Jeremy Horowitz — a lawyer from Santa Monica, California
Missy Montemayor — a health insurance supervisor from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
John Overholt — a librarian from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $1,800 | $3,600 | $14,000 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Missy | $2,600 | $1,800 | $11,200 |
$1,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeremy | $3,800 | $7,000 | $13,800 |
$27,100
New champion: $27,100 |
$13,800
22 R, 2 W |
| CHINA TOWN | A FEW GOOD MEN | 5 "EASY" PIECES | WOLF | THE SHINING | JACK NICHOLSON |
|
$200
[26]
Prince Charles was on hand when China took control of this territory on July 1, 1997
Hong Kong
Jeremy
|
$200
[15]
The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize went to Le Duc Tho who declined it & this Secretary of State who accepted
Henry Kissinger
Jeremy
|
$200
[3]
Proverbially, it follows "Easy come"
easy go
John
|
$200
[21]
It's the collective noun used to describe a group of wolves
a pack
Jeremy
|
$200
[8]
To make your mirrors shine, use window cleaner & a crumpled piece of this, maybe from the Sunday edition
newspaper
John
|
$200
[1]
Christopher Lloyd & Danny De Vito played mental patients alongside Jack in this 1975 Oscar winner
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jeremy
|
|
$400
[27]
The name of this largest city in China is synonymous with kidnapping for naval servitude
Shanghai
Missy
|
$400
[16]
(Cheryl gives the clue from the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum.) In 1927 Babe Ruth & this fellow Yankee accounted for 107 home runs, one-quarter of the American League total
Lou Gehrig
John
|
$400
[4]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Voodoo Museum in New Orleans.) Charles Gandolfo, the late owner of the museum, was a voodoo consultant on this 1987 Dennis Quaid film
The Big Easy
John
|
$400
[22]
Heard here, it's a sure way to let someone know you think he or she is cute
a wolf whistle
Missy
Jeremy
|
$400
[9]
It's empty or foolish talk, or whiskey made illegally
moonshine
Jeremy
|
$400
[2]
Jack appeared on this TV show twice, including the "Opie Finds a Baby" episode
The Andy Griffith Show
Missy
|
|
$600
[28]
After about 8 months, Chinese authorities ended martial law in his city in January 1990
Beijing
|
$600
[17]
Graduates of Georgia's Emory University include this controversial former Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich
Jeremy
|
$600
[5]
A radio format of popular music in a soothing, undemanding style
easy listening
Missy
|
$600
[23]
By the mid-20th C. the few wolf populations left in the lower 48 were mainly in this state, home of the NBA's Timberwolves
Minnesota
John
|
$600
[11]
Unofficially, it's a nickname for New Mexico; officially, it's Florida's state nickname
the Sunshine State
Jeremy
|
$600
[10]
This actress co-starred with Jack in both "Heartburn" & "Ironweed"
Meryl Streep
Missy
|
|
DD
$600
[29]
This city lends its name to the most well-known Chinese beer in the world
Qingdao
Missy
|
$800
[18]
In 1961 he rode in Vostok I
Yuri Gagarin
Jeremy
|
$800
[6]
This toy from Hasbro uses a light bulb to do the cooking
an Easy Bake Oven
Jeremy
|
$800
[24]
Seen here, he reported on Operation Desert Storm for CNN
Wolf Blitzer
John
|
$800
[14]
Famous poem that contains the lines "By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining Big-Sea-Water"
"(The Song of) Hiawatha"
Jeremy
|
$800
[12]
Jack played this role on the big screen; Cesar Romero played it on the small
the Joker
Jeremy
|
|
$1,000
[30]
This old name of the city now called Guangzhou is also an Ohio city famous for a sports hall of fame
Canton
Jeremy
|
$1,000
[19]
The Cat in the Hat could tell you his pen name was Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel
Jeremy
|
$1,000
[7]
Linda Ronstadt took this Buddy Holly song to No. 5 in 1977
"It's So Easy To Fall In Love"
Missy
|
$1,000
[25]
Also known as the prairie wolf, it can be bred successfully with domestic dogs
the coyote
John
|
$1,000
[20]
Some translations of Isaiah 14:12 call him "Shining one" or "Shining star", fallen from heaven; the KJV calls him this
Lucifer
John
Missy
Jeremy
|
$1,000
[13]
Jack played a salty sailor & Randy Quaid was his prisoner in this 1973 film
The Last Detail
John
|
| ART | BEATLES LYRICS | IRREGULARS | BROADCAST NEWS | LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | IF THEY MARRIED... |
|
$400
[9]
In his "Marilyn Monroe Diptych", he created multiple images of the actress using a silk-screen process
Andy Warhol
John
|
$400
[1]
(Alex: All right, we need you to name the song, players.) "But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow"
"Revolution"
Missy
|
$400
[21]
It's the organ that's acting irregularly if you've got arrhythmia
the heart
Jeremy
|
$400
[18]
1981: 52 Americans are finally free after spending over a year captive in this country
Iran
Jeremy
|
$400
[12]
His last horror story, "Hop-Frog", was written in 1849 & then, nevermore...
Edgar Allan Poe
John
|
$400
[4]
If the TV "Friend" played by Jennifer Aniston wed frontier judge Roy & hyphenated her name, she'd be...
Rachel Green-Bean
John
Missy
|
|
$800
[10]
This Leonardo fresco painted in a Milan convent dining hall began crumbling & fading during the artist's lifetime
The Last Supper
Missy
|
$800
[2]
"Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all"
"Taxman"
Missy
|
$800
[23]
(Sarah gives the clue from the chalkboard.) Here's an example of an irregular version of this polygon
a pentagon
Missy
|
$800
[19]
1993: A hard-line Communist rebellion ends in this city, as the Army fires on Parliament
Moscow
John
|
$800
[13]
In this 1967 Ira Levin novel, Satan fathers a child with a young Manhattan woman
Rosemary's Baby
Jeremy
|
$800
[6]
Being very modern, Mr. Hamill (Luke Skywalker to you) marries actress Lesley-Anne & he takes this "bargain" name
Mark Down
Jeremy
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Roy Lichtenstein's "Look Mickey!" depicts these 2 Disney characters fishing on a dock
Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck
John
|
$1,200
[3]
"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out"
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
Jeremy
|
$1,200
[24]
The Random House Dictionary abbreviates this as v. irr.
an irregular verb
Missy
|
$1,200
[20]
2001: Today we saw a star from the East, as this religious figure paid a visit to the White House
the Dalai Lama
Jeremy
|
$1,600
[16]
This H.G. Wells horror work was brought to the big screen in 1933 as "The Island of Lost Souls"
The Island of Doctor Moreau
John
|
$1,200
[7]
"Golden Girl" Betty is swept away by Death Row Records exec Suge & hyphenates her name to become...
Betty White-Knight
John
Jeremy
|
|
$1,600
[25]
For his "Three Flags" painting, he used the encaustic process, in which colors are mixed with wax & heated
Jasper Johns
John
Missy
|
$1,600
[5]
"But every now and then I feel so insecure, I know that I just need you like I've never done before"
"Help!"
Jeremy
|
$2,000
[29]
Britannica calls the shape of the constellation Cassiopeia "a slightly irregular" one of these letters
a W
John
Missy
|
$1,600
[28]
1987: This body gets a new Chairman, and we hope the honeymoon lasts
the Fed(eral Reserve)
Jeremy
|
$2,000
[17]
William Wymark Jacobs' most famous horror story was about this cursed title animal appendage
The Monkey's Paw
John
|
$1,600
[14]
Former First Lady Johnson leaves Las Vegas as the bride of "Leaving Las Vegas" star Nicolas & becomes...
Lady Bird Cage
Missy
|
|
$2,000
[26]
The "Depression Bread Line" seenhereat the FDR Memorial in Washington was created by this American sculptor
George Segal
|
$2,000
[8]
"Jai gu-ru de va om"
"Across The Universe"
Missy
|
DD
$4,000
[27]
This ragtag group is the title of Chapter 8 of "The Sign of Four"
the Baker Street Irregulars
John
|
$2,000
[30]
1976: Led by this man the separatist Parti Québécois sweeps to power
René Lévesque
Missy
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
The action in this Jay Anson horror novel takes place at 112 Ocean Avenue, a house on Long Island
The Amityville Horror
Missy
|
$2,000
[22]
Ms. Gayle, singer of "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", marries "American Beauty" scribe Alan & sees the future as...
Crystal Ball
John
|
This literary character was inspired by Delphine Delamare, whose adultery led to her 1848 suicide
Madame Bovary