Matt Heller — a high school teacher from Chicago, Illinois
Nicole Raymond — a defense contractor from Alexandria, Virginia
Rich Rosenlof — a sales representative from Sacramento, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $59,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich | $1,600 | $4,000 | $13,000 |
$21,000
3-day champion: $80,800 |
$14,000
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nicole | $3,600 | $5,400 | $10,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Matt | $1,800 | $5,600 | $14,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,000
21 R, 0 W |
| THE COLD WAR YEARS | FOLLOW THE LEADER | COUNTRY COOKBOOKS | NEW TO THE INVENTORS HALL OF FAME | LAST NAME'S THE SAME | "QUE" TIPS |
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$200
[1]
This Caribbean Communist leader met Khrushchev for the first time during the 1960 U.N. General Asembly
Castro
Nicole
|
$200
[7]
A prototype TV show, or one who steers a vessel
pilot
Matt
|
$200
[3]
Keep your own little Opie happy with "Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook", inspired by this TV series
The Andy Griffith Show
Nicole
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$200
[26]
Patsy Sherman & Sam Smith don't have any spots on the fabric of their record; they invented this 3M product
Scotchgard
Matt
|
$200
[15]
Gwendolyn, James L., Garth
Brooks
Matt
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$200
[11]
Bring one of these to a PBS "Roadshow" to get it appraised
antique
Matt
|
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$400
[2]
The launching of this in 1957 shocked the west as it showed the Soviets had the edge in space technology
Sputnik
Matt
|
$400
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Preservation Hall in New Orleans.) The person playing this instrument is generally the leader of a traditional New Orleans jazz band
trumpet
Rich
Nicole
|
$400
[8]
Her cookbook features dishes she made while raising Ashley & Wynonna
Naomi Judd
Matt
|
$400
[27]
You can hunt & peck around the hall for the invention of Christopher Sholes known as this
typewriter
Rich
Matt
|
$400
[18]
Liz, Jaclyn, Bubba
Smith
Nicole
|
$400
[13]
From the Old French for "shady", it means impenetrable by light, or dense
opaque
Nicole
|
|
$600
[4]
These 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 by an act of Congress
under God
Rich
|
$600
[23]
Literally, it's someone who indicates a trail by making marks on trees
trailblazer
Rich
|
$600
[9]
This Irene Ryan character's "Beverly Hillbillies Cookbook" is not for the faint of palate (possum, anyone?)
Granny
Matt
|
$600
[28]
Thomas Fogarty's embolectomy catheter has one of these on the tip & no, he can't make a giraffe out of it
balloon
Matt
|
$600
[19]
Bo, Shirley, Samuel L.
Jackson
Matt
|
$800
[16]
In a 1963 bestseller, Betty Friedan wrote about a "Feminine" one
Mystique
Nicole
|
|
$800
[5]
President Eisenhower first laid out this "Theory" of Communist expansion during a 1954 press conference
Domino Theory
Nicole
|
$800
[24]
A runner who charges ahead in a race to set a fast pace is known as this animal
rabbit
Rich
|
$800
[10]
This singer's "Southern Cookbook" might help you avoid a D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Tammy Wynette
Nicole
|
$800
[29]
Stanley Cohen & Herbert Boyer combined their talents to splice fragments of this together from different species
DNA
Rich
|
$800
[20]
Ted, Nat, Lana
Turner
Matt
|
$1,000
[17]
A gauge on this type of wrench helps a mechanic tighten bolts to a precise tension
torque
Nicole
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Congressional opponents of this Cold War "Plan" to aid postwar Europe called it "Operation Rathole"
Marshall Plan
Rich
|
$1,000
[25]
5-letter military term for the dangerous position of advance man in an advance guard
scout (point)
Matt
|
$1,000
[12]
"The Bluegrass Music Cookbook" includes a cornbread recipe from this female fiddler, the toast of Champaign, Ill.
Alison Krauss
|
$1,000
[30]
Elijah McCoy improved the productivity & life span of machines by automating this maintenance function
lubrication
|
$1,000
[21]
Jennifer, Quincy, Parnelli
Jones
Rich
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
As a verb it means to provoke or arouse! As a noun it means a feeling of irritation from wounded pride
pique
Nicole
|
| GREAT BRITS | ON YOUR TOES | NO DOUBT, IT'S THOMAS | B WHERE | FOUR | "ALL" WE KNOW |
|
$400
[3]
In 1941 he told students at Harrow, "Never give in, never, never, never, never...
Churchill
Matt
|
$400
[2]
These wooden rails attached to the walls of ballet studios are used for support while practicing
barres
Rich
|
$400
[1]
This 3-named British actress got an Oscar nomination for "The English Patient"
Kristin Scott Thomas
Nicole
|
$400
[16]
The Bloombury District of this city is home to an arts & literary crowd
London
Rich
Nicole
|
$400
[21]
With this feature, a motor vehicle's power can be transmitted to both axles
4-wheel drive
Matt
|
$400
[26]
"Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?" is an example of this literary effect also known as head rhyme
alliteration
Rich
|
|
$800
[4]
This nemesis of Napoleon became British prime minister in 1828
Wellington
Matt
|
$800
[11]
Margot Fonteyn first danced onstage with him on Feb. 21, 1962 at Covent Garden in a performance of "Giselle"
Nureyev
Nicole
|
$800
[8]
John Adams said, "I know not whether any man...has had more influence...for the last 30 years than" this pamphleteer
Thomas Paine
Nicole
|
$800
[17]
Bromo is a volcano that may bubble up & erupt on Java in this country
Indonesia
Rich
|
$800
[22]
After liberation from Nazi forces in 1945 this nation declared its government the Fourth Republic
France
Matt
|
$800
[27]
This river joins the Monogahela at Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[5]
In 1859 he published "The Book That Shook the World"
Darwin
Rich
|
$1,200
[12]
Although founded in New York City, the Joffrey Ballet is now headquartered in this midwest city
Chicago
Matt
|
$1,200
[9]
"Jude the Obscure" was this author's last novel
Thomas Hardy
|
$1,200
[18]
If you want to be a Bremen town musician, head to this country
Germany
Matt
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Alcaeus, Arion, Sappho &Terpander were the "4 Poets of" this island
Lesbos
Rich
|
$1,200
[28]
It's an association of groups with a common aim
alliance
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[6]
In "Adonais" Percy Shelley paid tribute to this friend & poet
John Keats
|
$1,600
[14]
This 1911 Stravinsky ballet told the touching story of puppets brought to life
Petrushka
|
$2,000
[13]
He published his first book, "Eighteen Poems", in 1934
Dylan Thomas
Rich
|
$1,600
[19]
Bloemhof & Bloemfontein Bloem in this country
South Africa
Rich
|
$1,200
[23]
It's a unit of 4 inches used in measuring the height of a horse
hand
Rich
|
$1,600
[29]
A very large carnivorous theropod of the late Jurassic Period
Allosaurus
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Perhaps Elizabeth Taylor could tell you that in 1853, this explorer disguised himself as an Arab to see shrines in Mecca
Sir Richard Burton
|
$2,000
[15]
Founded in 1909, his Ballets Russes featured such choreographers as Nijinsky & Balanchine
Diaghilev
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from on the Stars & Stripes.) This tea merchant made 5 unsuccessful bids for the America's Cup; perhaps he wasn't brisk enough
Thomas Lipton
Nicole
|
$2,000
[20]
The Bonneville Salt Flats are in Utah; the Bonneville Dam is in this state
Oregon
|
$2,000
[25]
From the Greek for "four faces", it's a geometric solid with 4 plane faces
tetrahedron
Rich
|
$2,000
[30]
Representing God, it's the Masonic symbol that tops the pyramid on the back of the U.S. one dollar bill
all-seeing eye
|
After ether's first use in surgery, O.W. Holmes coined this word from the Greek for the condition it produced
anesthesia