Kathryn Bower — an editorial assistant from Falls Church, Virginia
Omar Mahmood — an undergraduate student from Quincy, Illinois
Chris Marker — an airline pilot from New Fairfield, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $-200 | $700 | $6,400 |
$3,599
2-day champion: $14,500 |
$5,700
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Omar | $0 | $1,500 | $4,600 |
$0
3rd place: Pair of Ellesse Watches |
$3,300
18 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W |
| Kathryn | $300 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
$2,600
2nd place: Trip to Couples Beach Resort, Jamaica |
$1,800
6 R, 1 W |
| SCIENCE & NATURE | U.S. HISTORY | CINE DE BANDERAS | CHEESE IT! | THE COPS | YELLOW THINGS |
|
$100
[16]
The patellar reflex is an involuntary reaction of this joint
Knee joint
Chris
|
$100
[1]
In 1858 it was "Pikes Peak or Bust!" for gold miners who rushed to this state to find their fortune
Colorado
Chris
|
$100
[6]
Antonio sang up a storm as Che in this 1996 musical
Evita
Kathryn
|
$100
[8]
This pizza cheese is also sold in snack-size strips called string cheese
Mozzarella
Omar
|
$100
[19]
In the U.S. these political divisions employ sheriffs & their deputies
Counties
Omar
|
$100
[30]
In the 18th C. Linnaeus thought it was a type of citron; he must not have tried citron meringue pie
Lemon
Omar
|
|
$200
[12]
Most of a cell's water passes through the plasma membrane by this process
Osmosis
Chris
|
$200
[2]
In 1890 William Kemmler was in the hot seat as he became the first criminal to die by this method
Electric chair
Omar
|
$200
[7]
In this 1993 film Antonio played Tom Hanks' lover
Philadelphia
Omar
|
$200
[9]
This method of dunking bread in bubbling cheese was all the rage in the 1960s
Fondue
Kathryn
|
$200
[20]
California, Florida & Ohio are 3 of the states with these state police forces
Highway patrol
|
$200
[29]
In "Love and Death", Woody Allen is accused of having this down his back, but insists it runs across
Yellow streak
Omar
|
|
$300
[13]
Unlike the German species, the Asian variety of this kitchen insect is actually attracted to light
cockroach
Chris
Omar
|
$300
[3]
On Sept. 17, 1796 he issued his farewell address
George Washington
Chris
|
$300
[17]
Madonna drools over Antonio in this 1991 documentary
Truth or Dare
Kathryn
|
$300
[10]
It may have been the Meaux type of this French cheese the 1814-1815 Congress of Vienna titled "The King of Cheeses"
Brie
Chris
Omar
|
$400
[22]
Seattle started a national trend in 1987 by putting patrol cops on these vehicles
Bicycles
Kathryn
|
$300
[25]
They were invented in Minnesota in the 1970s & the "Jeopardy!" office couldn't run without them
Post-it Notes
Chris
Omar
|
|
$400
[14]
Paramecia & amoebas are types of this single-celled organism
Protozoans/protists
Omar
|
$400
[4]
Built to replace the Challenger, this space shuttle made its maiden voyage in May of '92
the Endeavour
Chris
Omar
|
$400
[18]
It's Antonio to the rescue as this hero, whose symbol is seen here:[Z]
Zorro
Omar
|
$400
[11]
Although it looks like Swiss cheese, Jarlsberg isn't from Switzerland but from this country
Norway
Chris
|
DD
$500
[21]
(Hello, I'm Benjamin Bratt.) This piece of police equipment comes in a steel variety opened with a key & in a plastic version that has to be cut
handcuffs
Omar
|
$400
[26]
This yellow American songbird has a precious metal in its name
Goldfinch
|
|
$500
[15]
In 1686 this English astronomer became the first to publish a meteorological chart
Edmond Halley
Omar
|
$500
[5]
John Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee & the first & only governor of this short-lived state
Franklin
|
$500
[28]
In this 1992 film, Antonio as one of the Castillo brothers appears on "I Love Lucy"
The Mambo Kings
|
$500
[24]
There are 2 types of Munster cheese: laitier, made in dairies, & fermier, made on these
farms
|
$500
[23]
Because of this constitutional amendment, the police must have a warrant to search your property
4th Amendment
Omar
|
$500
[27]
Yeats wrote of Anne Gregory that no one could love her for herself alone & not for this yellow feature
Her hair
Chris
|
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | DIRECTING THEIR WIVES | TIME ZONE PROBLEMS | YET MORE BRIT LIT | MAN OF ____ | INTERIOR DESIGN |
|
$200
[7]
This country's Cancun resort lies on a barrier island once inhabited by Maya Indians
Mexico
Omar
|
$200
[2]
Julie Andrews performed a striptease in "Darling Lili", the first film this man directed her in
Blake Edwards
Chris
|
$200
[25]
If Cinderella's having a ball at 11 P.M. in Bangkok, she may not want to know it's this hour in Beijing
Midnight
Chris
|
$200
[20]
Hurree Chunder Mookerjee is a Secret Service agent in this author's "Kim"
Rudyard Kipling
Kathryn
|
$200
[11]
Superman's classic nickname, though in March 1997 he became a man of energy
"Man of Steel"
Omar
|
$800
[27]
From the Greek for "daubed on", it provides a smooth surface for wall coverings like frescoes
plaster
|
|
$400
[8]
Libya's Gulf of Sidra is the southernmost point of this huge sea
Mediterranean Sea
Chris
|
$400
[3]
Mel Brooks cast Anne Bancroft in this 1976 comedy but didn't give her a single line of spoken dialogue
Silent Movie
Omar
|
$400
[14]
If you board a 1-hour flight from Detroit to Chicago at 3 P.M., you'll land at about this hour
3 P.M. (Detroit is one hour ahead)
Chris
Omar
Kathryn
|
$400
[21]
To counter an unauthorized sequel to this 1678 work, John Bunyan wrote his own
Pilgrim's Progress
Omar
|
$400
[12]
Don Quixote
Man of La Mancha
Chris
|
$1,000
[26]
The pie type keeps food cool; the file type does the same for valuable documents
Safe
Chris
|
|
$600
[1]
This country's Krishna & Godavari rivers lie on the Deccan plateau
India
Chris
|
$600
[4]
"Double talk" title of the first film Paul Newman directed; it starred his wife, Joanne Woodward
Rachel, Rachel
|
$600
[15]
If you're treading water just east of the Int'l Date Line at 4 A.M., it's this time in Greenwich, England
4 P.M.
Chris
|
$600
[22]
The first name of this Sir Walter Scott title character is Wilfred
Ivanhoe
Omar
|
$600
[13]
"The minute you walked in the joint, I could see you were" one of these
a man of distinction
Omar
|
— |
|
$800
[9]
Little Belt is a strait that separates the island of Fyn from this Danish peninsula
Jutland Peninsula
Omar
|
$1,000
[6]
Gena Rowlands earned 2 Best Actress Oscar nominations for films directed by this spouse
John Cassavetes
Chris
|
$800
[16]
Indianapolis ignores Daylight Saving Time, so it's 3 hours ahead of L.A. in March but this many ahead in May
2
Chris
Omar
|
$800
[23]
Mr. Murdstone is the wicked stepfather of this Dickens lad
David Copperfield
|
$800
[18]
A spineless "Portuguese" creature
Man-of-War
Chris
|
— |
|
DD
$2,100
[10]
La Guajira Peninsula is shared by Colombia & this neighbor to the east
Venezuela
Omar
|
DD
$1,500
[5]
Director of the movie seen here, he was married to its star:["The Lady From Shanghai"]
Orson Welles (he was married to Rita Hayworth)
Chris
|
$1,000
[17]
A 7-hour time difference means 10 A.M. in the halls of Montezuma is this hour on the shores of Tripoli
5 P.M.
Omar
|
$1,000
[24]
Philip Carey is 9 when this Somerset Maugham novel begins
Of Human Bondage
Chris
|
$1,000
[19]
A scholar, author or postal delivery person
Man of letters
Kathryn
|
— |
First traded in 1824 under the name New York Gas Light Co., it's the longest continually listed co. on the NYSE
Consolidated Edison