Kate Ricci — a statistician from Deep River, Connecticut
Ron Hankey — an operations research analyst from Falls Church, Virginia
Kevin Perry — a shipping supervisor and college student from Fredericksburg, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $1,300 | $2,500 | $3,700 |
$7,350
3rd place: Monorail Desktop PC |
$3,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Ron | $2,000 | $2,400 | $4,900 |
$7,401
New champion: $7,401 |
$5,400
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kate | $500 | $1,500 | $3,700 |
$7,399
2nd place: Trip to Kauai Coconut Beach Hotel, Hawaii |
$3,700
11 R, 1 W |
| NEW YORK CITIES | ACTOR-DIRECTORS | BRITISH ROYAL LOVE AFFAIRS | COUNTRY COOKING | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS | FILE UNDER "J" |
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$100
[3]
Of Rye, White or Pumpernickel, it's the city where chief justice John Jay is buried
Rye
Ron
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$100
[9]
When his 1972 film "Beware! The Blob" was reissued, it was subtitled "The Movie J.R. Shot"
Larry Hagman
Kevin
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$100
[15]
This king romanced Mary Boleyn before her sister Anne lost her head over him
Henry VIII
Ron
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$100
[24]
A national Philippine dish, adobo contains chicken & pork, & the "milk" of this palm fruit
Coconut
Ron
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$100
[4]
1 of 2 Spinks brothers to win boxing gold medals at the 1976 games
Leon or Michael
Kevin
|
$100
[1]
A deep shade of black, or a 747
Jet
Kevin
|
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$200
[11]
Appropriately, it was once known as "The Cataract City"
Niagara Falls
Ron
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$200
[10]
He directed himself, dad Lloyd & brother Jeff in the TV movie "The Thanksgiving Promise"
Beau Bridges
Ron
|
$200
[16]
A tall, thin mistress of George I was nicknamed this, for a tall, thin thing folks dance around on May 1
Maypole
Kate
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$200
[27]
A German specialty, braunschweiger is a smoked sausage traditionally made from this organ meat
Liver
Kate
|
$200
[5]
On July 28, 1996 the USA's Charles Austin set the Olympic record in this event with a leap of 7' 10"
High jump
Kevin
|
$200
[2]
In 1882 Prof. Jigaro Kano opened the first school for this in Japan
Judo
Ron
|
|
$300
[12]
Once the site of a Utopian community, today it's famous for its flatware
Oneida
Ron
|
$300
[20]
"A Bronx Tale", the first film directed by this "Taxi Driver" star, earned critical praise, not Bronx cheers
Robert De Niro
Kevin
Kate
|
$300
[17]
She blamed Prince Albert's early death in part on anxiety over their son Bertie's fling with an actress
Queen Victoria
Ron
|
$300
[28]
Watch out for the hot peppers when partaking of this Szechwan Chinese dish made with chicken & peanuts
Kung Pao Chicken
|
DD
$400
[6]
In 1976 Hungary's Miklos Nemeth threw this farther than any field apparatus in Olympic history--310' 4"
Javelin
Kevin
|
$300
[21]
Bette Davis picked up her second Oscar for this film
Jezebel
|
|
$400
[13]
It's home to the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, as well as to a famous glass works
Corning
Kevin
|
$400
[25]
This daughter of director John made her own directing debut with the TV movie "Bastard Out of Carolina"
Anjelica Huston
Kevin
|
$400
[18]
This king nicknamed Lackland didn't lack a love life; he had at least 7 children out of wedlock
John
Kate
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$400
[29]
It's the traditional meat in souvlaki, a popular Greek dish
Lamb
Kevin
|
$400
[7]
Then with the Phoenix Suns, he was a member of the USA's "Dream Team" in both 1992 & 1996
Charles Barkley
Ron
|
$400
[22]
Slang for electric current
Juice
Kevin
|
|
$500
[14]
Ulysses could tell you it's where Cornell University is located
Ithaca
Ron
|
$500
[26]
Peter Ustinov directed the 1962 film version of this Herman Melville novel & played Captain Vere in it
Billy Budd
Kate
|
$500
[19]
This famous diarist's wife called King Charles II's mistress 'Moll' Davis "The Most Impertinent Slut"
Samuel Pepys
|
$500
[30]
Rad Na & pad woon sen are popular noodle dishes from this country
Thailand
Ron
|
$500
[8]
In 1984 he became the first man in 56 years to win the springboard & platform diving events in one Olympics
Greg Louganis
Kate
|
$500
[23]
To put together in a makeshift fashion is to jury-rig or to "build" this way
Jerry-build
Kevin
Ron
|
| THE 20th CENTURY | PLAYS | CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES | FEELIN' GOUTY | RAP | WORD |
|
$200
[1]
When Henry Luce & Briton Hadden founded this magazine in 1923, they almost called it "Facts"
Time
Kevin
Ron
|
$200
[11]
The "American Buffalo" in David Mamet's play is one of these that would interest a numismatist
Nickel
Kate
|
$200
[2]
Victor Hugo described it as "A vast symphony in stone"--Quasimodo would agree
Notre Dame Cathedral
Kate
|
$200
[12]
A joint in this part of the body is the most likely spot to be hit by gout
Toe
Kevin
Ron
Kate
|
$200
[19]
"Cool" rappers include LL Cool J & this single-named "Gangsta's Paradise" artist
Coolio
Kevin
|
$200
[22]
From the Greek for "to leave out", it's an obscuring of one celestial body by another
Eclipse
Ron
|
|
$400
[7]
Zita, who died in 1989, was the last empress of this house that ruled Austria-Hungary
Hapsburg
Ron
|
$400
[17]
Walter Matthau & Art Carney starred in this play when it debuted on Broadway in 1965
"The Odd Couple"
Kate
|
$400
[3]
James Renwick designed this Fifth Avenue cathedral in the Gothic Revival style
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Kevin
|
$400
[13]
In 1997 the journal Nature reported this giant meat-eating dinosaur may have been a gout sufferer
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Kevin
|
$400
[20]
They showed white "boys" can rap with the 1986 album "Licensed to Ill"
The Beastie Boys
Ron
|
$400
[23]
Put the pieces together & you'll see the name of this artwork means it's "of the Muses"
Mosaic
Ron
|
|
DD
$500
[8]
In 1931 she was the blonde gentlemen preferred:
Jean Harlow (in "Platinum Blonde")
Ron
|
$600
[18]
Feydeau's "La Puce a L'Oreille" translates to one of these "in her ear"
Flea
|
$600
[4]
The Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges in this country contains a relic believed to be drops of Christ's blood
Belgium
|
$600
[14]
Gout didn't stop this reformer from nailing his 95 Theses to a Wittenberg church door
Martin Luther
Kevin
|
$600
[27]
Originally rhythmic backing music, it now refers to all of rap culture, including dress & dance
Hip-Hop
Kate
|
$600
[24]
From a Latin word meaning "to hang" comes this word for an ornament that hangs from a necklace
Pendant
Kate
|
|
$800
[9]
This program was grounded from January 28, 1986 to September 29, 1988
Space shuttle program
Kevin
|
$800
[21]
1958's "The Birthday Party" was the first full-length play by this author of "The Homecoming"
Harold Pinter
Kevin
|
$800
[5]
This English city's modern cathedral, built in 1962, stands next to the bombed-out ruins of the old one
Coventry
Kevin
Ron
|
$800
[15]
This resort city, once a haven for British gout victims, gave its name to a type of wheelchair
Bath
|
$800
[28]
Ed Lover & Fab 5 Freddy were among the hosts of this MTV show that helped bring rap to suburbia
Yo! MTV Raps
Kevin
|
$800
[25]
The word spider comes from an Old English form of this verb, referring to its web-weaving
Spin
Ron
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Anthropologists "gorged" themselves on the discoveries the Leakeys made at this African gorge in 1959
Olduvai Gorge
|
— |
$1,000
[6]
The cathedral of this northern Italian city looks quite fashionable with its 135 marble spires
Milan
|
$1,000
[16]
This author was crippled by gout; Blifil's mother dies of it in his novel "Tom Jones"
Henry Fielding
Kevin
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
The name of this ancient & elaborate coffin is from the Greek for "flesh-eating"; how gruesome
Sarcophagus
Kevin
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Due to demand Bugs Bunny's U.S. commemorative stamp was the first to have a second printing since this one
the Elvis Presley stamp