Jennifer Gotcher — a homemaker from Costa Mesa, California
Will Porter — a librarian from Newton, New Jersey
Ted Kenniston — a logistics manager from Cincinnati, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted | $1,600 | $5,600 | $20,000 |
$34,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,000
22 R, 2 W |
| Will | $1,200 | $1,000 | $2,600 |
$5,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
9 R, 3 W |
| Jennifer | $3,000 | $9,800 | $21,800 |
$40,001
New champion: $40,001 |
$17,800
24 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| SCIENCE | NO. 1 ALBUMS OF THE '90s | COUNTRIES ON THE DOLLAR | IT'LL BE A COLD DAY IN HELENA | APOCALYPSE SOON? | THE "N" TIMES |
|
$200
[22]
This type of rain forms when nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide react within growing droplets
acid rain
Will
|
$200
[8]
25 years after breaking up, this band had a No. 1 album late in 1995
The Beatles
Ted
|
$200
[1]
Our neighbor
Canada
Ted
|
$200
[17]
Of 25,000, 250,000 or 500,000, the approximate population of Helena, Montana
25,000
Ted
Will
|
$200
[13]
Millenarianism is the belief that the world will end as described in this book of the Bible
Revelation
Will
|
$200
[3]
2-word term for a gathering of reporters held by a government official to release important information
news conference
Ted
|
|
$400
[23]
(Jon of the Clue Crew points to two diagrams of the Earth's tilt on the monitor.) Because of the tilt of the Earth's axis both in summer & winter, solar panels in the United States facing this direction receive the most sun
south
Will
|
$400
[11]
In 1998 the Dave Matthews Band sank this movie's soundtrack from the No. 1 spot it had held for 16 weeks
Titanic
Jennifer
|
$400
[2]
The sultan of this island nation has about 30 billion of his country's dollars
Brunei
Jennifer
|
$400
[18]
Helena sprang up after 1864, when this was found in Last Chance Gulch; the gulch is now the main street of Helena
gold
Jennifer
|
$400
[14]
Shoemaker-Levy 9, one of these, hit Jupiter in 1994, giving us an idea of what might happen to Earth
a comet
Jennifer
|
$400
[4]
This adjective was inspired by a mythological youth who constantly stared at his own reflection
narcissistic
Jennifer
|
|
$600
[24]
This branch of study is for the birds... actually, it's of the birds
ornithology
Ted
|
$600
[12]
This band's 1993 "In Utero" album vowed, "Frances Farmer will have her revenge on Seattle"
Nirvana
Jennifer
|
$600
[9]
Spend dollars there in Brisbane or Borroloola
Australia
Ted
|
$800
[29]
Royal "city" nickname of Helena... &Buffalo... &Seattle... &Cincinnati...
the Queen City
Ted
|
$600
[15]
"Testament" & "On the Beach" are films that deal with this type of apocalyptic scenario
nuclear war (or nuclear holocaust)
Ted
Jennifer
|
$600
[5]
In 37 A.D. noted husband-poisoner Agrippina gave birth to this future Roman emperor
Nero
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[25]
In 1633 the Church condemned him to house arrest for astronomical heresy
Galileo
Will
|
$800
[20]
One track off their 1994 album "Monster" was "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
R.E.M.
Ted
|
$800
[10]
This Caribbean island nation's dollar has the currency code BBD
Barbados
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[30]
10 miles west of Helena is this 2-word geographic feature, the crestline of the Rockies
the Continental Divide
Ted
|
$800
[27]
Kalki, the 10th & last avatar of this Hindu god, is to ride a white horse, wield a blazing sword & wreak havoc
Vishnu
Will
|
$800
[6]
Campbell University & Appalachian State University are both found in this state
North Carolina
Ted
|
|
$1,000
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reading points to a fly's eye on the monitor.) An insect's compound eye can detect 300 flashes of light per second compared to a human's 50, using thousands oftiny lensesknown as these, as in a diamond
a facet
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[21]
With tracks like "Sabotage" & "B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak", a 1994 album by this rap group went to No. 1
The Beastie Boys
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[16]
Bet you 10 of its dollars it used to be called South West Africa
Namibia
Ted
|
DD
$3,400
[19]
Helena is the seat of a county named for these 2 men who passed through the area in 1805
Lewis & Clark
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[28]
In this Michael Crichton novel, a Scoop VII satellite returns to Earth with a deadly virus
The Andromeda Strain
Will
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[7]
9-letter word for the newbie at the nunnery
novitiate
Ted
Will
|
| ART & MUSIC | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES | EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY | SOUNDS LIKE A GAME | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS! | RHYMING ANIMAL PAIRS |
|
$400
[15]
The last name of this 20th century Swiss artist is pronounced like a material for pottery
(Paul) Klee
Jennifer
|
$400
[23]
1962:Atticus Finch
Gregory Peck
Will
Jennifer
|
$400
[4]
Anderson Cooper, a Mississippian's son, started writing "Dispatches from the Edge" while covering this 2005 disaster
Hurricane Katrina
Jennifer
|
$400
[1]
This river carries about half of China's ocean trade; steamers can travel 680 miles inland to Wuhan
the Yangtze
Jennifer
|
$400
[8]
Some of the men in this novel assume the Alias "Jacques"; Monsieur DeFarge calls himself Jacques Four
A Tale of Two Cities
Ted
|
$400
[10]
Our national symbol & a floppy-eared canine
eagle & beagle
Will
|
|
$800
[16]
This artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center has been called the greatest trumpeter of his generation
Wynton Marsalis
Ted
|
$800
[24]
1982:Mahatma Gandhi
(Ben) Kingsley
Will
|
$800
[7]
(I'm Harry Smith.) Important news stories I've covered include the events & ceremonies of this president's funeral in 2004
Reagan
Jennifer
|
$800
[2]
From the Greek for "one tone", it's a synonym for "blandness"
monotony
Jennifer
|
$800
[9]
Dances, & cake, & mince-pies, & plenty of beer--why, it's party time with the Fezziwigs in this short novel
A Christmas Carol
Will
|
$800
[11]
Swine & creatures that grow from tadpoles
hogs & frogs
Jennifer
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Handel's "Messiah" is one of these compositions, with vocal soloists but no stage action
an oratorio
Ted
|
$1,200
[25]
1951:Blanche DuBois
Vivien Leigh
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[17]
Neil Davis was one of the few journalists to film & report directly on the Fall of Saigon in this year
1975
Ted
|
$1,200
[3]
From the Latin for "chessboard", this British office is charged with the receiving & disbursal of revenues
the Exchequer
Ted
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[28]
This character in "Oliver Twist" is "as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four feet six"
the Artful Dodger
Ted
|
$1,600
[13]
Domesticated draft bovine & Francis Marion's "swamp" moniker
ox & fox
Ted
|
|
$1,600
[21]
As heard here, this great Austrian song composer was one of several who tackled "Ave Maria"
Franz Schubert
|
$1,600
[26]
1948:Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(Laurence) Olivier
Ted
|
$1,600
[18]
Later killed by Japanese gunfire, in 1943 he released "Here is Your War", a collection of his articles from the front lines
Ernie Pyle
Ted
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Meaning "bordering on impropriety", this 6-letter French word ends with an accent aigu
risqué
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[29]
"Night is generally my time for walking", begins Dickens' novel about this title store
The Old Curiosity Shop
Ted
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
A creature of the order cetacea & a small game bird
whale & quail
Jennifer
|
|
$2,000
[22]
From 1664, "Woman Holding a Balance" typifies the cool serenity of this Dutch contemporary of Rembrandt
Jan Vermeer
|
$2,000
[27]
1956:Paul Gauguin
Anthony Quinn
|
$2,000
[19]
(I'm Soledad O'Brien of CNN.) One of my toughest assignments was reporting on the aftermath of the tsunami from Phuket, a resort island in this country
Thailand
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[6]
This colorful waterway flows east, forming the Texas-Oklahoma border before shooting south through Arkansas
the Red River
Ted
|
$2,000
[30]
Chapter 1 of this novel is "The Dawn"; Dickens was writing Chapter 22, "The Dawn Again", on the day he died
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
|
$2,000
[14]
An aquatic mammal & a bird whose name is also a shade of blue
seal & teal
Jennifer
|
Named for a Mediterranean country, this style of typography is based on a Renaissance script
italics