Dennis Scott — an actor from Baltimore, Maryland
Michelle St. James — an attorney from Baldwin, Massachusetts
Raj Choudhary — a customer care manager from Houston, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $29,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raj | $1,400 | $2,200 | $11,900 |
$5,400
2nd place: Trip to Stockholm, Sweden courtesy of Priceline.com |
$9,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michelle | $1,500 | $1,500 | $2,300 |
$0
3rd place: Panasonic Digital Camera |
$2,300
6 R, 0 W |
| Dennis | $1,400 | $4,200 | $9,200 |
$7,500
New champion: $7,500 |
$9,100
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| HISTORIC OCCASIONS | TV SPIN-OFFS | OUT FOR BLOOD | LET'S ALL HEAD TO KANSAS | THE ART OF WAR | 5-LETTER WORDS |
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$100
[21]
James Marshall found this Jan. 24, 1848, days before California was handed over to the U.S.
Gold
Raj
|
$100
[11]
"Frasier"
Cheers
Michelle
|
$100
[16]
If this pooch who hunts by scent alone identifies a criminal, it's accepted in U.S. courts
Bloodhound
Dennis
|
$100
[26]
Kansas became a U.S. territory as a part of this 1803 purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Raj
|
$100
[1]
"Returning Fire", a painting by Bill McGrath, depicts these 2 Civil War ironclads in battle
Monitor & Merrimac
Raj
|
$100
[4]
When you want someone to hurry up with a lengthy explanation, have them "cut to" this
The chase
Dennis
|
|
$200
[22]
The 1851 Lopez Expedition, a disastrous attempt to free this island, was an early version of the Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Raj
|
$200
[12]
"Laverne & Shirley"
Happy Days
Michelle
|
$200
[17]
This islander in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" sings "Happy Talk" & "Bali Ha'i"
Bloody Mary
Dennis
|
$200
[27]
It's the Kansas "city" known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World"
Dodge City
|
$200
[2]
It's the 1836 battle captured here by Kirk Stirnweis
The Alamo
Raj
|
$200
[5]
One of these can toss a stone or hold steady a broken arm
Sling
Raj
Dennis
|
|
$300
[23]
In 1798, in this African country, Napoleon said, "Soldiers...forty centuries look down upon you"
Egypt
Dennis
|
$300
[13]
"Melrose Place"
Beverly Hills, 90210
Dennis
|
$300
[18]
In this 1935 film Errol Flynn plays an Irish physician who's forced to become a pirate
Captain Blood
Dennis
|
$300
[28]
Near this president's library & museum in Abilene you'll also find his grave & boyhood home
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
$300
[3]
Seen here, "Leave No One Behind", by Joe Klein, depicts a scene from this war
Vietnam War
Dennis
|
$300
[8]
It's a danger to a chess player's king, or something you request from a waiter
Check
Michelle
|
|
DD
$500
[24]
Name shared by an American film made in 1903 & a British crime committed in 1963
The Great Train Robbery
Dennis
|
$400
[14]
"Knots Landing"
Dallas
Michelle
|
$400
[19]
In 1975 UPI named this Rams defensive end the National Football Conference's Defensive Player of the Year
Jack Youngblood
Dennis
|
$400
[29]
With music by Daniel Kelley & words by Brewster Higley, it's Kansas "Home"y style song
Home on the Range
Raj
|
$400
[6]
The bombing of this Spanish city in 1937 inspired a famous painting by Picasso
Guernica
Raj
|
$400
[9]
As a noun it's a steep-walled canyon; as a verb, to stuff yourself with food
Gorge
Dennis
|
|
$500
[25]
This man died April 5, 1975, after a quarter of a century leading Nationalist China on Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Raj
|
$500
[15]
"Promised Land"
Touched By An Angel
Michelle
|
$500
[20]
Truman Capote called this book about the murder of a farmer & his family a "nonfiction novel"
"In Cold Blood"
Dennis
|
$500
[30]
Today the site of a federal penitentiary, this city was the first incorporated community in the Kansas territory
Leavenworth
Raj
Dennis
|
$500
[7]
He's the Scottish king depicted here who defeated Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314
Robert the Bruce/1st
Raj
|
$500
[10]
An organism's ecological role in the community, or a recess in the wall for a statue
Niche
Dennis
|
| ASTRONOMY | CELEBRITY ODD JOBS | AUTHORS | MOVIE SPORTSMEN | "U" HAVE THE RIGHT | TO REMAIN SILENT |
|
$200
[20]
The Bayeux Tapestry depicted an early sighting of a comet later given this name
Halley's Comet
Raj
|
$200
[15]
Before he was one of the "Legends of the Fall", he dressed up as a chicken for the El Pollo Loco fast-food chain
Brad Pitt
Dennis
|
$200
[26]
This "Don Quixote" author was called the "Maimed of Lepanto" for wounds suffered in battle
Cervantes
Raj
|
$200
[10]
1992:John Goodman
Babe Ruth
Raj
|
$200
[1]
This pure white fabulous equine is a symbol of virginity
Unicorn
Dennis
|
$200
[6]
A charity may hold a silent one of these to raise some money before the dinner
Auction
Dennis
|
|
$400
[21]
It's the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor
North Star/Polaris
Raj
|
$400
[16]
This "Wild & Crazy" guy probably didn't wear a fake arrow through his head when he sold guidebooks at Disneyland
Steve Martin
Dennis
|
$400
[27]
Activities at a Key West, Fla. festival honoring this author include a running of the bulls & a short story contest
Ernest Hemingway
Dennis
|
$400
[13]
1961:Jackie Gleason
Minnesota Fats
|
$400
[2]
Webster's 3rd says it's an interjection used to express reassurance when a small child is lifted
Upsy-daisy
Dennis
|
$400
[7]
In the original German this song begins, "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!"
"Silent Night"
Dennis
|
|
$600
[22]
Among the most distant of these, the Trojan Group actually travels in the same orbit as Jupiter
Asteroids
Dennis
|
$600
[17]
This country singer/songwriter was "On The Road Again" as a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman
Willie Nelson
Raj
|
DD
$500
[29]
In 1842 he & a shipmate jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands & lived for a month with the Typee tribe
Herman Melville
Raj
|
$600
[12]
1994:Tommy Lee Jones
Ty Cobb
Raj
|
$600
[3]
Beaverdam Creek & Kings Peak are the low & high points of this state
Utah
Dennis
|
$600
[8]
In business, one of these firm members may be full, senior or silent
Partner
Dennis
|
|
$800
[23]
From 1979 to 1999 it was the planet in our solar system farthest from the sun
Neptune
Raj
|
$800
[18]
She worked in an Australian gold mine before becoming a "Warrior Princess"
Lucy Lawless
Raj
|
$600
[28]
19th century author Mary Ann Evans wrote under this pen name
George Eliot
Raj
|
$800
[11]
1971:James Caan
Brian Piccolo (from "Brian's Song")
|
$800
[4]
The union of Egypt & Syria that lasted from 1958 to 1961 was dubbed this
United Arab Republic
Michelle
|
$800
[9]
Sources say he wrote his November 1969 "Silent Majority" speech all by himself
Richard Nixon
Raj
|
|
$1,000
[24]
Black holes are thought to "power" these remote objects named for their resemblance to stars
Quasars
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
[Hi, I'm Wendie Malick from "Just Shoot Me"] I once worked for this former Bills quarterback when he represented a Buffalo-area district in Congress
Jack Kemp
Raj
|
$1,000
[30]
He based Mark Rampion in "Point Counter Point" on his friend D.H. Lawrence; Philip Quarles was based on himself
Aldous Huxley
|
$1,000
[14]
1978:LeVar Burton
Ron LeFlore
|
$1,000
[5]
The "U" on that UL tag on your product means it was tested for safety by these laboratories
Underwriters Laboratories
Dennis
|
$1,000
[25]
He's played Silent Bob in a slew of films including "Mallrats" & "Clerks"
Kevin Smith
Raj
|
Ruth Perry, modern Africa's first female head of state, headed a transitional government in this country in 1996
Liberia