Victor Lee — a recent college graduate from Leonia, New Jersey
Mary Beth Kinnon — a sales support specialist from Cecil County, Maryland
Laura Wimberley — a college teaching assistant originally from Wilmington, Delaware (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $2,000 | $5,200 | $10,000 |
$2,399
2-day champion: $7,199 |
$12,000
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary Beth | $1,600 | $1,800 | $1,000 |
$1,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$2,200
12 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Victor | $3,400 | $5,200 | $8,800 |
$300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE ROARING '20s | CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES | IT'S A DOG'S LIFE | FUN STUFF | HARVARD, YALE, OR PRINCETON | THE "IV" LEAGUE |
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$200
[1]
This dance named for a city became the rage after it was featured in the 1923 Broadway musical "Runnin' WIld"
the Charleston
Victor
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$200
[21]
Sophia Loren,1934
Rome
Mary Beth
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$200
[22]
Familiar to fans as "Marmaduke", this lovable breed was a favorite of Elvis, who had 2 at Graceland
a Great Dane
Laura
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$200
[3]
Common name for the wrench used to adjust traditional strap-on roller skates
a key
Laura
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$200
[16]
It has the largest private endowment of any university in the world
Harvard
Victor
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$200
[11]
Type of war between different factions within the same country
a civil war
Laura
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$400
[2]
In 1922 Margaret Gorman was retroactively crowned this for winning 1921's "Inter-City Beauty Pageant"
Miss America
Mary Beth
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$400
[23]
Charlie Chaplin,1889
London
Mary Beth
|
$400
[24]
When this "Sex and the City" sexpot married her third husband, her 2 dogs served as bridesmaids
(Kim) Cattrall
Victor
|
$400
[7]
The Boston Model 1800 is one of these for pencils; the Slydart is one for darts
a sharpener
Mary Beth
|
$400
[17]
Oh, joy! The Whiffenpoofs is one of its glee clubs
Yale
Laura
Mary Beth
|
$400
[12]
Seemingly insignificant facts & info--but not on "Jeopardy!"
trivia
Victor
|
|
$600
[4]
On Sept. 24, 1929, 13 years before raiding Tokyo, he made the first instruments-only airplane flight
Doolittle
Victor
|
$600
[28]
Marlene Dietrich,1901
Berlin
Victor
|
$600
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows three relative dog sizes on the monitor.) In Westminster Kennel Club competitions, poodles show in three sizes--standard, miniature & this small one that can't be more than 10 inches high at the shoulder
toy
Victor
|
$600
[8]
Mattel game where a loser might say, "Oh, he knocked my block off!"
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
Victor
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$600
[18]
The one that was not involved in the USA's first intercollegiate sporting contest, an 1852 rowing race
Princeton
Laura
Victor
|
$600
[13]
To excuse someone from payment of a debt
forgive
Laura
|
|
$800
[5]
In 1923 Luis Firpo knocked this heavyweight champ out of the ring in the first round but was KO'd in the second round
(Jack) Dempsey
Victor
|
$800
[29]
Ingrid Bergman,1915
Stockholm
Victor
|
$800
[26]
The origins of this retriever go back to 2 puppies rescued from an 1807 shipwreck off the coast of Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Mary Beth
|
$800
[9]
Hey, gang, let's put on a show in this building, like in the musical "Summer Stock"
the barn
Mary Beth
|
$800
[19]
It shares facilities with Radcliffe College for Women
Harvard
Victor
|
$800
[14]
A competitor for the same object or goal
a rival
Victor
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In 1925 Americans held their breath as sled dog teams raced 674 miles to this Alaskan city to deliver diphtheria serum
Nome
Mary Beth
|
$1,000
[30]
Zsa Zsa Gabor,19??
Budapest
Laura
|
$1,000
[27]
The Neapolitan type of this dog traces its roots to war dogs used in ancient times; it's also called a mastino
a mastiff
Laura
|
$1,000
[10]
This 155-year-old chocolate co. named for an Italian is based in San Francisco, a city named for an Italian
Ghirardelli
Mary Beth
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
In 1783 its Nassau Hall was the temporary Capitol of the U.S.
Princeton
Victor
|
$1,000
[15]
Court-ordered damages include compensatory & this
punitive
Laura
|
| THE NEW YORK TIMESBOOK REVIEW | SITCOMS BY EPISODE | THE STARS | COMPUTER NAMES | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS | LOUNGING AT THE OPERA |
|
$400
[13]
The Times felt "Grand Illusion" failed to be the definitive, nuanced portrait of this man, "America's Mayor"
Rudolph Giuliani
Mary Beth
|
$400
[3]
"Malcolm's Girlfriend"
Malcolm in the Middle
Victor
|
$400
[8]
They are stars with large radii for their mass & temperature; Mira is a red one
giants
Laura
Victor
|
$400
[11]
Naturally, this company's i Book featured i Photo & i Movie
Apple
Laura
|
$400
[1]
If you're a Pollyanna, you're excessively this adjective
optimistic
Mary Beth
|
$1,200
[28]
The "woman is fickle" in this opera"La donna è mobile / Qual piuma al vento / Muta..."
Rigoletto
Laura
|
|
$800
[14]
In "Lisey's Story" he "brings on his most fearsome monster of all, that quivering mass of ego...the writer"
Stephen King
Mary Beth
|
$800
[4]
"Sweathog Christmas Special"
Welcome Back, Kotter
Mary Beth
|
$800
[22]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some constellations on a monitor.) If you're hunting for Orion's constellation in the sky, look for this faithful dog of his who's always nearby
Sirius
Laura
|
$800
[12]
In the name of the TRS-80, the "RS" was for Radio Shack & the "T" for this
Tandy
|
$800
[2]
It's the ancient method in use here
acupuncture
Victor
|
$1,600
[27]
It's tragic that this opera was not a success at first"Un bel dì vedremo / levarsi un fil di fumo / sull'estremo confin del mare...."
Madama Butterfly
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Reviewing a 2006 prequel, the Times noted this fictional shrink's grisly gallantry & "avenging-angel impulse"
Hannibal Lecter
|
$1,200
[5]
"Goodbye, Mr. Fish"
Barney Miller
Mary Beth
|
$1,600
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands next to a monitor.) The Big Dipper's handle shows us the way to the 4th-brightest night star; remember, "Arc to" this
Arcturus
Mary Beth
|
$1,200
[19]
The first 2 letters in the name of this Sony PC can stand for "Video Audio"
VAIO
Victor
|
$1,200
[9]
One who determines the odds on a horse or the line on a football game
handicapper
Mary Beth
|
$2,000
[26]
You'll scream "Great Scots" after hearing this Donizetti opera"Chi mi frena in tal momento, chi troncò dell'ira il corso? / Il suo duolo..."
Lucia di Lammermoor
|
|
DD
$1,200
[16]
In "State of Denial", this Wash. Post scribe "takes a mulligan and attempts to correct for past obsequiousness"
Bob Woodward
Mary Beth
|
$1,600
[6]
"Lionel's Problem"
The Jeffersons
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Nu Draconis is one of these that can be split using binoculars; for Mu Draconis, you need a strong telescope
a double star or a binary star
Laura
|
$1,600
[20]
In the line named for this supercomputer genius, the Y-MP reached the speed of 2.3 gigaflops
(Seymour) Cray
Mary Beth
|
$1,600
[10]
The word for this type of test you may run on your computer comes from the Greek for "to know"
a diagnostic
Victor
|
— |
|
$2,000
[17]
"A Great Unravelling" was the Times' headline when it reviewed 2 books about this theory in physics
string theory
Laura
|
$2,000
[7]
In the '70s: "Grizzly Emily"
The Bob Newhart Show
|
$2,000
[25]
Gemma, or jewel, is in the constellation Corona Borealis, or the "Northern" this
Crown
Mary Beth
|
$2,000
[21]
Post-ENIAC (& pre-"Flashdance") came this crazy-sounding 1952 computer that helped create the H-bomb
MANIAC
|
$2,000
[18]
Determination & energy in starting a project, or the process of citizens proposing a law for public vote
initiative
Laura
|
— |
So Prussia could dominate Germany, Bismarck excluded this country that lost the 1866 Battle of Koniggratz
Austria