Heather Schaffer — a graduate student originally from Carrollton, Ohio
Mont McNeil — a corporate tax attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hanley Baxter — a research analyst from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley | $1,400 | $3,600 | $13,800 |
$25,801
2-day champion: $44,202 |
$10,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Mont | $3,200 | $3,200 | $12,000 |
$3,000
2nd place: trip to Palm Island in the Grenadines + a subscription to the New York Times |
$13,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Heather | $600 | $2,600 | $1,400 |
$0
3rd place: trip to Las Vegas & stay at the Venetian + a subscription to the New York Times |
$1,400
9 R, 5 W |
| WEST POINT | LEGENDS OF SPORTS | SHALL WE DANCE? | THE PLAY'S THE THING | CRIME RHYME TIME | THE WEARIN' OF THE GREEN |
|
$200
[21]
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point was established by legislation signed by this president in 1802
Thomas Jefferson
Mont
|
$200
[1]
One of the greatest athletes of all time, he led Brazil to World Cup soccer victories in 1958, 1962 & 1970
Pelé
Hanley
|
$200
[16]
(The entire Clue Crew demonstrates a dance.) At a 1988 party in Miami, nearly 120,000 people joined in one of these dance lines
a conga line
Hanley
|
$200
[11]
It's the mode of public transport mentioned in a 1947 Tennessee Williams' play title
a streetcar
Mont
|
$200
[6]
Jargon used by a group like the Sharks or the Jets
gang slang
|
$200
[26]
Another name for a scallion
a green onion
Hanley
|
|
$400
[22]
Women were first admitted to West Point in this first presidential election year following the Vietnam War
'76
Hanley
|
$400
[2]
Of 8,000, 38,000 or 138,000, the one closest to the record total of points Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored in the NBA
38,000
Mont
|
$400
[17]
This high-kicking bawdy dance became popular in the dance halls of Paris in the 1840s
the can-can
Hanley
|
$400
[12]
A Broadway play by this man was the basis of the 1978 film "California Suite"
Neil Simon
Mont
|
$400
[7]
A non-loud short-lived insurrection
a quiet riot
Hanley
|
$400
[27]
He was the good-natured & innovative farmer on Captain Kangaroo
Mr. Green Jeans
Mont
|
|
$600
[23]
On West Point's grounds is a statue of this 1903 graduate who was military governor of Japan following WWII
MacArthur
Mont
|
$600
[3]
These 2 retiring players, a Padre & an Oriole, were honored at the 2001 Baseball All-Star Game
Tony Gwynn & Cal Ripken
Mont
|
$600
[18]
(Jimmy & Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrate a dance.) The original name of this dance would have fit in a "triple talk" category
cha-cha (**cha-cha-cha)
Mont
Heather
|
$600
[13]
Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" takes place in a tenement house in this capital city
Dublin
Mont
|
$600
[8]
A loud lament from inside a prison
a jail wail
Heather
|
$600
[28]
Led by Ethan Allen, they helped capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1775
The Green Mountain Boys
Mont
|
|
$1,000
[25]
He was superintendent of West Point before becoming the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam in 1964
General William Westmoreland
|
$800
[4]
Mario Lemieux came out of retirement in 2000 to be a player owner with this team
the Pittsburgh Penguins
Hanley
|
$800
[19]
A goofy but popular dance of the 1960s was this "funky" fowl
a chicken
Heather
|
$800
[14]
A bean that just won't sprout, or a Maxwell Anderson play about an incorrigible youngster
The Bad Seed
|
$800
[9]
I.D. for a penitentiary employee
guard card
|
$800
[29]
6'5" ex-bodyguard Michael Clarke Duncan received an Oscar nomination for his role in this 1999 film
The Green Mile
Heather
|
|
DD
$2,400
[24]
In the summer of 1780 this man was put in command of West Point: 2 months later he was a wanted man
Benedict Arnold
Mont
|
$1,000
[5]
Bela Karolyi coached this U.S. Olympic team in the 1996 Olympics
the U.S. Women's gymnastics team
Hanley
Mont
|
$1,000
[20]
A French word for a light egg white concoction gave us the name of this light-stepping dance
the meringue
Heather
|
$1,000
[15]
This "diminutive" Edward Albee play was first produced on Broadway in 1964
Tiny Alice
|
$1,000
[10]
An inebriated young hoodlum
a drunk punk
Hanley
|
$1,000
[30]
The album "Dookie", this band's 1994 major-label debut, has sold more than 10 million copies
Green Day
Hanley
|
| U.N. REPRESENTATIVES | BITS OF THE BODY | SUDDENLY SUSAN | WORDS WITH ASIAN ORIGINS | IT'S A TOUGH WORLD | THE SILVER SCREEN |
|
$400
[16]
The website of this country's mission says Ambassador Sharma went to Delhi U. & likes cricket
India
Hanley
|
$400
[2]
When these "cords" are resting, they form a v-shaped opening called the glottis
the vocal cords
Heather
|
$400
[6]
She plays the self-centered Erica Kane on "All My Children"
Susan Lucci
Mont
|
$400
[25]
Word from Pali used by a Spice Girl & a "Gilligan's Island" character
Ginger
Hanley
|
$400
[22]
This Scandinavian capital is found on 2 islands, Sjaelland & Amager
Copenhagen
Mont
|
$400
[11]
Anthony Perkins played this role on film in 1960, 1983 & 1986 & in a made-for-TV movie
Norman Bates
Hanley
|
|
$800
[17]
This country's Addul Amir al-Anbari formally ended the Gulf War when he accepted the U.S.'s terms
Iraq
Hanley
Mont
|
$800
[1]
For kids, lack of vitamin D or UV radiation from sunlight may cause rickets, in which these don't harden right
bones
Hanley
Mont
|
$1,200
[8]
She won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sister Helen Prejean in "Dead Man Walking"
Susan Sarandon
Mont
|
$800
[26]
Using the original Syriac for this word, zarnika, would make the play "Zarnika and Old Lace"
arsenic
Heather
|
$800
[23]
The total number of U.S. states that border the Gulf of Mexico
5
Mont
Heather
|
$800
[12]
Tom Jones sang the theme to this 1965 film which Sean Connery remade in 1983 as "Never Say Never Again"
Thunderball
Hanley
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Kurt Waldheim & Thomas Klestil both represented this country at the U.N. before becoming its president
Austria
Heather
|
$1,200
[3]
These connect parts of joints & support the bladder, liver & women's breasts
ligaments
Heather
|
DD
$1,600
[7]
Ticked off that she couldn't vote, she said that the Constitution says, "We, the people", not "We, the white male citizens"
Susan B. Anthony
Mont
|
$1,200
[27]
From Hindi, it's a small boat used to ferry passengers to a larger ship
a dinghy
Hanley
|
$1,200
[24]
Excluding the Great Lakes, one of the 3 largest lakes in area that are entirely within the U.S.
(1 of) the Great Salt Lake or Lake Okeechobee & Lake Iliamna in Alaska
Heather
|
$1,200
[13]
In "Cast Away" Tom Hanks' character paints a face on a volleyball & gives it this name
Wilson
Mont
|
|
$1,600
[19]
This former Israeli rep's first name, Abba, was Hebraized from Aubrey
Abba Eban
Mont
|
$1,600
[4]
Spasms in this muscle are the cause of hiccups
the diaphragm
Hanley
|
$1,600
[9]
This beauty seenherewas voted Miss California, 1969
Susan Anton
|
$1,600
[28]
If you get someone's goat & get this wool, know that its name is from a disputed Asian area
cashmere
Mont
Heather
|
$1,600
[29]
At about 8,000 square miles, it's the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere beginning with "E"
El Salvador
Mont
Heather
|
$1,600
[14]
In "Some Like It Hot", Marilyn Monroe's character Sugar Kane played this stringed instrument
the ukulele
Mont
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1999 this Dayton Accords negotiator became U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
(Richard) Holbrooke
Hanley
|
$2,000
[5]
In your lungs the bronchioles end in tiny air sacs called these
alveoli
|
$2,000
[10]
This essayist tackled fiction with the book "In America"
Susan Sontag
Hanley
|
— |
DD
$5,000
[21]
The first nation of this name existed c. 650 B.C.; the latest declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
Macedonia
Hanley
|
$2,000
[15]
In "Mars Attacks!", the Martians were defeated by the playing of this country singer's 1952 hit "Indian Love Call"
Slim Whitman
Hanley
Heather
|
The lyrics to a song that went to No. 1 on the sales charts in Oct. 2001 were written by this 19th c. American
Francis Scott Key