Lynda Del Genis — a technical writer from Baltimore, Maryland
Lori Wright — a benefits consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
Umiko Post — a stay-at-home mom from Peoria, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umiko | $1,200 | $4,600 | $9,000 |
$13,500
2nd place: trip for 2 to Mexico |
$11,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lori | $3,000 | $4,400 | $11,000 |
$3,999
3rd place: trip for 2 to the island of Kauai |
$12,000
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lynda | $1,200 | $1,600 | $8,800 |
$17,100
New champion: $17,100 |
$8,800
14 R, 3 W |
| GEOGRAPHIC "LAND"S | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY | THE INVENTIVE FRENCH | COLLEGE FOOTBALL | OUT OF THIS WORLD | 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[22]
This state is divided into 2 parts by Chesapeake Bay & the Susquehanna river, which flows into it
Maryland
Lynda
|
$200
[2]
This popular '60s black hairstyle was called a natural when worn by our head writer
an afro
Umiko
|
$200
[7]
An ancestor of this modern machine is Edouard Beeline's 1925 belinograph; it transmitted photos by wire
a fax machine
Lori
|
$200
[13]
In 1992 South Carolina & Arkansas began playing in this geographic conference
the Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Lori
|
$200
[9]
The first planet orbiting another sunlike star was found in 1995 in this constellation named for a winged horse
Pegasus
Lynda
|
$200
[1]
It's a tie score in tennis, or a playing card with 2 spots
a deuce
Lynda
|
|
$400
[23]
Most of this island's people are descended both from the Inuit & the Danes
Greenland
Lynda
|
$400
[3]
These short pants may have taken their name from the fictitious author of Irving's "A History of New York"
knickerbockers (knickers)
Lori
|
$400
[8]
Take a deep breath & tell us the name of this early 19th century invention of physician Rene Laennec
a stethoscope
Lynda
|
$400
[14]
For 14 straight seasons, 1987-2000, he coached the Florida State Seminoles to a Top 4 position in the final polls
Bobby Bowden
Umiko
|
$400
[10]
This inner planet comes closest to Earth, about 26 million miles
Venus
Lynda
|
$400
[18]
It means to trim a tree; & not just a plum tree
prune
Umiko
|
|
$600
[26]
Both Russia & Norway lie on its Russian border
Finland
Lori
|
$600
[4]
This hip clothier with the initials T.H. began as a designer of hippie fashions
Tommy Hilfiger
Lori
|
$600
[25]
French Army needs prompted Nicholas Appert to find a way to preserve food & Hippolyte Mege-Mouries to invent this spread
margarine
Umiko
|
$600
[15]
Since 1996 this bowl game's corporate sponsor has been Frito-Lay Tostito chips
the Fiesta Bowl
Umiko
|
$600
[11]
Betelgeuse, whose name has been translated as "shoulder of the giant", is in this hunter constellation
Orion
Lori
|
$600
[19]
A size of typeface, or the best, the finest, the most distinguished
elite
Lynda
|
|
$800
[27]
The city of St. John's is the center of this Canadian province's only metropolitan area
Newfoundland
Umiko
|
$800
[5]
Feline name for the full-body stocking made popular by Diana Rigg on "The Avengers"
a catsuit
Lori
|
$800
[29]
Before he turned to photography, this was the main occupation of Louis Daguerre of daguerreotype fame
a painter
Lynda
|
$800
[16]
In a 2002 bowl game, QB Joey Harrington threw for 350 yards & 4 TDs as this school defeated Colorado, 38-16
Oregon
Umiko
|
$800
[12]
These may be named for up to 3 discoverers, as in the case of Kobayashi-Berger-Milon
comets
Lori
|
$800
[20]
(Jimmy gives the clue from the Stars & Stripesyacht.) It's the 5-letter name for the hoisting machine I'm grinding
a winch
Lori
|
|
DD
$1,200
[28]
In this south African kingdom, the king's mother is in charge of national rituals
Swaziland
Umiko
|
$1,000
[6]
Wallace might know this term for a metal eyelet mainly used in fashion on belts but also seen on hems & cuffs
a grommet
Lori
|
— |
$1,000
[17]
This head coach's last game with Notre Dame was a 1996 loss to USC; he now coaches a different USC
Lou Holtz
Umiko
|
$1,000
[24]
Astronomer believe supernovas cause bursts of these rays, among the most powerful events in the universe
gamma rays
|
$1,000
[21]
It's the basic unit that makes up a computer image, if you get my point!
a pixel
Umiko
|
| A | B.C. | "DEF" | GH | EYE | J.K. ROWLING |
|
$400
[6]
In the words phenomena, criteria & genera, the a indicates the words are these
plural
Lynda
|
$400
[3]
From 73 to 71 B.C. he led the gladiatorial revolt against Rome
Spartacus
Lynda
|
$400
[16]
In 1970 in London, Soviet ballerina Natalia Makarova became one of these
a defector
Lori
|
$400
[26]
The Ice Princess storyline of the early '80s concerned the world's largest uncut one of these
a diamond
Lori
|
$400
[2]
The Venetians in the late Renaissance are credited with first using this, rather than metal, for artificial eyes
glass
Lori
Lynda
|
$400
[1]
J.K. Rowling wrote what became her first novel at a cafe in this Scottish capital
Edinburgh
Umiko
|
|
$800
[12]
Prior to 1968 the Oakland A's were this city's A's
Kansas City
Lynda
|
$800
[4]
We say to this lawmaker who brought democracy to Athens, "It's been good to know ya"
Solon
|
$800
[17]
Postponement, especially of compulsory military service
deferral (or deferment)
Lori
|
$800
[27]
While playing Dr. Jeff Webber, he may have pulled a "MacGyver" to save a patient
Richard Dean Anderson
Lynda
|
DD
$400
[21]
You focus the eye by flattening or rounding this part, a process called accommodation
the lens
Umiko
|
$800
[5]
J.K. got the idea for her books when traveling from Manchester to London via this mode of transport
train
Umiko
|
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
In USA Today's color coding of its sections, A is this color
blue
Lori
|
$1,200
[7]
Even the Bible mentions this Babylonian king's siege of Jerusalem that began in December 598 B.C.
Nebuchadnezzar
|
$1,200
[18]
This type of disease results from a diet lacking in key elements like vitamins or minerals
a deficiency
Lori
|
— |
$800
[11]
As the etymology suggests, photoreceptors are eye cells specialized to receive this
light
Umiko
|
$1,200
[8]
On July 23, 2000 Rowling's 4 books held the top 4 spots on this newspaper's Kids' Bestseller list
The New York Times
Lynda
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Member of the group heardherewho wears a giant "A" on his giant shirt
Alvin (and the Chipmunks)
Lori
|
$1,600
[24]
Around 3000 B.C. people moving east from Baluchistan began settling in this south Asian river's valley
the Indus River valley
|
$1,600
[19]
It doesn't mean "to restore worn fabric", but "to pay costs or expenses"
defray
Lori
|
— |
$1,600
[22]
The lacrimal glands lubricate the eyeball itself; the meibomian glands lubricate these
the eyelids
Lori
|
$1,600
[9]
Rowling has said that her favorite author of all tie is this author of "Mansfield Park"
Jane Austen
Lynda
|
|
$2,000
[15]
When talking atoms, A stands for this number, the total of protons & neutrons in its nucleus
the mass number
|
$2,000
[25]
Carved out near Aswan around 1250 B.C., the temples at this Egyptian site were moved in the 1960s A.D.
Abu Simbel
|
$2,000
[20]
Diskeeper is software to do this, reorganize your computer's files
defragment
Umiko
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
A degenerative eye disease is known as RP, for this "pigmentosa"
retinitis
Lynda
|
$2,000
[10]
In June 2000 Queen Elizabeth named Rowling an officer of the OBE, which stands for this
Order of the British Empire
Lynda
|
Appropriately, the last name of this current director means "characterized by abject fear"
Wes Craven