Ben Studdard — a trial judge from Henry County, Georgia
Brendan Roche — an account manager from Troy, New York
Mary Llewellyn — an engineer from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | $4,400 | $8,000 | $14,200 |
$10,799
2nd place: trip to the Caribbean on Princess Cruise |
$14,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Brendan | $2,600 | $3,000 | $8,600 |
$17,100
New champion: $17,100 |
$7,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Ben | $1,000 | $3,200 | $8,800 |
$300
3rd place: trip to Miami & stay at the Cardoza Hotel |
$8,800
15 R, 4 W |
| IT HAPPENED ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY | STUPID ANSWERS AT THE MOVIES | I HURT MY FOOT | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" | ORIGINS | KNIGHTY KNIGHT |
|
$200
[16]
The Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865 proved to be a decisive battle of this war
the Civil War
Brendan
|
$200
[26]
Oops! The McCallister family leaves 8-year-old Kevin home alone when they go to Paris at Christmas in this 1990 comedy
Home Alone
Ben
|
$200
[21]
6-letter term for wrenching the ankle, thus injuring ligaments
a sprain
Mary
|
$200
[11]
Red breasted bird (5)
a robin
Brendan
|
$200
[6]
Pope Gregory the Great is credited with starting the custom of saying "God bless you" after one of these
a sneeze
Mary
|
$200
[1]
During another Himalayan expedition in 1960 his team searched for the abominable snowman
Sir Edmund Hillary
Ben
|
|
$400
[17]
On April 1, 1980 this British TV network, tongue in cheek, announced that the Big Ben clock was going digital
the BBC
Brendan
|
$400
[27]
Dustin Hoffman is the graduate who's seduced by a middle aged woman in this 1967 classic
The Graduate
Ben
|
$600
[23]
Inflammation of the plantar fascia, in this "architectural" part of the foot, can be quite painful
the arch
Brendan
|
$400
[12]
Follows Cornish & Tyrannosaurus (3)
rex
Mary
|
$400
[7]
Ribbons of this color were used to keep evil spirits away from boy babies, hence the association with it today
blue
Mary
|
$400
[2]
In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", a "woman" tells this king, "Well, I didn't vote for you!"
King Arthur
Brendan
|
|
$600
[18]
"Aim high" & tell us this branch of the U.S. military that established its academy in 1954
the Air Force
Ben
|
$600
[28]
John Cusack & Kate Beckinsale meet serendiptously & dine at NYC's Serendipity Cafe in this 2001 romance
Serendipity
Mary
|
$800
[24]
The tarsal bones form the ankle; these 5 bones prone to stress fracture form the instep
the metatarsals
Mary
Brendan
Ben
|
$600
[13]
Regret for a French street (3)
rue
Mary
|
$600
[8]
The rocks put on a grave, to keep the dead from coming back out or animals from getting in, evolved into these
gravestones (tombstones)
Mary
|
$600
[3]
Sir William & Sir Lawrence Bragg established the study of crystal structures using these "mysterious" rays
X-rays
Mary
|
|
$800
[19]
This actress was born on April 1, 1938, we doubt her first words were "Love is never having to say you're sorry"
Ali MacGraw
|
$800
[29]
Tom Berenger & Willem Dafoe lead Charlie Sheen's platoon in this Vietnam drama
Platoon
Ben
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
Metaphorically, it's to damage your own cause; literally, it's what Tennessee Sheriff Bruce Seal did in 1998
shoot yourself in the foot
Mary
|
$800
[14]
Hebrew "teacher" (5)
rabbi
Ben
|
$800
[9]
Bast, an Egyptian goddess with a cat's head, had this many lives
9
Mary
|
$800
[4]
This "pure" knight, supposedly the last descendant of Joseph of Arimathea, was able to sit in the Perilous Seat
Sir Galahad
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[20]
April 1, 1815 saw the birth of a cute l'il future "Iron Chancellor" of Prussia named this
Bismarck
Mary
|
$1,000
[30]
Dudley Moore thought Bo Derek was a perfect "10" in this 1979 romp
10
Ben
|
$1,000
[25]
Numbness of the toes is a symptom of this disease named for a 19th century French doctor
Raynaud's disease
|
$1,000
[15]
Gawk at a car accident (10)
rubberneck
Brendan
|
$1,000
[10]
Thought barbaric by Roman nobles, this item of clothing came from Asian nomads who rode a lot
pants
Brendan
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1975, at age 86, this silent film legend, then living in Switzerland, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth
Sir Charlie Chaplin
|
| OFF TO A GOOD START | METAPHYSICS | MONEY PROBLEMS | ENDS IN "ING" | PLANET OF THE APES | APES OF THE PLANET |
|
$400
[21]
This Washington Irving snoozer begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson..."
"Rip Van Winkle"
Ben
|
$400
[8]
The term "Metaphysics" began as the title of this Greek thinker's book that followed "Physics"
Aristotle
Ben
|
$400
[26]
Total number of pennies in $10 million
one blllion
Mary
Brendan
|
$400
[16]
The "plum" type of this is a Christmas fruitcake's British cousin
pudding
Brendan
|
$400
[1]
Script credit on the original film goes to Michael Wilson & this "Twilight Zone" creator
Rod Serling
Brendan
|
$400
[6]
Your average adult mountain gorilla's day begins just after dawn; he feeds, then takes one of these about noon
a nap
Ben
|
|
$800
[22]
This 1854 poem commences with "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward"
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Ben
|
$800
[9]
Kierkegaard's use of the term "existenz" led to this philosophy championed by Jean-Paul Sartre
existentialism
Mary
|
$800
[27]
45 quarters totals this much money
$11.25
Brendan
|
$800
[17]
A platform between flights of stairs
a landing
Ben
|
$800
[2]
In 1968 as Taylor he screams, "Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape"
Charlton Heston
Brendan
|
$800
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a young ape.) Of the great apes, this is the one that spends most of its time in trees
an orangutan
Mary
|
|
$1,200
[23]
At the start of this Dickens book the hero wonders "Whther I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life"
David Copperfield
Brendan
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
Thomism, named for this saint, maintains that thinking about the world reveals God as its cause
St. Thomas Aquinas
Mary
|
$1,600
[29]
Number of "Jacksons" necessary to total $240
12
Mary
|
$1,200
[18]
It's the room where film editing takes place; a bad scene ends up on its floor
the cutting room
Brendan
|
$1,200
[3]
In 2001 as Attar he screams, "Take your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human"
Michael Clarke Duncan
Mary
|
$1,200
[13]
Apes, like humans, have opposable thumbs; unlike humans, they also have opposable these
toes--big toes
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This Victor Hugo classic begins with Part One, "Fantine"
Les Miserables
Mary
Ben
|
$1,200
[10]
To Kant a noumenon, a think in itself, is contrasted with this term, a thing as we perceive it
a phenomenon
Mary
|
$2,000
[30]
Number of nickels in a "Lincoln" multiplied by the number of dimes in a "Hamilton"
10,000
Ben
|
$1,600
[19]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Salem, Massachusetts.) In 1692, Giles Cory had this type of engagement. It was the way he was executedfor refusing to cooperate with the court
pressing
Mary
Brendan
|
$1,600
[4]
In the original series of films he not only played Cornelius, but his son as well
Roddy McDowall
Brendan
|
$1,600
[14]
Gorillas & chimps are the only animals that use the perambulation method known as this type of walking
knuckle walking
Mary
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The prologue to this Shaw work opens "In the doorway of the Temple of Ra in Memphis"
Caesar and Cleopatra
Mary
|
$2,000
[12]
This German who co-discovered calculus thought entities called monads make up the universe & are microcosms of it
Leibniz
Ben
|
DD
$2,800
[28]
Smallest number of U.S. bills needed to total exactly $36
4
Brendan
|
$2,000
[20]
In war & war movies, this 1-word cry means "enemy fire on its way; take cover!"
incoming
Ben
|
$2,000
[5]
Pierre Boulle, who wrote the original "Apes" book, also wrote this later-filmed tale of a WWII construction project
Bridge on the River Kwai
Ben
|
$2,000
[15]
To sign the Japanese word for "here", this famous talking gorilla could point to herself
Koko
Mary
|
At the end of October 2001 Lance Burton & Tony Curtis unveiled the new stamp honoring this man
Harry Houdini