Jason McCune game 5.
Ramon Flores — a human resources manager from Sunrise, Florida
Juliet Cesarini — a graphic artist originally from Homer, Alaska
Jason McCune — an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana (whose 4-day cash winnings total $90,041)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $2,800 | $6,000 | $6,400 |
$12,800
2nd place: trip to Miami to attend Miami Film Festival |
$6,400
18 R, 3 W |
| Juliet | $800 | $7,500 | $16,100 |
$16,199
New champion: $16,199 |
$10,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Ramon | $3,800 | $4,400 | $8,000 |
$6,500
3rd place: trip to Palm Desert, California & stay at Marriott Vacation Club |
$10,800
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| 2000 NEWS | ELLA FITZGERALD | FUN WITH FLOWERS | THE FICTION FILE | YOU'RE MAKING ME HUNGRY! | LOST "COS" |
|
$200
[2]
After capturing less than 1% of the vote in 1996, he was again the Green Party's nominee for president
(Ralph) Nader
Jason
|
$200
[11]
Ella's voice (on tape) shattered glass in a TV ad that asked, "Is it live or is it" this brand
Memorex
Jason
|
$200
[15]
Also called a yellow daisy, this "black-eyed" flower bears a woman's name
a Black-Eyed Susan
Juliet
|
$200
[18]
In 2001 the scroll on which Jack Kerouac feverishly typed this book was sold for over $2 million
On the Road
Jason
|
$200
[25]
Many diners at Hopewell, Va.'s Quick Lunch order their chili dogs topped with this cabbage & mayonnaise salad
cole slaw
Jason
|
$200
[1]
Clothing worn in a play
costume
Ramon
|
|
$400
[6]
On August 9, 2000 this company recalled 6.5 million of its tires
Firestone
Jason
|
$400
[12]
Ella forgot the words during a live version of this song from "The Threepenny Opera" but still made it a hit in '60
"Mack The Knife"
Jason
|
$400
[16]
Ikebana is a traditional art of arranging flowers in this country
Japan
Juliet
|
$400
[19]
An airplane quality assurance officer is the heroine of "Airframe" by this author of "Jurassic Park"
Michael Crichton
Jason
|
$400
[27]
Also known as knotroot, the Chinese variety of this tuber tastes similar to the Jerusalem type
an artichoke
Jason
Juliet
|
$400
[3]
It's another name for a beautician
a cosmetologist
Jason
|
|
$600
[8]
This Fijian beat Tiger Woods by 6 strokes to win the 2000 Masters
Vijay Singh
Jason
|
$600
[13]
Ella co-wrote this song heard here, her first hit"A brown and yellow basket / I send a letter to my mommy / On the way I dropped it..."
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
Juliet
|
$600
[17]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew sits in a yoga position at a gym.) The yoga position I'm in shares its name with this water lily that was sacred to the ancient Egyptians
a lotus
Ramon
|
$600
[20]
Don't let anyone spoil it by giving you the ending of her book "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"
Dame Agatha Christie
|
$600
[28]
It's best to soften these traditional wrappers in hot water before you stuff your tamales in them
corn husks
Juliet
|
$600
[4]
It's what a Russian calls a space traveler
a cosmonaut
Jason
|
|
$800
[9]
A coach ride past cheering throngs was part of her 100th birthday celebration August 4, 2000
the Queen Mother
Juliet
Ramon
|
$800
[14]
One critic likened Ella's voice to Cabernet Sauvignon; that of this trumpeter & duet partner, to Wild Turkey
Louis Armstrong
Juliet
|
$1,000
[24]
Sharing its name with an eye part, this flower's name is from the Greek for "rainbow"
iris
Juliet
|
$800
[21]
This 1979 "Guide" by the late Douglas Adams was a novelization of a radio series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Juliet
|
$800
[29]
Whether baked, poached or eaten raw, the bosc type of this fruit is delicious
a pear
Jason
|
$800
[5]
San Jose is its capital city
Costa Rica
Ramon
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In June the leaders of North & South Korea met for talks in this capital of North Korea
Pyongyang
Ramon
|
$1,000
[26]
Ella's mastery of this improvisational technique was widely imitated but never matched
scatting
Jason
|
DD
$2,500
[23]
Each year, Holland, Michigan holds a festival honoring this flower
the tulip
Juliet
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1994 the world learned the real identity of "Pauline Reage", author of this racy 1954 "story"
(Story of) O
Juliet
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jimmy and Sarah of the Clue Crew enjoy a taste of New Orleans.) The name of these deep-fried fritters that the Café du Monde is famous for comes from the Middle French word for "bump"
a beignet
Jason
|
$1,000
[7]
This actor directed a 1990 movie that won 7 Oscars
Kevin Costner
Ramon
|
| OBJETS D'ART | INITIAL REACTIONS | THE DUSTIN HOFFMAN FILM FESTIVAL | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS...? | CARMEN | SAN DIEGO |
|
$400
[16]
4-letter term for the type of work seen here--whether successful or not
a bust
Juliet
|
$400
[26]
Go to a B&B, bed & breakfast, for a little R&R, which stands for this
rest & recreation (also would accept rehabilitation, recuperation)
Ramon
|
$400
[6]
1982:"I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man"
Tootsie
Juliet
|
$400
[1]
The Great Sphinx
Egypt
Juliet
|
$400
[21]
It's the capital city where "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838
Paris
Ramon
|
$400
[11]
Ryan Airlines of San Diego built this man's plane "The Spirit of St. Louis"
(Charles) Lindbergh
Jason
|
|
$800
[17]
Surprisingly, the name of this type of painting isn't from minimus, "small", but from minium, a red lead pigment
a miniature
|
$800
[27]
Abbreviated FT in Basketball, it's done about 15 ft., feet, from the basket
free throw
Jason
|
$800
[7]
1969:"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"
Midnight Cowboy
Ramon
|
$800
[2]
The Great Victoria Desert
Australia
Jason
|
$800
[22]
This Spanish member of the "Three Tenors" played the soldier Don Jose in a 1984 film version of "Carmen"
Plácido Domingo
Jason
|
$800
[12]
It's the correct pronunciation of the area of San Diego spelled L-A J-O-L-L-A
"la HOY-ah"
Jason
|
|
$1,600
[19]
The Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this, a general term for needlework that decorates fabric with thread
embroidery
Juliet
|
$1,200
[30]
It's an IFO, as opposed to a UFO
an identified flying object
|
$1,200
[8]
1997:"You want me to produce your war?"
Wag the Dog
Juliet
Ramon
|
$1,200
[3]
Great Slave Lake
Canada
Juliet
|
$1,200
[23]
Inspired by "Carmen", this Oscar Hammerstein musical features black characters & ends outside a boxing arena
Carmen Jones
Jason
Juliet
|
$1,200
[13]
One of the world's largest, it occupies 100 acres in San Diego's Balboa Park
a zoo
Juliet
|
|
$2,000
[20]
The late Matisse work seenhereshows the technique he called "drawing with" these tools
scissors
|
$1,600
[29]
That is right, it's the abbreviation from the Latin for "that is"
i.e.
Ramon
|
$1,600
[9]
1979:"I'd like to know what law is it that says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex?"
Kramer vs. Kramer
Ramon
|
$1,600
[4]
The Blue Grotto
Italy
|
$1,600
[24]
In Act II the handsome Escamillo enters to the "song" named for these bullfighters
the toreadors
Juliet
|
$1,600
[14]
Most of the fresh water used by San Diego is supplied by this "stately" river
the Colorado (River)
Ramon
|
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
The item held by Oscar winners is usually referred to as this diminutive word
a statuette
Juliet
|
$2,000
[28]
Type of product on which you'll find an ISBN
a book
Ramon
|
DD
$2,800
[10]
1970:"I have a horse... and four wives"
Little Big Man
Ramon
|
$2,000
[5]
The Blue Mosque
Turkey
Jason
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1947 at age 17, this "bubbly" star made her opera debut in "Carmen" as the Spanish gypsy Frasquita
Beverly Sills
Juliet
|
$2,000
[15]
This missionary dedicated the first of 9 California missions in San Diego in 1769
Father Junipero Serra
Juliet
|
The tiered steeple of St. Bride's Church in London inspired the traditional form of this festive item
a wedding cake