Bill Popper — a writer from Burnsville, North Carolina
Molly McGowan — an information specialist from Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Richard Mason — a roboticist from Pasadena, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $50,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard | $1,000 | $1,600 | $8,800 |
$17,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
12 R, 3 W |
| Molly | $3,200 | $6,000 | $20,100 |
$26,001
New champion: $26,001 |
$18,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bill | $200 | $9,000 | $13,000 |
$5,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| FUN IN THE CITY | NO. 1 BROTHERS | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | "GR"ANIMALS | MEASURING UP | PICTURESQUE EXPRESSIONS |
|
$200
[26]
Chuckwagon races are featured each year at this Alberta city's "Stampede"
Calgary
Richard
Bill
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$200
[2]
This trio from Tulsa burst onto the pop scene (& the top of the charts) in 1997
Hanson Brothers
Richard
|
$200
[10]
Tourists flock to Betsy Ross' house on this observance, June 14
Flag Day
Molly
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$200
[3]
You can bet the ancestors of this swift dog can be tracked back to Egypt where they were prized by pharaohs
greyhounds
Molly
Bill
|
$200
[18]
A short one of these equals 2,000 pounds
ton
Bill
|
$200
[1]
Something is suspicious if you smell one of these rodents
rat
Molly
|
|
$400
[27]
(Hi, I'm Rudy Giuliani.) Yankee Stadium is located at East 161st Street & River Ave. in this northernmost NYC borough
the Bronx
Molly
|
$400
[6]
In 1970 these brothers had 4 No. 1 Hits, including "The Love You Save"
The Jacksons
|
$400
[11]
It took a lot of "work" but Grover Cleveland finally signed a bill making this a national holiday in 1894
Labor Day
Richard
|
$400
[4]
Because of its bulk & long straight claws, this bear rarely climbs trees as an adult
grizzly
Richard
|
$400
[19]
It's the number of feet (not including the runners') in a 60-yard dash
180
Richard
|
$400
[14]
People who've got these in their bonnets should be avoided, they're mad
bees
Bill
|
|
$600
[28]
Spicy cakes called lebkuchen are a Christmas specialty of this Bavarian city famous for its toys & trials
Nuremberg
Bill
|
$600
[7]
These brothers didn't have to fantasize about topping the charts with 1958's "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
Everly Brothers
Molly
|
$600
[23]
It's the Jewish Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Richard
Bill
|
$600
[5]
David Carradine could tell you that the katydid is a long-horned type of this insect
grasshopper
Molly
|
$600
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of a chalkboard.) In geometry, perpendicular lines form two angles of this many degrees each
90
Molly
|
$600
[15]
You've spoiled someone's plans if you've done this to his goose
cooked
Bill
|
|
$1,000
[30]
You'll find Jakarta on the northwestern coast of this island where you can get a good cup of coffee
Java
Bill
|
$800
[8]
"(Can't Live Without Your) Love & Affection" was a No. 1 Hit for this duo, identical twins Matthew & Gunnar
Nelson
Molly
|
$800
[24]
The name of this American holiday is from the Swahili for "fresh fruits"
Kwanzaa
Molly
|
$800
[12]
The California Department of Fish & Game publishes a yearly timetable for the running of this small fish
grunion
|
$800
[21]
The smallest unit of weight commonly used in the U.S., you can take it with one of salt
grain
Bill
|
$800
[16]
To accomplish something unexpected is to pull one of these out of your hat
rabbit
Bill
|
|
DD
$4,000
[29]
At the United States Air Force Museum just outside this Ohio city, you can see 9 presidential aircraft
Dayton
Bill
|
$1,000
[9]
Brothers Robert & Ronald Bell were at the heart of the group, heard here with their 1981 No. 1 hit
Kool & the Gang
Molly
|
$1,000
[25]
On February 15 we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898
Maine
Molly
|
$1,000
[13]
The ruffed species of this pheasant is named for the ruff of black feathers at the sides of the neck
grouse
Bill
|
$1,000
[22]
Like a flash of lightning, it should come to you that this measure of cloth equals 40 years
bolt
Bill
|
$1,000
[17]
The Emperor Nero could tell you that to do this is to be callous in the face of calamity
fiddling while Rome burns
Richard
|
| BOOKS & AUTHORS | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS | REALLY BAD DAYS | O | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | HEY, THAT RHYMES! |
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$400
[1]
This 1983 work is subtitled "The Story of a Puppet"
Pinocchio
Bill
|
$400
[6]
Ashley Judd, Catherine Hicks & Mira Sorvino have all played this sex symbol in TV movies or miniseries
Marilyn Monroe
Molly
|
$400
[21]
On Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invaded this country at dawn, leading to World War II
Poland
Molly
|
$400
[11]
The O in o'clock is short for this
of
Molly
|
$400
[26]
Common 5-letter adjective used to describe the skin of some gooseberries & all peaches
fuzzy
Richard
Molly
|
$400
[16]
Seceded states were represented on this the first Confederate flag
Stars & Bars
Richard
|
|
$800
[2]
He proves "All Things Possible" in his memoir of his 5-year journey from supermarket stockboy to Super Bowl MVP
Kurt Warner
Molly
|
$800
[7]
This beauty played not only herself but her own mother in a 1980 TV movie (hint: Rip Torn played Carlo Ponti)
Sophia Loren
Richard
Molly
|
DD
$500
[23]
The artwork in the Uffizi was jeopardized by a Nov. 4, 1966 flood in this Italian city
Florence
Molly
|
$800
[12]
In 1949 this cereal brand sponsored "The Lone Ranger" TV show
Cheerios
Molly
|
$800
[29]
Fruit in the traditional accompaniment for latkes, potato pancakes
apples
Bill
|
$800
[17]
Not a wound on a bird, it's a noisy, exciting party
wingding
Molly
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Tracy Chevalier's novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was inspired by a portrait by this Dutch master
(Jan) Vermeer
Bill
|
$1,200
[8]
Marcia Gay Harden played this sultry second wife in the 1992 miniseries "Sinatra"
Ava Gardner
Molly
|
$800
[22]
Over 16 million shares were sold Oct. 29, 1929, causing the collapse of this New York institution
stock market
Molly
|
$1,200
[13]
This 1986 disaster was traced to an O-ring
Challenger
Richard
|
$1,200
[30]
Duck sauce is also known by this name of a purple fruit
plum
Richard
|
$1,200
[18]
Boston's Central Artery/ Tunnel Project is better known by this name
Big Dig
Richard
|
|
$2,000
[5]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the Witch Dungeon Museum in Salem.) Many think that this preacher fanned the flames of witch hysteria with his 1689 book about demonic possession & witchcraft
Cotton Mather
Richard
|
$1,600
[9]
(Hi, I'm Virginia Madsen.) In a 1985 TV movie, Robert Mitchum played William Randolph Hearst & I played this actress, Hearst's longtime mistress
(Marion) Davies
Molly
|
$1,600
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Palace Hotel.) This Italian tenor was stayinghereat the Palace Hotel when the San Francisco earthquake hit in 1906; he fled in a towel, vowing never to return
Enrico Caruso
Bill
|
$1,600
[14]
The Latin alphabet O combined the Greek omicron & this into one letter
omega
|
$1,600
[28]
Before cooking you have to top & tail & maybe destring the runner type of this
bean
Bill
|
$1,600
[19]
It's a magician's routine of producing objects from a handkerchief, or what he does after hours
hanky panky
Richard
|
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
Ray Bradbury's masterpiece, this 1950 work is a mostly optimistic account of man's colonization of another planet
The Martian Chronicles
Molly
|
$2,000
[10]
He was best known for his role on "Marcus Welby" before he played Clark Gable in "Gable and Lombard"
James Brolin
Bill
|
$2,000
[25]
The U.S Embassy in this city was bombed on April 18, 1983 & September 20, 1984
Beirut
Molly
|
$2,000
[15]
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, the recent film "O" was based on this play
Othello
Molly
|
$2,000
[27]
This Asian radish may grow as fat as a football
daikon
|
$2,000
[20]
A style of basketball featuring lots of fast breaks & shooting
run & gun
|
It's the only state whose state bird has a major city in its name
Maryland