(Leonard Maltin: Hi, I'mLeonard Maltin, and I give this next show four stars.)
Jim Baer — a project coordinator from Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Shelley Hagan — a planning analyst from Baraboo, Wisconsin
Brian O'Riordan — an audio/visual manager from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | $1,000 | $200 | $13,800 |
$1,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,800
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shelley | $2,000 | $4,400 | $9,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $4,600 | $8,600 | $11,800 |
$9,799
New champion: $9,799 |
$11,800
23 R, 1 W |
| NAME THAT PRESIDENT | ANIMAL CRACKERS | SUE GRAFTON'S ALPHABET MYSTERIES | NOT NO. 1 | MALTIN ON THE MOVIES | IN THE "CAN" |
|
$200
[11]
6'4" but going on 7 feet with hat; a Whig earlier in life; a fan of the theater, unfortunately
Abraham Lincoln
Jim
|
$200
[6]
Though this circus entrepreneur's name is on the Nabisco box, he was never cut in on the profits
P.T. Barnum
Jim
|
$200
[26]
A likely excuse, "A is for..."
Alibi
Shelley
|
$200
[12]
As this, Abbie Rabine would become Miss America 2002 if Katie Harman throws in the sash
first runner-up
Jim
|
$200
[1]
(Leonard Maltin starts things off.) I once wrote that only a real-life Grumpy could fail to love this 1937 animated feature
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Jim
|
$200
[13]
If you were born between June 21 & July 22, this is your Zodiac sign
Cancer
Jim
|
|
$400
[20]
Had a hiss-y fit & a "checker-ed" past; was eventually resigned to his fate
Nixon
Brian
|
$400
[7]
In 2002 Nabisco's Animal Crackers celebrated this anniversary in the U.S.
100 years
Shelley
|
$400
[27]
Like a delinquent dad, "D is for..."
Deadbeat
Brian
|
$400
[18]
The Los Angeles Unified School District has a pool of about 6,500 of these
substitute teachers
Shelley
|
$400
[2]
Steve Martin's first starring feature, Maltin describes it as "The misadventures of a terminally stupid man"
The Jerk
Jim
|
$400
[14]
A linstock was the long stick once used to hold the match when firing this weapon
cannon
Jim
|
|
$600
[21]
Doubt you'll see him in a "middle name's the same" category; played by Gary Sinese; gave 'em hell
Truman
Brian
|
$600
[8]
Nabisco added the string to the box to allow it to be used as one of these holiday items
Christmas tree ornament
Shelley
|
$600
[28]
Until proven otherwise, "I is for..."
Innocent
Jim
|
$600
[19]
For the Glen Campbell 45-rpm version of "Wichita Lineman", it was "True Grit"
flip side
Jim
|
$600
[3]
(Leonard Maltin continues.) I've called this 1941 classic "A stunning film in every way" & Orson Welles was only 25 years old when he made it!
Citizen Kane
Jim
|
$600
[15]
Vancouver's NHL team
Canucks
Jim
|
|
$800
[22]
Born in Iowa; helped feed the unfortunate; sucked up 444 electoral votes in 1928
Hoover
Brian
|
$800
[9]
The current menagerie in the Nabisco box has 2 of these (perhaps ursa major & ursa minor)
bears
Jim
|
$800
[29]
Evil intent, "M is for..."
Malice
Brian
Jim
|
$800
[24]
It's the position of the horse that comes in second
place
Brian
|
$800
[4]
Maltin tells us this 1951 classic was "gorgeously filmed on location in the Belgian Congo"
The African Queen
Jim
|
$800
[16]
It's Australia's largest inland city
Canberra
Shelley
|
|
$1,000
[23]
First thought on his sudden presidency--"I thought I could swing it"; to him, silence was golden
Calvin Coolidge
Jim
|
$1,000
[10]
In a song sung by a curly-topped kid, this line precedes "Monkees and rabbits loop the loop"
Animal crackers in my soup
Brian
|
$1,000
[30]
Some sit in it, "J is for..."
Judgment
Jim
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
For Flirt & Reenie in a 1951 Broadway production of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs", it was Tuesday Weld
understudy
Brian
|
$1,000
[5]
(Leonard Maltin wraps up the category for us.) What Hitchcock did with this 1960 film was brilliant. Imagine, killing off your major star in the first portion of the film
Psycho
Shelley
|
$1,000
[17]
It's the duck seen here looking pretty as a picture
canvasback
Brian
Shelley
|
| SPACED OUT | CONSONANTS | ON THE INTERSTATE | SPORTS NUMBERS | COVERING BARON GROUND | NICE "AB"S! |
|
$400
[7]
For a great view of Mars, astronomy.com suggests using a Wratten no. 25 filter in this appropriate color
red
Jim
|
$400
[2]
The Motion Picture Association of America gave "Pokemon 3: The Movie" this rating
G
Jim
|
$400
[16]
This state claims the Mark Twain Expressway, part of I-70, as the first project of the Interstate Highway System
Missouri
Shelley
|
$400
[1]
In golf, number of holes played in the Masters Tournament, without a playoff
72
Jim
|
$400
[26]
This poet who helped the Greeks fight the Turks was the 6th baron in his family line
Lord Byron
|
$400
[13]
A magician's word to ensure a trick's success
abracadabra
Shelley
|
|
$800
[9]
The late comet discoverer Gene Shoemaker had his ashes shot to this heavenly body he'd always wanted to visit
the Moon
Jim
|
$800
[8]
This letter followed "John" in the title of a 2002 Denzel Washington film
Q
Brian
|
$800
[19]
Indianapolis' I-465 has that number because it's an urban beltway connecting with this 2-digit interstate
I-65
Shelley
|
$800
[3]
In Major League Baseball, the minimum number of pitches to reach a "full count"
5
Shelley
Jim
|
$800
[27]
The 1st Baron Verulam, some believe he wrote Shakespeare's plays--but others say that's hogwash
Francis Bacon
Shelley
|
$800
[14]
A bottomless pit of hell
abyss
Jim
|
|
$1,200
[23]
(Hi, my name's Charlie Hobaugh and I'm on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.) This instant orange-flavored drink was popular with kids in the '60s because astronauts used to drink it
Tang
Brian
|
$1,200
[10]
In "Who's Who" entries, name & occupation are usually followed by this single-letter abbreviation
b.
|
$1,600
[21]
The only 3000-mile interstate is I-90, which starts in Boston & ends in this west coast metropolis
Seattle
|
$1,200
[4]
Michael Johnson won Olympic Gold in 2000 by covering this many meters in 43.84 seconds
400
Brian
|
$1,600
[29]
Baron Clive of Plassey began his career as a clerk in this company in Madras
East India Company
|
$1,200
[15]
An original inhabitant from earliest times
aborigine
Brian
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Not to be confused with KFC, the KSC is this space-y place
Kennedy Space Center
Brian
|
$1,600
[11]
A "tacky" sailing expression says, the shortest distance between 2 points is this letter
Z
|
$2,000
[22]
It runs 1,900 miles from Miami to Houlton, Maine
I-95
Brian
|
$1,600
[5]
The NBA gives an annual award to this "Man" who comes off the bench
6th Man
Jim
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
John Maynard, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton, made his biggest mark in this field
economics
Shelley
|
$1,600
[17]
Capital of the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Brian
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Stargazers know that the planetarium in Copenhagen is named for this Danish astronomer
Tycho Brahe
Shelley
Jim
|
$2,000
[12]
Copyright on writings is indicated by a C in a circle; on sound recordings, by this letter in a circle
P
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
It's the state with the most interstate mileage, including Interstates 10, 20 & 45
Texas
Shelley
|
$2,000
[6]
(Here's Sarah.) As Ty Murray could tell you, a professional bullrider must remain on the animal for this many seconds. Yee haw!
8
Brian
|
$2,000
[30]
The German baron born Israel Beer Josaphat founded this news agency in Paris in 1851
Reuters
Brian
|
$2,000
[18]
(Here's Cheryl.) It's the ritual act I'm performing
ablution
Shelley
|
Besides English & Spanish, 2 of the 4 other languages in which the U.S. census 2000 questionnaires were printed
(2 of) Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog & Korean