Monica Gruber — an administrative assistant from Plantation, Florida
Chris Losoya — a schoolteacher from Whittier, California
Bill Shields — a Lutheran pastor from Pontiac, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $3,700 | $4,500 | $10,300 |
$12,599
2-day champion: $24,799 |
$11,100
29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Chris | $-800 | $0 | $4,000 |
$3,199
3rd place: American Historic Society Gift Certificate |
$3,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Monica | $800 | $1,600 | $2,400 |
$4,700
2nd place: Trip to Los Cabos, Mexico courtesy of Yahoo! Travel |
$2,400
7 R, 2 W |
| THE WORLD BY THE NUMBERS | GOULASH | "ISM" NATION | EAT YOUR CARBOHYDRATES | FRENCH BRED | ROLES |
|
$100
[6]
Of 0, 12 or 24, the number of hours of sunlight in the Arctic Circle on June 21
24
Bill
|
$100
[12]
As mentioned in "The Beverly Hillbillies" theme song, it's the colorful nickname for petroleum
"Black Gold"
Bill
|
$100
[11]
From the Latin for "sausage", it's a dangerous type of food poisoning
Botulism
Monica
|
$100
[21]
In Indonesia nasi goreng is the fried type of this staple grain
Rice
Bill
|
$100
[26]
Born in Dijon on December 15, 1832, this engineer "to were d" over his contemporaries
Gustave Eiffel
Chris
|
$100
[1]
Fletcher Christian, Colonel Kurtz, Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando
Chris
|
|
$200
[7]
Of 2.5, 10.5 or 20.5, the width in miles of Korea's DMZ
2.5
Bill
|
$200
[17]
Splinter is this cartoon character's nephew; Knothead is his niece
Woody Woodpecker
|
$200
[13]
"Shapely" early 20th century atristic style seen here
Cubism
Bill
|
$200
[22]
Y'all can bulk up with this pie made from the nut of a type of hickory tree
Pecan pie
|
$200
[27]
This powerful 12th century queen was born in Aquitaine in 1122 A.D.
Eleanor
Chris
|
$200
[2]
Claudia Draper, Dolly Levi, Fanny Brice
Barbra Streisand
Bill
|
|
$300
[8]
Of 100 million, 300 million or 500 million, the population of the Soviet Union in 1990
300 million
Bill
|
$300
[18]
Ell, nail & bolt are units used primarily to measure lengths of this
Fabric/cloth
Monica
|
$300
[14]
A bulge in an artery
Aneurysm
Bill
|
$300
[23]
Type of pasta seen here, its name means "striped"
Rigatoni
Bill
|
$400
[29]
On May 6, 1758 Arras, France hatched this politician who later hatched the Reign of Terror
Robespierre
|
$300
[3]
Donnie Brasco, Ed Wood, Ichabod Crane
Johnny Depp
Monica
|
|
$400
[9]
Of 90, 190 or 590, the number of independent nations recognized by the U.S. State Department
190
Bill
|
$400
[19]
All U.S. paper currency bears the signatures of the holders of these 2 offices
The Treasurer & the Secretary of the Treasury
Bill
|
$400
[15]
A modern idea or invention wrongly placed in a historical drama
Anachronism
Bill
|
$400
[24]
This name for a seasoned, stewed &/or stuffed mass of dough follows "Diddle Diddle" in a nursery rhyme
Dumpling
|
DD
$500
[28]
Born in Besancon, France in 1802, life wasn't "miserable" for this author, seen here
Victor Hugo
Chris
|
$400
[4]
Tom Horn, Thomas Crown, Junior Bonner
Steve McQueen
Chris
Monica
|
|
$500
[10]
Of 8,000, 28,000 or 128,000, the approximate diameter of the Earth in miles
8,000
Bill
Chris
|
$500
[20]
The roots of this largest producer of soy sauce date back to 17th century Japan
Kikkoman
Chris
|
$500
[16]
This ancient religion founded in Persia is set forth in the "Zend-Avesta"
Zoroastrianism
Bill
|
$500
[25]
The sugar type of this root vegetable is white; the table type is red
Beet
Monica
|
$500
[30]
After their births in 1740 & 1745 in Annonay, France, things were up, up & away for these brothers
Montgolfier Brothers
Chris
|
$500
[5]
Angie Scacciapensieri, Dottie Hinson, Thelma Dickinson
Geena Davis
Bill
|
| PHYSICS | THE SIMPSONS | THE BALKAN SCENE | KISS, THE BAND | CONTEMPORARIES | INSERT (TEXT) HERE |
|
$200
[16]
It was James Watt who determined an average one of these could pull 33,000 foot-pounds of coal
Horse (horsepower)
Bill
Chris
|
$200
[1]
In 1937 she received the title Duchess of Windsor as a wedding present
Wallis Simpson
Bill
Chris
|
$200
[20]
Colonel George Papadopoulos led the junta that took power in this country in 1967
Greece
Bill
|
$200
[6]
In Kiss' first Top 40 hit song, it's how long "I Wanna Rock and Roll"
All Night
Bill
|
$200
[11]
Young Ben Franklin couldn't wait for each new book by this "Robinson Crusoe" author
Daniel Defoe
Chris
|
$200
[15]
From Kipling:"We know that the tail must ( ___ ) the dog"
Wag
Bill
|
|
$400
[17]
One of the simple machines of physics, one type is added to buildings for handicap access
Inclined plane
Bill
Chris
Monica
|
$400
[2]
This "I Wanna Love You Forever" singer developed her singing skills in a local Baptist church
Jessica Simpson
Chris
|
$400
[21]
[Former President Jimmy Carter speaks from the Carter Center in Atlanta] In 1994, with Pres. Clinton's approval, I & Carter Center staffers brokered a cease-fire by this country's Muslims & Serbs
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bill
|
$400
[7]
Gene Simmons speaks 4 languages: English, German, Hungarian & this one he learned in his native Haifa
Hebrew
Bill
Monica
|
$400
[12]
St. Francis of Assisi was already a missionary when this famous grandson of Genghis was born
Kublai Khan
Bill
|
$400
[24]
From Isaac Newton:"If I have seen further, it is by ( ___ ) on the shoulders of giants"
Standing
Bill
|
|
$600
[18]
An example of the conservation of momentum in action is this felt by a person who fires a gun
Recoil
Chris
|
$600
[3]
Jerry Bruckheimer & this man produced such movies as "Flashdance", "Top Gun" & "Days of Thunder"
Don Simpson
Chris
|
DD
$500
[28]
Gavrilo Princip sparked WWI when he killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand in this city in 1914
Sarajevo
Bill
|
$600
[8]
Kiss members donated this body fluid to be used in the ink dyes of the Kiss comic books
Blood
Bill
|
$600
[13]
While Henry the Navigator's crews were finding their way around the Earth, this "Birth of Venus" artist was born on it
Sandro Botticelli
Monica
|
$600
[25]
From Hamlet:"O, what a rogue and ( ___ ) slave am I!"
Peasant
|
|
DD
$700
[22]
Mix all the colors of light that "Roy G. Biv" stands for & you get this
White
Bill
|
$800
[4]
As a U.S. Senator from Wyoming he authored the Immigration Reform & Control Act
Alan Simpson
Bill
|
$600
[26]
1990s premiers of this small, isolated Balkan nation included Fatos Nano & Ylli Bufi
Albania
Bill
|
$800
[9]
On stage, Gene's often been known to breathe this dangerous substance
Fire
Chris
|
$800
[14]
While Bunyan was making progress with his Pilgrim, this Puritan was in charge of defending Providence
Roger Williams
|
$800
[29]
From Longfellow:"By the ( ___ ) big-sea-water"
shining
|
|
$800
[19]
Normally, your mass doesn't change, but your weight does, when this force changes
Gravity
Chris
|
$1,000
[5]
This husband-&-wife team wrote the songs "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "I'm Every Woman" & their own hit, "Solid"
Ashford & Simpson
Chris
|
$800
[27]
Franjo Tudjman, president of this country that fought Serbia in the early '90s, died in 1999
Croatia
Bill
|
$1,000
[10]
Training as an artist helped this Kiss lead guitarist design the Kiss logo
Ace Frehley
Monica
|
$1,000
[23]
This Italian anatomist could have helped some of Henry VIII's wives with their reproductive problems
Gabriel Fallopius
|
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In the April 2000 National Geographic, he wrote an article dispelling myths about the great white shark
Peter Benchley