(Sarah: Stay tuned forJeopardy!and learn some important baseball skills.Pbht!)
Mary Mindel — a homemaker from Webster Groves, Missouri
Ben Bass — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
Erik Rockom — a finish carpenter from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik | $4,000 | $8,600 | $11,000 |
$21,998
3rd place: trip to San Francisco & stay at the Fairmont Hotel |
$11,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Ben | $-1,000 | $2,200 | $12,600 |
$23,201
New champion: $23,201 |
$13,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Mary | $2,400 | $3,200 | $11,600 |
$23,200
2nd place: trip to Puerto Vallarta & stay at Buganvilias Resort |
$12,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| KENTUCKY | TV SITCOM DADS | FILL IN THE BANK | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY | "IN" WORDS | AS EASY AS A,B,C |
|
$200
[11]
Kentucky leads the nation in the production of this corn-based whiskey
bourbon
Mary
|
$200
[16]
Howard Cunningham
Happy Days
Mary
|
$200
[24]
It actually only arranges transplants of the cornea: _____ bank
an eye bank
Ben
|
$200
[21]
An American businessman is murdered on a snowbound train in this 1934 Agatha Christie mystery
Murder on the Orient Express
Ben
|
$200
[1]
In the pledge of allegiance, it precedes "with liberty and justice for all"
indivisible
Erik
|
$200
[6]
Of assault, battery & collusion, the Manhattan park
Battery
Mary
|
|
$400
[12]
It completes the state motto, "United we stand..."
"...divided we fall"
Erik
|
$400
[17]
Darrin Stephens
Bewitched
Ben
|
$400
[25]
Incorporated in 1694 with capital of 1.2 million pounds sterling: Bank of _____
Bank of England
Erik
Ben
|
$400
[22]
Agatha regretted making this spinster sleuth so old in her first cases--she'd have been about 110 in "Nemesis"
Miss Marple
Erik
|
$400
[2]
Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 "A date which will live in" this
infamy
Erik
|
$400
[7]
Of angel, brave & cardinal, in baseball, the one mentioned in the anthem sung before each game
brave
Erik
|
|
$600
[13]
Daniel Boone & his wife Rebecca are buried in this capital's cemetery
Frankfort
Mary
|
$600
[18]
Jim Anderson
Father Knows Best
Mary
|
$600
[26]
Annexed by Jordan in 1950: _____ Bank
the West Bank
Erik
|
DD
$600
[23]
Foul play occurs on the Karnak, a river steamboat in this 1937 novel
Death on the Nile
Erik
|
$600
[3]
It's the branch of an army made up of foot soldiers
infantry
Mary
|
$600
[8]
Of apple, banana & cherry, the Baldwin
apple
|
|
$800
[14]
Kentucky's only national park, it includes the world's longest cave system at 300 miles in length
Mammoth Cave
Erik
|
$800
[19]
Michael Taylor & Joey Harris
My Two Dads
Erik
|
$800
[27]
A collection of information on a subject, stored in a computer: _____ bank
memory bank
Erik
|
$800
[29]
To coincide with his death in "Curtain", The New York Times printed an obituary of this Belgian detective in 1975
Hercule Poirot
Erik
|
$800
[4]
Apparatus in which you might find newborn chicks or premature babies
an incubator
Erik
|
$800
[9]
Of adagio, bellagio & collegio, what UNLV would be to an Italian
collegio
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Kentucky is officially designated a commonwealth to honor this state which had owned the region
Virginia
Ben
Mary
|
$1,000
[20]
Jason Seaver
Growing Pains
Ben
|
$1,000
[28]
New Jersey birthplace of Count Basie & Edmund Wilson: _____ Bank
Red Bank
Ben
|
$1,000
[30]
Agatha Christie adapted her short radio play "Three Blind Mice" into this long-running play
The Mousetrap
Erik
|
$1,000
[5]
It's the symbol seen here(Remember the category)
interrogation mark
Mary
|
$1,000
[10]
Of aster, buttercup & camellia, the genus from whose plants tea is most often made
camellia
Erik
|
| CHEMISTRY | INSIDE BASEBALL | HEARD OF HARDING | DEB-UTANTES | EARLY AUTOMAKERS | AS TOUGH AS "X", "Y", "Z" |
|
$400
[13]
This Irish chemist's law states that a gas' volume is directly related to the pressure applied to it
(Robert) Boyle
Ben
|
$400
[1]
This stat equals hits divided by official at-bats
batting average
Erik
|
$400
[6]
Before going into politics, Harding ran one of these media businesses with the wealthy divorcee he married
a newspaper
Erik
|
$400
[16]
Phylicia Rashad is the sister of this dancer & choreographer
Debbie Allen
Erik
|
$400
[21]
One of his Lansing-built cars cost over $600; quite a "ransom", but then he was one, too
(Ransom) Olds
Ben
|
$400
[8]
The first secretary of the Society of Jesus was this St. Francis
St. Francis Xavier
Erik
Mary
|
|
$800
[14]
This Italian's dry cell battery of 1800 consisted of a stack of pairs of silver and zinc disks
Alessandro Volta
Erik
|
$800
[2]
It's the risky play that tries to bring a runner in from third with a sacrifice bunt
squeeze play
Erik
|
DD
$400
[29]
Nickname of Suite 404 in Chicago's Blackstone Hotel where the deal was made to nominate Harding
a "smoke-filled room"
Ben
|
$800
[17]
This star of "Will & Grace" graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University
Debra Messing
Ben
|
$800
[23]
In 1914 Brothers John & Horace Dodge got out of making parts for this company to make their own cars
Ford
Erik
|
$800
[9]
In 1994 this rebel group took over several Mexican cities in the state of Chiapas
the Zapatistas
Erik
|
|
$1,200
[15]
(Hi, I am George Olah, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.) The names of compounds that have only 2 elements end in this 3-letter suffix
-ide
Erik
Mary
|
$1,200
[3]
It precedes "hitter" or "runner" to mean a replacement player sent in during a game
a pinch hitter
Erik
|
$800
[7]
Elected a U.S. senator by this state in 1914, Harding became presidential material in 1920
Ohio
|
$1,200
[18]
This electric youth had hits with "Electric Youth" & "Shake Your Love"
Debbie Gibson
Ben
|
$1,200
[24]
Of Crosby, Stills, Nash or Young, the president of Buick in 1911
Nash
Erik
|
$1,200
[10]
In a 1967 "Doctor Who" adventure, the Doctor finds the Himalayan creatures are actually robots
yeti
Erik
Mary
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Like an elastic membrane, this property of water allows needles & razor blades to float
surface tension
Ben
|
$1,600
[4]
(From Bank One Ballpark, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, here's Sarah.) I've called for this, because I think the runner on first is trying to steal
a pitchout
Mary
|
$1,600
[27]
Though he was a former musician, Harding supported the passage of this amendment--for political, not personal reasons
the 18th (or Prohibition)
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1990 she replaced Jane Pauley as co-anchor on the "Today" show
Deborah Norville
Mary
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1904 George Pierce introduced this "Great" model; the Great was later dropped from the name
the Arrow
Mary
|
$1,600
[11]
She was Mrs. Socrates; her name should be on the tippe of your tongue
Xanthippe
Ben
|
|
$2,000
[30]
This vessel made of graphite or porcelain is used for melting materials at high temperatures
the crucible
|
$2,000
[5]
(Once again, from Bank One Ballpark, here's Sarah.) Curt Schilling & Roger Clemens both use this pitch that's similar to a forkball
a split-finger fastball
Ben
|
$2,000
[28]
Like Benjamin Harrison & William McKinley, Harding conducted one of these close-to-home campaigns
a front porch campaign
Ben
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
She was the first African-American to win a medal at a Winter Olympics
Debi Thomas
Mary
|
$2,000
[26]
"Ask the man who owns one" should ring a bell with you; it became this company's slogan in 1901
Packard
|
$2,000
[12]
The observatory George Hale founded in Williams Bay, Wisconsin is named for this financier
Charles Yerkes
|
Appropriately, the Salem Witch Trials Memorial was unveiled by this playwright
Arthur Miller