Roland Lange — a sales director from Brooklyn, New York
Lisa Carotenuto — a high school social studies teacher from Tucson, Arizona
Josh Meyer — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $600 | $1,200 | $4,000 |
$8,000
New co-champion: $8,000 |
$6,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Lisa | $100 | $1,300 | $2,500 |
$2
2nd place: a trip to Bal Harbour Resort, Miami |
$2,500
11 R, 2 W |
| Roland | $800 | $1,000 | $4,000 |
$8,000
New co-champion: $8,000 |
$4,000
15 R, 7 W |
| BLACK IN HISTORY | MARTHA MY DEAR | BORDERLINE STATES | "SWEET" SONGS | GRANDKIDS | 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[6]
They're what usually passed the Black Death from rats to humans
fleas
Josh
|
$100
[21]
Her "Everyday" line is sold at K-Mart
Martha Stewart
Lisa
|
$100
[16]
Idaho, Oregon
Washington
Lisa
|
$100
[11]
This Neil Diamond hit is subtitled "Good Times Never Seemed So Good"
"Sweet Caroline"
Roland
|
$100
[26]
During WWII this actress' grandmother, Violet Bonham Carter, was on the BBC's board of governors
Helena Bonham Carter
Roland
|
$100
[1]
In 1888 John Dunlop put his new pneumatic type of this on a bicycle
a tire (or tube)
Josh
|
|
$200
[7]
It was from the color of this that Edward of Woodstock got the nickname "The Black Prince"
his armor
Roland
|
$200
[22]
Her father, Col. John Dandridge, was a wealthy landowner
Martha Washington
Lisa
|
$200
[17]
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York
Vermont
Josh
|
$200
[12]
The Harlem Globetrotters use this song as a theme
"Sweet Georgia Brown"
Josh
|
$200
[27]
Last name of R.J.'s grandson Patrick, who ditched the family business to lead the Foundation for a Smokefree America
Reynolds
Josh
|
$200
[2]
A perpetual one was tended to by the Vestal Virgins
a fire
Lisa
|
|
$300
[8]
This star of "Susannah of the Mounties" was later U.S. Ambassador to Ghana
Shirley Temple Black
Josh
|
$300
[23]
Backed by the Vandellas, she had hits with "Heat Wave" & "Dancing In The Street"
Martha Reeves
Roland
|
$300
[18]
Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
Montana
Lisa
|
$300
[13]
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember that Lynyrd Skynyrd replied to "Southern Man" with this song
"Sweet Home Alabama"
Josh
|
$300
[28]
World-famous grandfather of the woman seen here
Ernest Hemingway (grandfather of Mariel)
Josh
|
$300
[3]
Middle name of cowboy star Orvon Autry
Gene
Lisa
|
|
$400
[9]
In the War of 1812 this Sauk chief who later got his own war fought with the British against the double-dealing U.S.
Black Hawk
Lisa
Roland
|
$400
[24]
"The Dirty Duck" & "The Case Has Altered" are mysteries by this woman
Martha Grimes
Roland
|
$400
[19]
Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas
Louisiana
Josh
|
$400
[14]
Sade sang, "You give me, keep giving me" this, the title of a 1985 hit
"The Sweetest Taboo"
Roland
|
$500
[30]
Last name of Erasmus, author of "Zoonomia" & "The Botanic Garden", & his grandson Charles
Darwin
Josh
|
$400
[4]
Deep-bodied with flat sides & a small head, a bream is a type of this
a fish
Josh
Roland
|
|
$500
[10]
The Black Dragon Society aided in Japan's seizure of this Chinese region in 1931
Manchuria
Roland
|
$500
[25]
This woman depictedhereby Al Hirschfeld "could have danced all night"
Martha Graham
Roland
|
$500
[20]
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lisa
Roland
|
$500
[15]
It's the title of a 1963 Patsy Cline song & of a 1985 film biography of Patsy Cline starring Jessica Lange
"Sweet Dreams"
Roland
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
Louisa Drew, known for playing Mrs. Malaprop, was the grandmother of 3 famous actors with this last name
Barrymore
Josh
|
$500
[5]
Besides the rook, the 2 other chess pieces that fit the category
the king & the pawn
Roland
|
| INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | OPEN YOUR HYMNALS | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS | 20th CENTURY POETS | MOVIES OF THE "YEAR" | GETTING POSSESSIVE |
|
$200
[16]
During a return voyage to the U.S. in 1832, he came up with the idea of sending messages over wires
Samuel Morse
Lisa
|
$200
[26]
One of the original Spoonerisms was William Spooner calling this hymn "Kinquering Congs Their Titles Take"
"Conquering Kings Their Titles Take"
|
$200
[21]
Elected in 1988, he was known as the "Resume Candidate"
George H.W. Bush
Josh
|
$200
[11]
In 2000 the Librarian of Congress announced that 95-year-old Stanley Kunitz would take up this post
poet laureate
Roland
|
$200
[1]
6 words: Raquel Welch in a fur bikini
One Million Years B.C.
|
$200
[6]
Domesticated term for a student especially in favor with an instructor
teacher's pet
Lisa
|
|
$400
[17]
Visitors to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris could see Karl Benz' display of one of the first of these
an automobile
Roland
|
$400
[27]
Hymn heardhereabout a good buddy
"What A Friend We Have in Jesus"
Roland
|
$600
[23]
Later president, in 1920 he lost as a U.S. vice presidential candidate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
$400
[12]
Trees figured in many of his poems, like "Birches", "Dust of Snow" & "Good-Bye and Keep Cold"
Robert Frost
Josh
|
$400
[2]
For writer Mark Linn-Baker, the title of this 1982 comedy refers to 1954, when he chaperoned movie star Peter O'Toole
My Favorite Year
Roland
|
$400
[7]
The style of shades looking at you here; it shares its name with a type of gem
cat's eye
Josh
|
|
$600
[18]
Daniel Webster helped secure this man's rights to vulcanized rubber but the attorney fees cost more than his earnings
Charles Goodyear
Josh
Roland
|
— |
$800
[24]
In 1919 this trustbuster's last words were "Please put out the light"
Theodore Roosevelt
Lisa
|
$600
[13]
You can hear Johnny Gilbert lower case his voice to read this man's work:"The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses; nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands..."
E.E. Cummings
Josh
|
$600
[3]
Linda Hunt played the male role of Billy Kwan in this Peter Weir film
The Year of Living Dangerously
Josh
|
$800
[9]
In baseball, when a batter reaches base but another runner is forced out, it's scored as this
fielder's choice
Roland
|
|
$800
[19]
Nikola Tesla won a 1916 award for meritorious achievement in electrical science named for this former employer
Thomas Edison
Josh
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
Albert Fall, Herbert Hoover & Henry Wallace were all members of his cabinet
Warren G. Harding
|
$800
[14]
"For the Union Dead" is a 1964 book by this poet whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower
Robert Lowell
Roland
|
$800
[4]
Tracy & Hepburn play columnists who fall in love in this movie, their first pairing
Woman of the Year
Roland
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
We wonder if the Medicis & the Rothschilds worked these, meaning a short day
Banker's hours
Josh
|
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1856 he received a patent for a condensed milk process; the Civil War helped make his company a success
Gail Borden
Lisa
|
— |
DD
$1,600
[22]
Alexander Graham Bell was called in several times to use his metal detector to find the bullet in this president's body
James Garfield
Josh
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1995 this Seamus from Ireland detected the Nobel Prize for Literature coming his way
Seamus Heaney
Roland
|
$1,000
[5]
Claude Jarman, Jr. received a special Oscar for his performance in this movie about a boy & his deer
The Yearling
Josh
|
$1,000
[10]
Odilo of Cluny is responsible for spreading this November 2 observance throughout Catholicism
All Souls' Day
Lisa
|
The Prague tombstone of this German-language writer who died in 1924 is inscribed in Hebrew
Franz Kafka