Carol Tilley — a library information science instructor from Terre Haute, Indiana
Michael Cholbi — a university professor from San Bernardino, California
Tricia McKinney — a TV news writer from Secaucus, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,499)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tricia | $5,000 | $4,000 | $19,200 |
$11,801
2-day champion: $33,300 |
$21,200
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $600 | $2,000 | $11,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,800
19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carol | $1,200 | $3,800 | $4,000 |
$3
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE PONY EXPRESS | FOLKS ON SPORTS | LET'S HAVE SOME SUSHI | EUROPEAN CAPITALS | YOU'RE MAKING ME "MAD" | LAST BUT NOT LEAST |
|
$200
[11]
Of 5, 10 or 20 miles an hour, riders generally averaged this
10
Michael
Carol
|
$200
[1]
After this man's 81-point game, a writer: "The only bad news? The other four Lakers were arrested for loitering"
Kobe Bryant
Michael
|
$200
[3]
Sorry, Charlie, maguro is this kind of fish
tuna
Carol
|
$200
[16]
Its pride is the Prado
Madrid
Michael
|
$200
[21]
2-word name for a "crazy" character at a Lewis Carroll tea party
the Mad Hatter
Michael
|
$200
[26]
Number of the last complete symphony by Beethoven
9
Tricia
|
|
$400
[12]
This "wild" west hero was a Pony Express agent at Rock Creek Station near Fairbury, Nebraska
Wild Bill Hickok
Carol
|
$400
[2]
Jerry West, on this Chicago Bull: "He was the only athlete I ever knew who could play volleyball all by himself"
Michael Jordan
Carol
|
$400
[4]
I could go for some ebi, Japanese for this, but not popcorn or scampi style
shrimp
Tricia
|
$400
[17]
It's home to the Swiss Parliament
Bern
Tricia
Michael
Carol
|
$400
[22]
It's the type of singing arrangement heard here
a madrigal
Michael
|
$400
[27]
The last of the old style of these "bugs" rolled off an assembly line in Puebla, Mexico in July 2003
a VW Beetle
Carol
|
|
$600
[13]
Riders carried a mochila, a special one of these made by Israel Landis
a bag (saddlebag, mailbag)
Michael
|
$600
[5]
A sports radio host, on this HBO drama sponsoring a NASCAR entry: "Here's hoping nobody opens the trunk"
The Sopranos
Tricia
|
$600
[8]
It's the kajiki seen here, pre-meal
a swordfish
Tricia
|
$600
[18]
Its aquarium is named for Vasco da Gama
Lisbon
Tricia
Michael
|
$600
[23]
Hardy's title "crowd" that he wanted to get away from
the madding crowd
Michael
|
$600
[28]
In 1988 newspapers headlined the closing of the last of these in the U.S., putting bunnies out of work
Playboy Clubs
Tricia
|
|
$800
[14]
In "Roughing It", this American author described the thrill of seeing an Express rider
Mark Twain
Tricia
|
$800
[6]
This N.Y. Yankee known as A-Rod said, "Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic"
Alex Rodriguez
Tricia
|
$800
[9]
Ah fugu, or this... you can be deadly but you're soooo delicious...still, Hootie & the Fugu doesn't work
blowfish
Tricia
|
$800
[19]
It's known for its nude statue of Paavo Nurmi
Helsinki
|
$800
[24]
A fortified dessert wine from Portugal
Madeira
Carol
|
$1,000
[30]
The last NASA astronaut to fly in space alone was Ronald Evans as a part of this 1972 Apollo mission
Apollo 17
|
|
$1,000
[15]
End to end, the Pony Express ran from this state to California
Missouri
Michael
|
$1,000
[7]
Jay Leno said, "On his way home from Torino, he didn't catch his plane. Apparently" this skier "missed the gate"
Bode Miller
Michael
|
$1,000
[10]
Calling it ika is probably better than this English term, or worse, "10-armed cephalopod"
squid
Tricia
|
$1,000
[20]
King Christian VIII's birthplace
Copenhagen
Michael
|
$1,000
[25]
She was from Armentieres in a popular WWI song; Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo!
Mademoiselle
Carol
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
He was the last U.S. president not sworn in by the Chief Justice of the U.S.
Lyndon Johnson
Tricia
|
| SCIENC"E" | MARQUEE LADIES | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS | 13-LETTER WORDS | MESSIAH | OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL |
|
$400
[8]
It's the tide that flows away from the shore
ebb
Michael
|
$400
[13]
2001 & 2004: Renee Zellweger as this title character
Bridget Jones
Carol
|
$400
[6]
"iWOZ" tells how he went "from computer geek to cult icon" by inventing the personal computer
Wozniak
Michael
|
$400
[1]
In the arts, it's the profession of Cunningham, Robbins & Tharp
choreographer
Michael
|
$400
[21]
Like "Christ", the word "Messiah" means having undergone this ceremony often done with oil
anointing
Carol
|
$400
[30]
She's the queen who captivates the operatic title character Giulio Cesare
Cleopatra
Tricia
|
|
$800
[9]
These solar seasonal events occur in March & September
equinox
Tricia
|
$800
[14]
1982: Julie Andrews with the title role(s) in this film
Victor/Victoria
Tricia
|
$800
[7]
(Hi, I'm Scott Turow.) My memoir "One L" tells "The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at" this law school
Harvard
|
$800
[2]
If you weighed up to 126 pounds, you'd be as light as this class of boxer
featherweight
Tricia
|
$800
[22]
The Jewish Messiah will be in the line of this second king of Israel, who united his nation
David
Tricia
|
$800
[29]
It's the job of Acis, who woos Galatea in a Handel pastoral masque
shepherd
|
|
$1,200
[10]
This condition exists when a chemical reaction & its reverse reaction proceed at the same rate
equilibrium
Michael
|
$1,200
[15]
1957: Joanne Woodward as this 3-faced woman
Eve
Carol
|
$1,200
[18]
In "Dreams from My Father" this senator told "a story of race and inheritance"
Barack Obama
Michael
|
$1,200
[3]
A rubber-treatment process, or turning into Mr. Spock's kin
vulcanization
Michael
|
$1,200
[23]
Named for a messianic figure in Shiite Islam, Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army is based in this country
Iraq
Carol
|
$1,200
[28]
The opera/oratorio title character Semele has the hots for Jupiter, displeasing this wife of the god
Juno
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[12]
The name of this flap of cartilage comes from words meaning "above the tongue"
epiglottis
Tricia
|
$1,600
[16]
1985: Madonna as her
Susan
Michael
|
$1,600
[19]
"Work hard, study and...keep out of politics!", advice from his grandpa, is the title of a memoir by this '80s-'90s Sec. of State
James Baker
Michael
|
$1,600
[4]
En francais, s'il vous plait! This thick slice of tenderloin is broiled & served with potatoes & a bernaise sauce
chateaubriand
Michael
|
$2,000
[25]
This founder of a Persian religion fathered savior sons, to be born at 1,000-year intervals
Zoroaster
Michael
|
$1,600
[26]
Handel set to music Dryden's "Alexander's Feast", with its line "none but" these people "deserves the fair"
the brave
Tricia
|
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Being an acid, the juice from a lemon acts as this type of liquid, defined as one that conducts current
electrolyte
Michael
|
$2,000
[17]
1958: Leslie Caron played this Parisian gal
Gigi
Tricia
|
$2,000
[20]
This British actress didn't have much nice to say about hubby Philip Roth in her memoir "Leaving a Doll's House"
Claire Bloom
Tricia
|
$2,000
[5]
From the Latin, it literally means "father of the household"
paterfamilias
Tricia
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
It's a future 1,000-year period of blessedness; some think it'll be after the Second Coming, some that it'll lead to it
Millennium
Carol
|
$2,000
[27]
The melody heardhereis from the opera about Serse, better known to us as this "X"-rated Persian king
Xerxes
Tricia
|
In an 1859 novel, Charles Dickens called this object "the sharp female newly-born"
the guillotine