Bill Alston — an accountant from Durham, North Carolina
Wanda Berthelot — a high school teacher from Lafayette, Louisiana
Brendan Roche — an account manager from Troy, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan | $4,600 | $4,800 | $14,800 |
$5,600
2nd place: trip for 2 to Mexico |
$14,800
20 R, 1 W |
| Wanda | $400 | $800 | $2,800 |
$4,800
3rd place: trip for 2 to the Pinegrove Dude Ranch |
$6,800
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bill | $4,000 | $7,000 | $19,000 |
$30,000
New champion: $30,000 |
$20,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THIS IS SPAIN | "KING" ME | NBA MVPs | EQUATIONS | NOT IN YOUR OLD DICTIONARY | YOU JUST SAVED MY ____ |
|
$200
[16]
As you'd expect, it was this city's surrender on March 28, 1939 that ended the Spanish Civil War
Madrid
Brendan
|
$200
[6]
After his 1999 accident, this author purchased & destroyed the van that nearly destroyed him
Stephen King
Brendan
|
$200
[1]
1977:A Lakers center
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Brendan
|
$200
[26]
Lagrange's equations in mechanics can be derived from this great British scientist's laws of motion
Newton
Bill
|
$200
[21]
A blend of "brain" & "maniac", this term for a smart person probably came from a DC Comics villain
a brainiac
Bill
|
$200
[11]
Similar to but smaller than a mesa, it's also a city in Montana
butte
Brendan
|
|
$400
[17]
The Duero River flows across much of Spain, then turns to form the border with this country
Portugal
Wanda
Bill
|
$400
[7]
In addition to her talk show, Ricki Lake has a recurring role on this New York-sitcom
King of Queens
Bill
|
$400
[2]
1981:A Philadelphia "doctor"
Dr. J (Julius Erving)
Brendan
|
$400
[27]
(Sofia is at the board.) In the Drake equation for the communicating civilizations in our galaxy, Fprefers to the fraction of stars that have these
planets
Wanda
|
$400
[22]
"Infantile" nickname for the regional phone companies created when AY&T broke up in 1984
Baby Bell
Wanda
|
$400
[12]
It's a foot covering for skiers, or a trunk on a British car
a boot
Wanda
|
|
$600
[18]
Cape Creus in the extreme northeast juts into this body of water
Mediterranean
Brendan
Wanda
|
$600
[8]
With husband Gerry Goffin, she wrote such classics as "The Loco-Motion" & "Up on the Roof"
Carole King
Bill
|
$600
[3]
1956: Bob Pettit,1957: This Bob of Boston
Bob Cousy
Brendan
|
$600
[28]
In Egypt or elsewhere, the volume of this solid equals 1/3 of the area of the base times the height
a pyramid
Brendan
|
DD
$400
[25]
In Washington, if you know who POTUS is, you should surmise that FLOTUS is this person
first lady
Bill
|
$600
[13]
From an old word meaning "exchange", it's a pirate's ill-gained loot
booty
Brendan
|
|
$800
[19]
This wine-producing region takes its name from the Oja River
the Rioja
|
$800
[9]
In 1996 she coached the U.S. Women's Tennis Team at the Olympic Games in Atlanta
Billie Jean King
Brendan
|
$800
[4]
1994:A "Dream"y Rocket
Hakeem Olajuwon
Brendan
|
$800
[29]
(Now Sarah is rockin' the chalk.) This word, meaning "relating to a square," describes equations of the form seen here
quadratic
Bill
|
$600
[23]
A spork is a combination of these 2 utensils (some think it should be called a foon)
a spoon and a fork
Wanda
|
$800
[14]
It's the group of football players whose positions are behind the line of scrimmage; they may go into "motion"
backfield
Brendan
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This group of islands, a province of Spain, includes Majorca, Minorca & the smaller Cabrera
the Balearic
Bill
|
$1,000
[10]
Christopher Plummer played Rudyard Kipling in this 1975 adventure film based on a Kipling story
The Man Who Would be King
Bill
|
$1,000
[5]
1970:A gimpy Knick
Willis Reed
Bill
|
$1,000
[30]
The Van del Waals equation describes this state of matter--the real, not the ideal type
gas
|
$800
[24]
The name of this computer accessory sounds like a rodent residence
a mouse pad
Bill
|
$1,000
[15]
When your movie's been shot, it's in this container
the can
Bill
|
| AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | KANGAROOS IN LITERATURE | SHRIMP | ON THE BARBIE | MEL GIBSON MOVIES | G'DAY, "MATE" |
|
$400
[15]
Edward Hargraves found some of this in 1851 in New South Wales; what a "rush"!
gold
Brendan
|
$400
[1]
"Elmer & the Kangaroo" tells of Elmer the Elephant's efforts to convince a kangaroo it can do this
jump
|
$400
[4]
Only brine shrimp & a few other tiny forms of life can live in this large lake in northwest Utah
Salt Lake
Bill
|
$400
[20]
The Barbie seen here, part of the Great Fashions of the 20th Century series, represents this decade
the '50s
Brendan
|
$400
[5]
It's the name of Mel's character in "The Road Warrior"
Max
Bill
|
$400
[10]
It wins a chess game
checkmate
Brendan
|
|
$800
[16]
As a staunch ally of the U.S., Australia first sent troops to this Asian country in 1962
Vietnam
Bill
|
$800
[2]
He created the literary mother & son marsupials Kanga & Roo
Milne
Wanda
|
$800
[23]
All shrimp have these; most have one pair as long as their bodies
antenna
Wanda
|
$800
[21]
In 1992 Army Barbie took the world by "Storm", fresh from her stint as a medic sergeant in this war
the Persian Gulf War
Bill
|
$800
[6]
Don't teach your kids history from this 2000 movie in which Mel fights the American Revolution
The Patriot
Brendan
|
$800
[11]
Your partner on an election ticket
your running mate
Wanda
|
|
DD
$800
[18]
Completed in 1973, this Sydney landmark was designed by Danish architect John Utzon
the Sydney Opera House
Bill
|
$1,200
[3]
Looking at photos of this in a book, a kangaroo thinks she's upside-down in Crockett Johnson's "Who's Upside Down?"
the Earth
|
$1,200
[24]
This "Courtship" fellow who came over on the Mayflower was once derisively called "Captain Shrimp"
Miles Standish
Wanda
|
$1,200
[22]
Here's Barbie posing as this moviecharacterin her drapery dress
Scarlett O'Hara
Wanda
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1990 Franco Zeffirelli directed Mel in this role
Hamlet
Wanda
|
$1,200
[12]
A ward for expectant mothers
maternity
Brendan
|
|
$1,200
[17]
By sailing around it in 1798, George Bass proved this Australian state was an island
Tasmania
Bill
|
$1,600
[27]
A young kangaroo who has this name, like other young kangaroos, runs away from home in a 1985 Jack Kent work
a joey
Brendan
|
$2,000
[26]
Among this 18th century satirical painter's works were "The Shrimp Girl" & "A Rake's Progress"
Hogarth
Bill
|
$1,600
[29]
The first celebrity Barbie doll was this fashion model in 1967
Twiggy
Bill
|
$1,600
[8]
Annoying the FBI, Mel has his own ideas about his kidnapped son in this film
Ransom
Brendan
|
$1,600
[13]
From the Latin for "bounteous mother", it's where you went to college
alma mater
Brendan
|
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1915 Australian forces were part of a disastrous offensive on this Turkish peninsula
Gallipoli
Bill
|
$2,000
[28]
In "I Love You, Blue Kangaroo", the title roo fears he'll be replaced when a girl is given new ones of these
stuffed animals
|
DD
$4,000
[25]
The site of a Neil Simon play, this southern city was once thought of as the "Shrimp Capital of the Nation"
Biloxi
Wanda
|
$2,000
[30]
In 2001 Barbie made her video debut playing Clara in an adaptation of this Christmas ballet
The Nutcracker
Brendan
|
$2,000
[9]
If you're looking for a thriller about a tough ex-con out for revenge, "it's" this film "time"
Payback
Bill
|
$2,000
[14]
Nearly exact in value
approximate
|
One of only 2 U.S. presidents to be outlived by their fathers
(1 of) John F Kennedy or Warren G. Harding