Beth Milnes — a legal secretary from Venice, California
Neal Thompson — a software engineer from San Diego, California
Molly McGowan — an information specialist from Pottsville, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly | $2,200 | $2,600 | $3,800 |
$7,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Neal | $1,000 | $2,400 | $9,600 |
$12,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
13 R, 3 W |
| Beth | $2,400 | $10,000 | $12,400 |
$19,400
New champion: $19,400 |
$10,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| "IT"s | MONTY PYTHON | THE HOLY GRAIL | THE LARCH | BICYCLE REPAIRMAN | A SPANISH INQUISITION |
|
$200
[3]
Its territory includes the island of Elba
Italy
Molly
|
$200
[8]
The first "Monty Python" movie was 1971's "And Now For Something Completely" this
Completely Different
Beth
|
$200
[13]
In many legends this chaste knight & son of Lancelot finds the Holy Grail
Galahad
Neal
|
$200
[26]
Being deciduous, the larch is one of the few members of this tree family that isn't an evergreen
pine
Beth
|
$200
[21]
Bicycle repairman learned the hard way, don't use a sharp screwdriver to take this off the rim
the tire
Beth
|
$200
[1]
Spain's highest peaks in these mountains are in the Maladeta range
the Pyrenees
Beth
|
|
$400
[4]
To list individual deductions on a tax return
to itemize
Beth
|
$400
[9]
After "Monty Python", he wrote & starred in the TV cult classic "Fawlty Towers"
John Cleese
Neal
Beth
|
$400
[14]
This piece of furniture had a seat called the Siege Perilous reserved for the knight who led the Grail quest
the Round Table
Beth
|
$400
[27]
The European larch is valued as a source of durable wood & this pungent liquid used as a paint solvent
turpentine
Molly
|
$400
[22]
B.R.'s uniform features a jersey of this color, like the leader in the Tour de France
yellow
Molly
|
$400
[2]
A former capital, this city of central Spain is home to the El Greco Museum
Toledo
Neal
|
|
$600
[5]
Frank Capra won his first directing Oscar for this 1934 romantic comedy
It Happened One Night
Molly
|
$600
[10]
During his college days, this Python served as President of the Footlights Revue at Cambridge University
Eric Idle
Beth
|
$600
[15]
In his epic poem "The Waste Land", this writer drew upon the Grail legend of the Fisher King
T.S. Eliot
Molly
|
$600
[28]
Reaching 200', one of the tallest species of larch is Larix occidentalis, also known by this "directional" name
the Western larch
Molly
Neal
|
$600
[23]
B.R. knows that most pedals, because they are threaded differently, are marked with 1 of these 2 letters
R or L (right and left)
Beth
|
$600
[18]
Until captured in 1492, this southern Spanish city was the last stronghold of the Moors
Grenada
Beth
|
|
$800
[6]
Adjective meaning traveling from place to place, especially to find work
itinerant
Molly
|
$800
[11]
Michael Palin was one of "the Knights Who Say" this word in "Monty Python & the Holy Grail"
Ni!
Neal
Beth
|
$800
[16]
In one legend, the Holy Grail is entrusted to this man "of Arimathea" who brings it to England
Joseph
Beth
|
$800
[29]
Widely planted around the world, the Japanese larch grows wild on the mountains of this largest Japanese island
Honshu
Beth
|
$800
[24]
B.R. figures these brakes, using back pressure on the pedals, might also stop drinks from sliding off the bar
coasters (coaster brakes)
Molly
Neal
|
$800
[19]
The Alagorn & the Jarama are tributaries of this river that flows across Spain & Portugal
the Tagus
Beth
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1832 this Minnesota lake was established as the main source of the Mississippi River
Lake Itasca
|
$1,000
[12]
Now a film director, this American created the wacky & surreal animations used on the TV show
Terry Gilliam
Beth
|
$1,000
[17]
The 1882 opera "Parsifal" by this composer was based on a medieval poem about the Grail legend
Wagner
Beth
|
$1,000
[30]
The larch is a sacred tree to these people of northern Scandinavia who are also known as the Saami
the Lapps or Lapplanders
|
$1,000
[25]
B.R.'s been repairing bikes since he had to fix a banana seat on one of this company's Sting-Rays as a kid
Schwinn
Molly
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
The name of this second-largest Caribbean island means "the Spanish island"
Hispaniola
Beth
|
| THE WAR OF 1812 | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES | WHEELS | INITIAL REACTION | MEDICINE | FROM A TO E |
|
$400
[16]
It was during the war that this character became a symbol of the good old U.S.A.
Uncle Sam
Molly
|
$400
[2]
Troy State & the University of Southern California
the Trojans
Molly
|
$400
[26]
In 1964 James Bond was wheeling around in the DB5 model of this British sports car
an Aston Martin
Molly
|
$400
[11]
Larry Hagman played this "man you love to hate" from 1978 to 1991
J.R. Ewing
Beth
|
$400
[21]
The term rheumatism is often used for this, particularly the rheumatoid type
arthritis
Molly
|
$400
[1]
Hateful, or a certain snowman
abominable
Molly
|
|
$800
[17]
This American naval ship destroyed the Cuerriere & the Java, among others
the Constitution ?
Molly
Neal
Beth
|
$800
[3]
Mississippi State & Georgia
the Bulldogs
Beth
|
$800
[27]
The first wheeled vehicle used here was Russia's Lunokhod 1
the moon
Neal
|
$800
[12]
Ah, yes, this curmudgeonly comic played Mr. Micawber in the 1935 screen version of "David Copperfield"
W.C. Fields
Neal
|
$800
[22]
Iritis & scleritis are inflammations of parts of this
the eye
Neal
|
$800
[4]
In the Bible, John, James or Judas
apostle
Neal
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Sofia presents the clue.) The musket I'm holding, like the ones in the War of 1812, uses a firing mechanism known as this
a flintlock
|
$1,200
[6]
U. Conn. & Washington
the Huskies
Neal
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1834 this "attractive" Englishman patented a covered cab slung between 2 large wheels
(Joseph) Hansom
Neal
|
$1,200
[13]
A dance hall fight over a woman named Lucille inspired him to name each of his guitars after her
B.B. King
Neal
|
$1,200
[23]
(Here's Cheryl.) You're seeing this type of image of me, useful in medical and security fields, as it can detect heat and movement
infrared
Neal
|
$1,200
[5]
In the name of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury it precedes "and Consent"
Advise
Molly
Beth
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1812 the U.S. lost Fort Detroit after losing this fort where Chicago is now
Fort Dearborn
|
$1,600
[9]
Wyoming & Oklahoma State
the Cowboys
Beth
|
$1,600
[29]
This author wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport"
Arthur Hailey
Beth
|
$1,600
[14]
"Flowers in the Attic" & "Petals on the Wind" are chilling novels by this author
V.C. Andrews
Neal
|
$1,600
[24]
In the Type I or "juvenile" form of this disease, the insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas are destroyed
diabetes
Molly
|
$1,600
[7]
The sap from one type of this desert plant is used to make mascal; another yields the fiber called sisal
agave
Molly
|
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
In August 1814 this President rode out to review the ragtag bunch who were the remaining American troops
James Madison
Molly
|
$2,000
[10]
Tennessee State & Auburn
the Tigers
Molly
|
$2,000
[30]
(And now the last clue. Sarah?) It's the last name of stock-car racing brothers Bobby and Terry; you might call them "L" on wheels
Labonte
|
$2,000
[15]
This leader of Pan-Africanism received the Spingarn Medal in 1920
W.E.B. Du Bois
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
From the Greek for "to puff up", this lung disease involves the alveoli puffing up & ruptuing
emphysema
Molly
|
$2,000
[8]
This hard variety of coal is the main mineral resource in both Korea & Vietnam
anthracite
Molly
|
A short feature called "Salzburg Sight & Sound" is included with the DVD 35th Anniversary Edition of this film
The Sound of Music