Russ Donnelly — a bartender from Honolulu, Hawaii
Sage Andersen — a student from Oakland, California
Maggie Bruen — a teacher from Hoboken, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maggie | $2,400 | $2,600 | $7,400 |
$7,500
3rd place: trip to Rancho Mirage & stay at Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Country Club |
$7,400
14 R, 3 W |
| Sage | $1,400 | $5,000 | $11,400 |
$20,801
New champion: $20,801 |
$12,400
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Russ | $4,200 | $2,600 | $10,400 |
$20,600
2nd place: trip to Barbados & stay at Almond Resorts |
$12,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| INITIALED AUTHORS | LET'S BUILD SOME MUSCLE | THE NIFTY FIFTIES | BASKETBALL COACHES | ALL BUSINESS | CROSSWORD CLUES "K" |
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$200
[11]
In 2001 she wrote 2 of Harry Potter's school books under 2 different pseudonyms
J.K. Rowling
Sage
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$200
[16]
The biceps flexes the forearm; this 3-headed muscle extends the forearm
the triceps
Maggie
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$200
[1]
The Dodgers were still based in this NYC borough when they won their first World Series in 1955
Brooklyn
Maggie
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$200
[21]
Chuck Daly got a championship ring in 1990 with the Pistons & this piece of jewelry 2 years later with the "Dream Team"
an Olympic Gold medal
Sage
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$200
[26]
Since going public in 2000, this Winston-Salem-based doughnut chain has made a lot of dough for investors
Krispy Kreme
Sage
|
$200
[3]
Beer barrel (3)
a keg
Maggie
|
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$400
[12]
"Women in Love" was the sequel to "The Rainbow" by this British author
D.H. Lawrence
Sage
|
$400
[17]
You might not know squat about exercise, but you should know that squats build the quads at the front of this
your thigh
Sage
|
$400
[2]
Like a fairy tale come true, she became a princess in 1956 when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco
Princess Grace (Kelly)
Russ
|
$400
[22]
In 1997 Adolph Rupp's record of 876 wins with Kentucky was broken by this southern school's Dean Smith
UNC (University of North Carolina)
Sage
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$400
[27]
We predict you'll know that this computer software company has the stock symbol ORCL
Oracle
Sage
|
$400
[5]
Fire place, for a ceramicist (4)
a kiln
Russ
|
|
$600
[13]
The struggle between good & evil forces over a magic ring is at the center of his epic trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien
Maggie
|
$600
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at a gym.) I'm at the gym to put some muscle on my pecs, which I'll do by performing this exercise
a bench press
Sage
|
$600
[4]
Heard here in a 1957 hit, he was one of rock & roll's first teen idols
Rick Nelson
Russ
|
$600
[23]
Seen here, he's famous for lighting up when his team's victory was assured
Red Auerbach
Russ
|
$800
[29]
It's true! This leader in wireless & local phone services was formed by a merger of GTE & Bell Atlantic
Verizon
Sage
|
$600
[6]
It's tops in Tanzania (11)
Kilimanjaro
Maggie
|
|
$800
[14]
His published work: one novel & about 15 short stories, including "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters"
J.D. Salinger
Russ
|
$800
[19]
A lower-calorie diet along with cardio & crunches will help you develop your "6-pack", these muscles
your abs
Sage
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$800
[7]
In the summer of 1950, this 70-year-old general became commander of U.N. forces in Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Maggie
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$800
[24]
Tex Winter devised this geometrical offense used by the champion Bulls & Lakers
a triangle
Sage
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
In October 2001 this company beat out Boeing for the largest defense contract in history, worth over $200 billion
Lockheed
Sage
|
$800
[9]
Once Germany's head Helmut (4)
Kohl
Sage
|
|
$1,000
[15]
He wrote the "Chronicles of Narnia" for his goddaughter Lucy, who shares her name with a character in them
C.S. Lewis
Maggie
|
$1,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the gym.) I'm performing lat pulldowns--"lat" being short for this
latissimus dorsi
Sage
Russ
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$1,000
[8]
This first nuclear-powered submarine was launched at Groton, Connecticut in 1954
the Nautilus
Maggie
Russ
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$1,000
[25]
The '76ers whom he took to the 2001 Finals, are his sixth NBA team
Larry Brown
|
$1,000
[30]
Well shiver me timbers! This is the nation's largest fast food seafood chain
Long John Silver's
Sage
|
$1,000
[10]
Cheops' other name (5)
Khufu
Russ
|
| THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY | THIS FAMILY MATTERS | BOTANY | THE 3 | "STRANGER" | IN A STRANGE LAND |
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$400
[1]
Rodolfo sings the anguished aria "Ah Mimi, Tu Piu" in this Puccini opera
La bohème
Maggie
Russ
|
$400
[7]
The 11 children of this '60s politician include a former Congressman & the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Bobby Kennedy
Maggie
Russ
|
$400
[26]
The old man type of this succulent is thornless & is covered in a coat of white hair
a cactus
Sage
|
$400
[6]
The 3 West Coast states between Canada & Mexico
California, Oregon & Washington
Maggie
|
$400
[16]
In a Sinatra hit, these romantic folks are "exchanging glaces"
strangers in the night
Maggie
|
$400
[21]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew wears a hat.) Myhatis part of the national dress of this United Kingdom country
Scotland
Russ
|
|
$800
[2]
In a Humperdinck opera, these kids sing happily of a little man in the woods before meeting the witch
Hansel & Gretel
Maggie
|
$800
[8]
Last name of "Hud" Oscar winner Melvyn & his granddaughter, actress Illeana
Douglas
Sage
|
$800
[27]
It's the common name for the herb Mentha piperita
peppermint
Sage
|
$800
[9]
The 3 U.S. manned capsule space flight programs before the Space Shuttle took over
Gemini, Mercury & Apollo
Russ
|
$800
[17]
Balki & Larry on the small screen
Perfect Strangers
Sage
Russ
|
$800
[22]
Man-made Lake Nasser straddles the border between Egypt & this large country to its south
Sudan
Sage
|
|
$1,200
[3]
(Hi, I'm mayor and opera lover Rudy Giuliani.) One of my favorites, it's the Verdi opera that contains the following song
Rigoletto
Maggie
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
In 1928 this family made its Madison Square Garden debut without a net--it had gotten lost in shipping
the (Flying) Wallendas
Russ
|
$1,200
[28]
During the course of a summer, one single fern may produce millions of these tiny reproductive bodies
spores
Russ
|
$1,200
[10]
The 3 people to play Batman in live-action films of the 1990s
Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer & George Clooney
Maggie
Russ
|
$1,200
[18]
Hitchcock hit from 1951
Strangers on a Train
Russ
|
$1,200
[23]
Milan Kucan is the president of this former Yugoslav republic wedged between Croatia & Italy
Slovenia
Sage
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Inspired by his love for a friend's wife, Wagner composed this opera about a pair of medieval lovers
Tristan and Isolde
Maggie
|
$1,200
[13]
(Mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial gives the clue.) Members of this famous New Orleans jazz family, including Ellis, played at my 1994 inaugural
the Marsalises
Russ
|
— |
DD
$1,200
[11]
The 3 Shakespeare plays whose titles are the names of famous couples
Romeo and Juliet , Troilus and Cressida & Antony and Cleopatra
Russ
|
$1,600
[19]
A song from the musical "Kismet" begins, "Take my hand, I'm" one of these
a stranger in a paradise
Maggie
|
$1,600
[24]
In ancient times this Mediterranean isle was called Melita
Malta
Sage
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The Polovtsian dances heardhereare from Borodin's opera "Prince" him
( Prince ) Igor
Russ
|
$1,600
[14]
One of the few 3-generation Major League Baseball families is this one, with Gus, Buddy & David
the Bells
Russ
|
— |
$2,000
[12]
The 3 countries whose names in English begin with "J"
Jamaica, Japan & Jordan
|
$2,000
[20]
Rebecca De Mornay should have listened to the title of this 1995 thriller that co-starred Antonio Banderas
Never Talk to Strangers
|
$2,000
[25]
This landlocked country of Southern Africa is called the "Kingdom in the Sky" by its citizens
Lesotho
|
Derived from the Latin for "to walk", this word is often printed backwards to be seen in rear-view mirrors
ambulance