Carol Schlau — a newspaper copy editor from Buffalo, New York
Manoj Mate — an attorney from San Francisco, California
Bill Alston — an accountant from Durham, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $2,200 | $4,600 | $17,800 |
$0
3rd place: trip for 2 to Florida's Space Coast |
$17,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Manoj | $2,400 | $4,800 | $12,200 |
$4,602
2nd place: trip for 2 to the French West Indies |
$12,400
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Carol | $1,600 | $1,600 | $4,800 |
$9,599
New champion: $9,599 |
$4,800
10 R, 2 W |
| DOWN IN THE VALLEY | ENTERTAINMENT FIRSTS | NOT A POPE | THE DARWIN AWARDS | CHARLES IN CHARGE | ENU"FF" ALREADY! |
|
$200
[10]
This Los Angeles valley named for a mission includes the neighborhoods of Encino, Sherman Oaks & Northridge
San Fernando Valley
Manoj
|
$200
[13]
This Beatle first sang lead vocals on vinyl in 1961 on "Ain't She Sweet"
John Lennon
Bill
|
$200
[18]
Sisinnius, Stigma III, Sergius II
Stigma III
Manoj
|
$200
[19]
A Pittsburgh convict tied 8 of these together to escape but was 25 feet short; he broke his ankle & was caught
his bed sheets
Carol
|
$200
[2]
Charles "Pete" Conrad (in 1969) & Charles Duke, Jr. (in 1972) are 2 of only 12 men in history to go to work here
the moon
|
$200
[1]
Of Nottingham or Lobo
the sheriff
Manoj
|
|
$400
[11]
Ernest Hemingway's grave lies near this Idaho valley, a year-round resort developed by the Union Pacific
Sun Valley
Bill
|
$400
[14]
The first movie in which Michael Jackson has a starring role, it was a modern version of a Judy Garland classic
The Wiz
Bill
|
$400
[27]
Adrian I, Sylvester III, Rocius II
Rocius II
Bill
|
$400
[20]
A man in this "Wolverine State" was shot trying to get a photo of his dog holding a rifle
Michigan
Manoj
|
$400
[3]
He was flying mail between St. Louis & Chicago in 1926 when he heard about a prize for the 1st solo Atlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh
Bill
|
$400
[4]
The bottom of a sleeve
cuff
Manoj
|
|
$600
[24]
Located near Lake Tahoe, it was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games
Squaw Valley
Manoj
|
$600
[15]
As Edith, Jean Stapleton won her first Emmy in 1971 on this Show
All in the Family
Bill
|
$600
[28]
Sixtus IV, Sixtus V, Sixtus VI
Sixtus VI
Manoj
|
$600
[21]
As an alibi for a robbery, a man said he was in another state buying this illegal drug made from morphine
heroin
Manoj
|
$600
[5]
If you don't know this comic strip legend who began his famous strip in 1950, well, good grief!
Charles Schulz
Bill
|
$600
[6]
A stout walking stick or a group of assistants
a staff
Carol
|
|
$800
[25]
Lake Tanganyika lies within the western branch of this valley that's thousands of miles long
the Great Rift Valley
Carol
|
$800
[16]
Hallelujah! On April 13, 1742 this Handel oratorio was performed in public for the first time
The Messiah
Carol
|
$800
[29]
Visage III, Boniface VIII, Valentine
Visage III
|
$800
[22]
Oops! After using gas to remove some stains, a man tried to cover the smell by lighting this, maybe at both ends
a candle
Carol
|
DD
$800
[8]
He was founding president of the Fifth Republic, serving from 1958 to 1969
Charles de Gaulle
Manoj
|
$800
[7]
To mislead in a card game
bluff
Manoj
|
|
$1,000
[26]
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point overlooks this river valley
the Hudson River Valley
Bill
|
$1,000
[17]
Errol Flynn's first fantastic swashbuckler was this "sanguine" classic
Captain Blood
Bill
|
— |
$1,000
[23]
A Frenchman moved a parked car 2 feet with this technique used by pro wrestlers & aggressive rams
headbutting
Carol
|
$1,000
[9]
Ben Hecht's book "Charlie" is a biography of this man with whom Hecht wrote several plays
Charles MacArthur
|
$1,000
[12]
A duty imposed on imported goods
a tariff
Carol
|
| UNUSUAL ANIMALS | THEIR LAST TOP 10 HIT | ROYALTY | DECIMAL NUMBER, PLEASE | "ON" WORKS FOR ME | OFF THE CLOCK |
|
$400
[10]
(Sofia delivers the clue with an unusual animal.) Though he may not look it, this lizard can run up to 15 miles per hour
a komodo dragon
Manoj
|
$400
[6]
"In The Navy"(1979)
The Village People
Carol
|
$400
[23]
These 2 cousins of Aragon & Castile married in 1469
Ferdinand & Isabella
Bill
|
$400
[15]
Voltage of your standard AA, C or D battery
1.5
|
$400
[1]
In this book Ian Fleming bonded Bond with Tracy Draco in holy matrimony
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Carol
|
$400
[14]
It's a break in school or in court
a recess
Carol
|
|
$800
[11]
A relative of the alligator, this South & Central American reptile shares its name with a "Grand" Caribbean island
caiman
Manoj
|
$800
[7]
"My Ding-A-Ling"(1972)
Chuck Berry
Bill
|
$800
[24]
The early part of his reign, from 1643 to 1661, was dominated by Cardinal Mazarin
Louis XIV
Bill
Manoj
|
$800
[16]
In the standard grade-point average system, it's your GPA if your grade is B in every class
3.0
Carol
|
$800
[2]
In April 2001 Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer starred in a live version of this play on CBS
On Golden Pond
Bill
|
$800
[21]
As Princess Anne, Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar for her "Roman" one of these
Holiday
Manoj
|
|
$1,200
[12]
(Sofia has another unusual animal for us.) The kinkajou is also known as this kind of "bear", for its favorite food
the honey bear
|
$1,200
[8]
"Touch Me"(1969)
The Doors
Bill
|
$1,200
[25]
This Scottish king was killed in 1040 by one of his generals--Macbeth
Duncan
Carol
|
$1,200
[17]
It's the highest score a judge can give in competitive figure skating
6.0
Bill
|
DD
$1,600
[3]
The 2 similar titles from Jack Kerouac & Willie Nelson
On the Road & "On The Road Again"
Bill
|
$1,200
[22]
It's used on children until they calm down; a pro football team gets 3 of them in a half
a timeout
Bill
|
|
$1,600
[13]
A member of the mongoose family, the suricate is known for its upright posture & is also known by this name
the meerkat
|
$1,600
[9]
"Roam"(1990)
The B-52s
Manoj
|
DD
$1,400
[29]
(Hi. I'm Harry Connick, Jr.) In July 1991 I gave a command performance at Windsor Castle for this man's 70th birthday
(Prince) Philip
Manoj
|
$1,600
[18]
The club that became the Houston Astros had this decimal number in its name
.45
Bill
|
$1,600
[4]
Military theorist Karl von Clausewitz wrote this famous book
On War
|
$1,600
[26]
A type of "home" for your aged granddad, or a pause for a player in a musical score
a rest
Bill
|
|
$2,000
[28]
The other member of the giraffe family, this even-toed ungulate has a much shorter neck
a okapi
Manoj
|
$2,000
[20]
"The Winner Takes It All"(1980)
ABBA
Bill
|
— |
$2,000
[19]
For photographers, it's the typical f-stop between f/4 & f/8
5.6
|
$2,000
[5]
Waltz in & give us the full 5-word title of the followingwork
"On The Beautiful Blue Danube"
|
$2,000
[27]
It's a release from teaching for study & travel given a professor, usually every 7 years
sabbatical
Manoj
|
Like one of his most famous heroines, he died at a train station in 1910
Tolstoy