Rob Deichert — a law student from Ellington, Connecticut
Heather Snap — a stay-at-home mom from Owasso, Oklahoma
Leslie Quickley — a sous chef from New York City, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | $1,200 | $2,700 | $8,600 |
$10,001
New champion: $10,001 |
$8,500
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Heather | $1,700 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
$1,399
3rd place: a 1-800-GIFT-CERTIFICATE gift certificate |
$4,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Rob | $600 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
$5,500
2nd place: a trip to the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, for the millennium |
$3,200
11 R, 2 W |
| STATE NICKNAMES | THINGS I LEARNED AT THE MOVIES | BIBLICAL MULTIPLE CHOICE | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | '80s BESTSELLERS | "V"OCABULARY |
|
$100
[15]
"Hoosier State"
Indiana
Rob
|
$100
[6]
Any lock can easily be opened with a hairpin or one of these "plastic" cards
Credit card
Leslie
|
$100
[11]
Of Amos, Andy, Lum or Abner, the one with his own Old Testament book
Amos
Heather
|
$100
[13]
In April 1999 Harvard announced plans to formally absorb this women's college
Radcliffe
Heather
|
$100
[23]
His "Cosmos" was a bestseller in 1980; he made "Contact" again in 1985
Carl Sagan
Heather
|
$100
[1]
It's the sign you hope to see when looking for a hotel room on the spur of the moment
Vacancy
Leslie
|
|
$200
[19]
"Mount Rushmore State"
South Dakota
Rob
|
$200
[7]
A proper villain doesn't simply try to shoot this British spy; he attacks him with sharks, spiders or lasers
James Bond
Heather
|
$200
[12]
Of Amos, Andy, Lum or Abner, the cousin of King Saul
Abner
Leslie
Rob
|
$200
[14]
The Hullabaloo is the school newspaper for this New Orleans university
Tulane
Leslie
|
$200
[24]
This worldly author brought us tales of "Texas", "Poland" & the "Caribbean"
James Michener
Rob
|
$200
[2]
Proverbially speaking, it's "the spice of life"
Variety
Leslie
|
|
$300
[20]
"The Last Frontier"
Alaska
Leslie
|
$300
[8]
Honest, hardworking cops usually get gunned down 3 days before they're due for this event
Retirement
Heather
|
$300
[28]
Of Levi, Lee, Calvin or Sassoon, the one who got his genes from Jacob
Levi
Leslie
|
$300
[16]
This university in Ithaca, New York is the youngest school in the Ivy League
Cornell
Rob
|
$300
[25]
In a 1983 bestseller Erma Bombeck called this "The Second Oldest Profession"
Motherhood
Heather
Rob
|
$300
[3]
Mirror, mirror on the wall, it's a dressing table for putting on makeup & all
Vanity
Rob
|
|
$400
[21]
"The Old Dominion"
Virginia
Leslie
Rob
|
$400
[9]
10-year-old kids are the most expert at this activity, illicitly entering computer systems
Hacking
Leslie
|
$400
[29]
Of Alvin, Simon, Theodore or David, the person for whom the oldest part of Jerusalem is named
David
Heather
|
$400
[17]
[Hi, I'm Camryn Manheim] This D.C. university is named for the educator who helped develop American Sign Language
Gallaudet
Rob
|
$400
[26]
In 1981 weight-conscious readers feasted on "The Beverly Hills Diet" & his "Never-Say-Diet Book"
Richard Simmons
|
$400
[4]
In the Middle Ages it was a person who held land from a feudal lord & owed allegiance to him
Vassal
Leslie
|
|
DD
$500
[22]
"The Star-Spangled Banner State"
Maryland
Leslie
|
$500
[10]
As writer John JB Wilson observes, if you're surrounded by 12 bad guys, they must attack this way
One at a time
Heather
|
$500
[30]
Of Michael, Peter, Micky or David, the one whose original name was also that of a singing chipmunk
(Simon) Peter
Heather
|
$500
[18]
This bird was the mascot at the University of Delaware before it was the state bird
Blue hen
Rob
|
$500
[27]
This comedienne left us with the touching memoir "It's Always Something"
Gilda Radner
Rob
|
$500
[5]
A short literary sketch, or a short, memorable scene in a play or film
Vignette
Heather
|
| PEOPLE NICKNAMES | OFFICIAL CANADIAN THINGS | THEY'RE IN CHARGE | AFTER PYTHON | AFRICAN HISTORY | WORDS WE DON'T USE ENOUGH |
|
$200
[11]
This quarterback passed through his career as "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie"
Joe Namath
Rob
|
$200
[29]
Nova Scotians can point out that the duck tolling retriever is their official this
Dog
Leslie
|
$200
[21]
Middle Eastern prime minister Ehud Barak
Israel
Leslie
|
$200
[6]
In 1999's "The Out-Of-Towners", through no fawlty of his own, he was back behind a hotel desk
John Cleese
Heather
|
$200
[10]
The first of these structures was built for King Zoser in Saqqarah in the 27th Century B.C.
Pyramids
Heather
|
$200
[1]
Something that resembles or is related to this veggie is spinaceous
Spinach
Leslie
|
|
$400
[13]
This showman was the "Prince of Humbugs"
P.T. Barnum
Heather
|
$400
[28]
This province's official flower is the white Madonna lily, not the fleur-de-lis
Quebec
Leslie
|
$400
[20]
Latin American president Ernesto Zedillo
Mexico
Leslie
|
$400
[7]
He's traveled a bit--"Pole To Pole", "Around The World In 80 Days"...
Michael Palin
Heather
|
$400
[12]
The Mau Mau movement recruited from the Kikuyu people of this country
Kenya
|
$400
[2]
To wheeple is to do this feebly or ineffectually, perhaps trying to imitate Snow White "while you work"
Whistle
Leslie
|
|
$600
[14]
Full first name of the man known as "Scarface" Capone
Alphonse
Leslie
|
$600
[25]
As crazy as it sounds, Ontario's official bird is the common this
Loon
Leslie
|
$600
[18]
Asian president Joseph Estrada
Philippines
|
$800
[9]
Fans of his "Brazil" can buy it on DVD in a longer, expanded version
Terry Gilliam
Leslie
|
DD
$700
[15]
In 711 the Moors launched their conquest of Spain from what is now this country
Morocco
Leslie
|
$600
[3]
Accented on the first syllable, it means divine wisdom; on the second syllable, the divine Ms. Loren
Sophia
Leslie
|
|
$800
[23]
He's been dubbed the "Father of the Flivver"
Henry Ford
Leslie
|
$800
[26]
We were "scared" to tell you that this formerly organic substance is Alberta's official stone
Petrified wood
|
$800
[19]
South American president Andres Pastrana
Colombia
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
He hasn't sat around doing nothing, he's written books like "The Road to Mars", nudge....nudge....
Eric Idle
Heather
|
$800
[16]
On April 6, 1994 Rwandan president Habyarimana died in a plane crash with president Ntaryamira of this country
Burundi
|
$800
[4]
He invented the word frumious (a blend of "fuming" & "furious"); you'll find it in his nonsense poem "Jabberwocky"
Lewis Carroll
Heather
|
|
$1,000
[24]
Famous nickname of Nixon family friend Charles Rebozo
"Bebe"
Leslie
|
$1,000
[27]
It's great, it's gray & it's the type of bird that Manitobans selected as their official bird
Owl
Leslie
Heather
|
$1,000
[22]
Eastern European president Leonid Kuchma
Ukraine
|
$1,000
[30]
The voice of the parrot in Douglas Adams' "Starship Titanic"; he also novelized the game
Terry Jones
|
$1,000
[17]
As Bishop of Hippo, a Roman city in north Africa, this saint judged civil court cases
Saint Augustine
|
$1,000
[5]
Xenomania is defined as an inordinate attachment to or fascination with all things this
Foreign or strange
Rob
|
John Cleveland defined it as "Nature's Confectioner"
Bee