R, 3 W |
| I WRITE THE SONGS | MAN "D" | I MADE IT THROUGH THE REIGN | CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU | SHIPS | COBRA CABANA |
|
$200
[7]
He co-wrote the songs "Copacabana" & "Could It Be Magic", but not "I Write the Songs"
Barry Manilow
Erik
|
$200
[2]
He gave up a career as a military engineer to write novels like "The Brothers Karamazov"
Dostoyevsky
Jennifer
|
$200
[22]
For 164 years, 1610 to 1774, France was ruled by just 3 kings, all of this name
Louis
Erik
|
$200
[13]
An adjunct to a toothbrush, it can be nylon or silk thread, waxed or unwaxed
floss
Dileep
|
$200
[12]
In 2001 an aircraft carrier named for this former president was christened by his wife Nancy
Reagan
Erik
|
$200
[1]
Cobras can't hear the music from this person's flute; they "dance" following the movements
the snake charmer
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[8]
We've got nothing but this for Otis Redding, who wrote the song, Aretha Franklin's first No. 1 hit
"Respect"
Erik
|
$400
[3]
A fascination with brine led this man to found his own chemical company in the 1890s
Dow
Dileep
Jennifer
|
$400
[23]
Franz Joseph got plenty of new clothes when he ruled Austria for 68 years with this loftier title than king
emperor
Erik
|
$400
[14]
It's the hard outer layer of a tooth
enamel
Erik
|
$400
[16]
After its return to England, this Pilgrim ship may have been sold for salvage & used as a barn roof
the Mayflower
Erik
|
$400
[25]
The Asian cobra lives on these rodents, which might make it a good plague controller
rats
Erik
|
|
$600
[9]
Just 5'2", his stature is huge for writing "An Old Fashioned Love Song" & a theme for "The Love Boat"
Paul Williams
Jennifer
|
$600
[4]
Bet you a decimal point that you'll know he founded the American Library Association
(Melvil) Dewey
Dileep
|
$600
[24]
Fath Ali Shah ruled this country from 1797 to 1834 & led it in disastrous wars against Russia
Iran
|
$600
[15]
Bacteria, saliva & food debris make up this rough, sticky coating on teeth which can harden into tartar
plaque
Dileep
|
$600
[17]
This naval hero named his ship the Bonhomme Richard in honor of Benjamin Franklin
John Paul Jones
Erik
|
$600
[26]
The king cobra is the only known snake that builds these
nests
Erik
|
|
$800
[10]
This singer-songwriter of "Doctor My Eyes" had a highly publicized breakup with Daryl Hannah in the early '90s
Jackson Browne
Dileep
|
$800
[5]
Yes, sir, in 1586 this British sea dog picked up some disgruntled settlers from the soon-to-be-"lost colony"
Sir Francis Drake
|
$800
[29]
Averaging 23 years per reign, the last 5 Russian czars were named either Nicholas or this
Alexander
Dileep
Jennifer
|
$800
[20]
These teeth usually erupt between the ages of 17 & 25, hence their popular name
wisdom teeth
Erik
|
$800
[18]
Nearly 1,200 people died after a torpedo sank this British liner in 1915
the Lusitania
Erik
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
This North African country's cobra was used by its rulers as a symbol of authority
Egypt
Erik
|
|
$1,000
[11]
2002 marks the centennial of this composer whose music is heard here
Richard Rodgers
|
$1,000
[6]
As a runaway slave, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey changed his name to this to avoid capture
Douglass
Dileep
|
$1,000
[30]
Otto, who ruled Greece from 1832 to 1862, was the son of King Ludwig of this German state
Bavaria
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[21]
This branch of dentistry treats the diseases that affect the structures that surround & support the teeth
periodontics
Dileep
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[19]
A book about this brig calls it "Survey Ship Extraordinary"; we're sure Charles Darwin would agree
the Beagle
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[28]
When a cobra feels threatened, ribs spread to create this feature (also an area shared by neighbors)
a hood
Dileep
Jennifer
|
| AFRICAN CITIES | BASEBALL HISTORY | COLORFUL PEOPLE | THEATRE GAMES | NOTHING BUT TIME | GIMME AN "F"! |
|
$400
[30]
Jo'burg is a nickname for this city founded in the 1880s
Johannesburg
Erik
|
$400
[3]
In 1881 the owner of the Chicago White Stockings said these "must come down" to keep teams from bankruptcy
players' salaries
Jennifer
|
$400
[9]
She played Rose on "The Golden Girls" for 7 years
Betty White
Erik
|
$400
[2]
In a Shakespeare play, this queen invites one of her eunuchs to play billiards with her at her palace in Alexandria
Cleopatra
Erik
|
$400
[19]
It's also called dusk & Rod Serling gave it a "zone"
twilight
Jennifer
|
$400
[1]
It's the disk that goes into your PC
floppy
Dileep
|
|
$800
[21]
You'll find this Egyptian city at the southern entrance to the canal of the same name
Suez
Erik
|
$800
[5]
(Hi, I'm New York Yankees fan Rudy Giuliani.) The 1920 purchase of this Boston ballplayer for about $125,000 forever changed the history of the New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Erik
|
$800
[10]
It was the colorful WWI nickname of Manfred von Richthofen
the Red Baron
Jennifer
|
$800
[15]
Set in a church basement, a new musical about this game premiered in Hermosa Beach, California in 2001
bingo
Jennifer
|
$800
[20]
In the 1970s the FCC limited TV stations' network programming during this rhyming period
prime time
Dileep
|
$800
[4]
In hockey, it restarts play by dropping the puck between 2 opposing players
a face-off
Erik
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The capital of the Seychelles has this "queenly" name, like the capital of British Columbia
Victoria
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[6]
Agricultural term for the system, created by Branch Rickey, of minor league teams controlled by a big league team
a farm system
Erik
|
$1,200
[11]
This country singer married Lisa Hartman in 1991
Clint Black
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[16]
In this comedy, Oscar says, "let's just play cards, and please hold them up; I can't see where I marked them"
The Odd Couple
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[22]
We use this word for a schedule of train arrivals & departures; in England it's also a schedule of classes
a timetable
|
$1,200
[14]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew curls up in a comfy recliner.) This posture is often assumed by people during intense emotional trauma
fetal
Dileep
|
|
$2,000
[29]
Update your address book--Tanzania's capital is moving from this city to Dodoma
Dar es Salaam
Dileep
|
$1,600
[7]
Lee Smith is the all-time leader in this pitching category with 478
saves
Erik
|
$1,600
[12]
Cha-ching! He's the young actor seen here
Seth Green
Erik
|
$1,600
[17]
As a penalty in the game of forfeits, Mozart's wife shows her legs to some party guests in this famous play
Amadeus
Jennifer
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
In geologic time, eons are divided into these, which are in turn divided into periods
eras
Erik
|
$1,600
[25]
A numerical set of Vivaldi concertos
"The Four Seasons"
Dileep
|
|
DD
$5,000
[27]
As luck would have it, the 1942 film named for this city opened 3 weeks after the Allies landed there
Casablanca
Dileep
|
$2,000
[8]
In 1912 this team held a 1-day strike when teammate Ty Cobb was suspended; their replacements lost, 24-2
the Detroit Tigers
Erik
|
$2,000
[13]
"Sagwa", a PBS animated series about a Chinese Siamese cat, is based on one of her children's books
Amy Tan
|
$2,000
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a craps table.) In this musical, Nathan Detroit runs the oldest-established permanent floating crap game in New York
Guys and Dolls
Erik
|
$2,000
[24]
The one developed by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers shows hours, minutes, seconds & frames
a video timecode
|
$2,000
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram called "Life of a Jeopardy!Clue".) It's the type of sequence diagram seen here
a flowchart
Dileep
|
In a 2001 film Jon Voight played this man; in a 2002 TV movie, so did John Turturro
Howard Cosell