Shane Glynn — a probation officer from Phoenix, Arizona
Kai-Ning Jan — a pediatrician from Culver City, California
Alex Hovan — a graduate student from Champaign, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $1,400 | $5,200 | $10,800 |
$4,798
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
17 R, 3 W |
| Kai-Ning | $3,600 | $3,800 | $16,800 |
$11,999
New champion: $11,999 |
$17,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shane | $-200 | $2,800 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
10 R, 1 W |
| STATE BIRDS | PICK THE OSCAR WINNER | RADIO CITIES | YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER | WINE | "MOTHER", "FATHER", "SISTER", "BROTHER" |
|
$200
[26]
The common loon lives on the water, so it's not surprising that it's the state bird of this "Land of 10,000 Lakes"
Minnesota
Alex
|
$200
[11]
"Dreamgirls":Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy
Jennifer Hudson
Kai-Ning
|
$200
[21]
On a TV sitcom, Jennifer, played by Loni Anderson, brightened up radio station WKRP in this city
Cincinnati
Kai-Ning
|
$200
[6]
The beautiful Bathsheba was already married, but that didn't stop this King of Israel from pursuing her
King David
Kai-Ning
|
$200
[16]
To quickly chill a bottle, add the rock type of this to ice & water, lowering the freezing point
salt
Alex
|
$200
[1]
Though he had no biological kids of his own, George Washington is known by this paternal nickname
the Father of his Country
Kai-Ning
|
|
$400
[27]
The male of this state bird of Indiana is one of the few all-red birds in North America
the cardinal
Alex
|
$400
[12]
"Gone with the Wind":Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland
Vivien Leigh
Kai-Ning
|
$400
[22]
WABC & WCBS-880 are radio stations based in this metropolis
New York City
Alex
|
$400
[7]
This beautiful queen's affair with a knight of the Round Table foreshadowed the fall of King Arthur's kingdom
Queen Guinevere
Kai-Ning
|
$400
[17]
An older or very tannic wine is decanted to eliminate this, also called lees
the sediment
|
$400
[2]
According to George Orwell, he "is watching you"
Big Brother
Shane
|
|
$600
[28]
Darwin made a famous study of these birds, but not the purple species, New Hampshire's state bird
a finch
Alex
|
$600
[13]
"Cold Mountain":Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
Renee Zellweger
Alex
|
$600
[23]
As "The Voice of" this city, WGN radio covers news, weather & Cubs baseball
Chicago
Shane
|
$600
[8]
One of the most beautiful women in Antiquity, this gal's "bust" can be seen in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin
Nefertiti
Kai-Ning
Shane
|
$600
[18]
France generally forbids making this light-bodied pink wine, such as Anjou, by mixing red & white
rose (or rosé)
Shane
|
$600
[3]
Produced by certain mollusks, it's also known as nacre
the Mother of Pearl
Kai-Ning
|
|
$800
[29]
In 1933 the Tennessee Ornithological Society conducted a vote to select a state bird; this mimic barely won
a mockingbird
Shane
|
$800
[14]
"Paper Moon":Madeline Kahn, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'O'O'O'O'O'O'O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal
Alex
|
$800
[24]
This Pigeon Forge, Tennessee-based theme park has its own radio station, WDLY
Dollywood
Alex
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
This beautiful & enticing daughter of Leda would have to have lived around 1200 B.C.
Helen of Troy
Kai-Ning
|
$800
[19]
Try my $3,000 1976 bottle from Romanee-Conti, the most famous estate in this area--oops, there goes the cork
Burgundy
Alex
|
$800
[4]
Seattle has about 20 of these, including Kobe, Mombasa & Gdynia
sister cities
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Until mating season, this California state bird lives in coveys of up to 200 birds
a quail
Shane
|
$1,000
[15]
"Ordinary People":Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch
Timothy Hutton
|
$1,000
[25]
The 100,000-watt voice of Georgia State University, WRAS in this city is the most powerful all-student-run U.S. radio station
Atlanta
Alex
|
$1,000
[10]
Theodosia, the daughter of this third U.S. vice president, was a beautiful child prodigy who spoke 4 languages
Aaron Burr
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a wine wheel.) To make this aspect of wine easier to define & discuss during tastings, the wheel for itgoes from general terms, like Earthy, to specific terms, like Dusty Mushroom
the nose (or the aroma)
Alex
|
$1,000
[5]
In a Brecht play, she schleps through the 30 Years' War as her children are taken from her one by one
Mother Courage
|
| MIDWAY | THE MUSICAL '90s | AMERICAN PLAYS | BORN IN TRANSYLVANIA | LET'S GET MARRIED | I LOVE "U" |
|
$400
[17]
The nearly extinct Hawaiian species of this mammal uses Midway's beaches to breed
a seal
Shane
|
$400
[13]
She won a 1991 Grammy, her first, for best long-form music video for "Blonde Ambition World Tour Live"
Madonna
Kai-Ning
|
$400
[20]
This future pres.'s 1948 Senate race is the subject of the musical "The Winner", which premiered in Texas in 2007
Lyndon Johnson
Kai-Ning
|
$400
[11]
A prince of Walachia, he was known for impaling thousands at Bradsov in Transylvania
Vlad the Impaler
Alex
|
$400
[6]
Their 1469 marriage was politically arranged to unite 2 Iberian kingdoms
Ferdinand & Isabella
Kai-Ning
|
$400
[1]
According to some legends, this mythical beast missed the boat, Noah's boat
the unicorn
Alex
|
|
$800
[18]
An order signed on Oct. 31, 1996 transferred Midway from the Navy to this cabinet dept.
Interior
Alex
|
$800
[19]
This princess of Monaco was rumored to be the "mystery girl" in Michael Jackson's 1992 hit "In the Closet"
Princess Stephanie
Kai-Ning
|
$800
[21]
Kevin Spacey starred in a 2006 British revival of this playwright's "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
Eugene O'Neill
|
$800
[12]
Born near Timisoara, this "Tarzan" actor claimed U.S. birth & swam for the U.S. in the Olympics
(Johnny) Weissmuller
Alex
|
$800
[7]
Anne Hathaway was 26 & pregnant when she married this 18-year old in 1582
William Shakespeare
Kai-Ning
|
$800
[2]
The highest elevation in this state is 13,528 feet
Utah
Kai-Ning
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1935 this airline built a prefab hotel on Midway as a rest stop for passengers flying on its China Clippers
Pan Am
Alex
Shane
|
$1,200
[25]
His "Black Album" was heavily bootlegged before its official release in 1994
Prince
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
The 2007 revival of this classic courtroom drama cast Christopher Plummer in the role inspired by Clarence Darrow
Inherit the Wind
Kai-Ning
|
$1,200
[14]
Gheorghe Muresan played big for this NBA team that was then called the Bullets
Washington Wizards
Shane
|
$1,200
[8]
This actress has been married to actor Jeff Goldblum & to Director Renny Harlin
Geena Davis
Kai-Ning
|
$1,200
[3]
From the Latin for "usable" it's a usable kitchen tool like a fork or a ladle
a utensil
Shane
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Midway is home to the world's largest colony of the Laysan species of this "wandering" sea bird
the albatross
|
$1,600
[26]
He played the sax solo on Whitney Houston's "All The Man That I Need"; he's also had Top 40 hits on his own
Kenny G
Alex
Shane
|
$1,600
[23]
(Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.) I received my 1st Emmy nomination for the television version of this play; I played Tom & Katharine Hepburn played my mother, Amanda Wingfield
The Glass Menagerie
|
$1,600
[15]
Born in what was then Hungary, he gained fame on stage in a Bram Stoker adaptation & later acted in the film
Bela Lugosi
Kai-Ning
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
This Baltimore divorcee's marriage to an Englishman on June 3, 1937 made headlines
Wallis Simpson
Kai-Ning
|
$1,600
[4]
For insurance companies, they calculate risk, set premiums & write pol...--sorry, dozed off for a second
underwriters
Kai-Ning
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In the 1950's & '60s Midway was home to crews who flew radar aircraft in this Cold War detection line
the DEW line
|
$2,000
[27]
Every track from his album "Play", including "South Side", was licensed for use in a commercial or sound track
Moby
Alex
|
$2,000
[24]
Famed for playing Frasier's father, this actor came back to Broadway in 2007 in "Prelude to a Kiss"
(John) Mahoney
Alex
|
$2,000
[16]
Jimmy Carter named this Nobel Peace Prize winner chair of the President's Commision on the Holocaust
Elie Wiesel
Kai-Ning
|
$2,000
[10]
The marriage of this pair in 1614 brought peace between the Jamestown Colony & local Native Americans
Pocahontas & John Rolfe
Kai-Ning
|
$2,000
[5]
Mount Narodnaya and Mount Karpinsk are 2 prominent peaks in this mountain range
the Urals
Alex
|
"Imperial Adventurer", "The Last Emperor" & "The Cactus Throne" are books about this man who died at 34
Emperor Maximilian