Ernest Fagan — a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy from Chula Vista, California
Matthew Wiehr — a geology student from Eugene, Oregon
Rob Core — a collections account manager from Akron, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob | $1,000 | $1,300 | $7,600 |
$2,300
2nd place: a trip to Paris courtesy of Priceline.com |
$8,500
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matthew | $300 | $1,400 | $6,400 |
$3,400
New champion: $3,400 |
$4,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Ernest | $400 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
$500
3rd place: an ourhouse.com shopping spree |
$3,000
15 R, 4 W |
| "C" IN GEOGRAPHY | I KNOW THAT SONG | GOLD, SILVER OR BRONZE | PEOPLE WITH PEANUTS NAMES | FOAM | FOOTNOTES IN HISTORY |
|
$100
[11]
On a 1923 trip, Warren G. Harding made the 1st presidential visit to the Alaska Territory & to this nation
Canada
Ernest
|
$100
[26]
"And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true"
"Over The Rainbow"
Rob
Matthew
|
$100
[3]
Proverbial lining for a cloud
silver
Matthew
|
$100
[8]
In a Coasters hit song this title man asks, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?"
"Charlie Brown"
Rob
|
$100
[1]
Alexandra Tydings plays this totally cool Greek love goddess, created by the foam of the sea, on "Xena" & "Hercules"
Aphrodite
Rob
|
$100
[18]
In 1866 Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of this (1)(1) He also founded a similar society to protect children
Cruelty to Animals
Matthew
|
|
$200
[12]
A statewide law that went into effect Jan. 1, 1998 banned smoking cigarettes in bars & restaurants in this state
California
Ernest
|
$200
[27]
"Look at me I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"
"Misty"
Matthew
|
$200
[4]
Awake's "Nuance Veil" tan-faking makeup
bronze
Rob
Matthew
|
$200
[9]
The doctor was in when this important hominid fossil was discovered in 1974
Lucy
Matthew
Ernest
|
$200
[2]
Dating back to the early 18th century, it's a pie topping made of beaten egg whites & sugar that's browned
meringue
Matthew
|
$200
[19]
Judah Benjamin, an adviser to this man, was "The Brains of the Confederacy" (2)(2) He fled to England & became a successful lawyer
Jefferson Davis
Matthew
|
|
$300
[13]
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is located in this city
Cleveland
Rob
Matthew
|
$300
[28]
"They can beg and they can plead but they can't see the light... 'cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right"
"Material Girl"
|
$300
[5]
A regular on "Growing Pains"
Tracey Gold
Matthew
|
$300
[10]
In 1973 this woman from Colorado began her 24-year tenure in the House
Pat Schroeder
Ernest
|
$300
[23]
Don Ho is associated with "Tiny Bubbles" & this late bandleader with "Champagne Music"
Lawrence Welk
Ernest
|
$300
[20]
Mathematician Hermann Minkowski combined space & time, laying groundwork for this theory (3)(3) His brother Oskar found that diabetes originates in the pancreas
Theory of Relativity
Matthew
|
|
$400
[14]
This peninsula gives its name to a cocktail made of vodka, cranberry juice & a slice of lime
Cape Cod
Rob
|
$400
[29]
"Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I could take it 'cause it took so long to bake it..."
"MacArthur Park"
Ernest
|
$400
[6]
This was often found under the Lone Ranger
silver
Rob
|
$400
[16]
His blankets were very holy as Pope in 67 A.D.
Linus
Rob
|
$400
[24]
The aqueous film-forming foam type of these safety devices form an oxygen-excluding barrier
fire extinguishers
Ernest
|
$400
[21]
Etienne Brule was the first European to see this second-largest Great Lake (4)(4) And was killed by the tribe of the same name
Huron
Matthew
|
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
It's the seat of Laramie County
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Rob
|
$500
[30]
"Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice"
"Song Sung Blue"
|
$500
[7]
Historic coast that's now part of Ghana
Gold Coast
Rob
|
$500
[17]
She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983
Sally Ride
Ernest
|
$500
[25]
In this 2000 film Mel Gibson supplied the voice to a character made out of foam latex & clay
Chicken Run
Ernest
|
$500
[22]
A WWII battleship sunk in Uruguay was named for this German graf (5)(5) Who lost the WWI Battle of the Falklands & drowned
Spee
Ernest
|
| ORGANIC COMPOUNDS | DISTURBIN' LEGENDS | THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS | WE'RE WORLD CHAMPS | SAVE THESE BOOKS FOR "LAST" |
|
$200
[28]
Prepare a 5% solution of acetic acid in water & you've got this salad dressing ingredient
vinegar
Matthew
|
$200
[16]
In Italy a jettatore is one who casts this deadly glance
evil eye
Matthew
|
$200
[21]
Ads for the Gap told us that James Dean & Humphrey Bogart wore these pants:
khakis
Rob
|
$200
[2]
Whether it was integral or differential, it was hard to understand the math this guy would spout
Calculus
Matthew
|
$200
[7]
Felix Trinidad, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya
boxing
Ernest
|
$200
[1]
It's the second volume of the "Leather-Stocking Tales"
The Last of the Mohicans
Matthew
|
|
$400
[26]
Once popular with anesthesiologists & hanky-wielding villains, it's also called trichloromethane
chloroform
Matthew
|
$400
[17]
You didn't want to be slow at a school that held races in which he would "take the hindmost"
the devil
Rob
|
$400
[22]
In 1985 the bodysuit was a signature piece by this NY designer seen here:
Donna Karan
Ernest
|
$400
[3]
He was retired from many official positions, including professorships, but kept all his titles
Emeritus
Rob
|
$400
[8]
Alexander Khalifman, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov
chess
Ernest
|
$400
[4]
Peter Bogdanovich directed the 1971 big screen version of this early Larry McMurtry bestseller
The Last Picture Show
Ernest
|
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
This vitamin got its initial from the way the Danes spell "coagulation"
vitamin K
Matthew
|
$600
[18]
Texas' Lake Worth one is less well known than Scotland's Loch Ness one
monster
Ernest
|
$600
[23]
A man's formal evening coat with 2 long tails in back is named for its resemblance to the tail of this bird:
swallow ("swallowtail")
Ernest
|
DD
$700
[13]
This Roman always had the full details on new stock offerings
Prospectus
Rob
|
$600
[9]
Svetlana Chorkina, Shannon Miller, Kim Zmeskal
gymnastics
Ernest
|
$600
[5]
This Edwin O'Connor novel is based on the political career of James M. Curley
The Last Hurrah
|
| — |
$800
[19]
In the "Chanson de" or "Song of" this hero, he's betrayed by the jealous Ganelon
Roland
Rob
|
$800
[24]
This illustrator's girl seenhereon a stamp had a hairstyle that was the look of the early 20th century:
Charles Dana Gibson
|
$800
[14]
Found around sacred people, he had an identical twin named Halo
Nimbus
Rob
|
$800
[10]
Alexei Yagudin, Todd Eldredge, Elvis Stojko
figure skating
Matthew
|
$800
[6]
This Bulwer-Lytton novel takes place just before & during a catastrophic volcanic eruption
The Last Days of Pompeii
|
| — |
$1,000
[20]
This Titan, the father of Zeus, did something nasty to Uranus with a sickle
Cronus
Rob
Ernest
|
$1,000
[25]
"Observe" the name of this shoe seen here:
Spectator shoes
Ernest
|
$1,000
[15]
He would have been surprised to know he's the state flower of Hawaii
Hibiscus
Rob
|
$1,000
[11]
Lasse Kjus, Hermann Maier, Alberto Tomba
skiing
Rob
|
$1,000
[12]
Published in 1964, it's Hubert Selby's unflinchingly realistic portrayal of residents of a NYC borough
Last Exit to Brooklyn
|
This 4-word slogan was also the name of a refreshing egg & fruit juice drink served at the 1924 GOP convention
"Keep Cool With Coolidge"