Dan Kennedy — a systems analyst from Alberta, New York
Tricia Schroyer — a housewife and freelance seamstress from Pensacola, Florida
P.D. Wadler — a psychotherapist from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.D. | $100 | $1,300 | $6,300 |
$9,400
3rd place: Trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight between Los Angeles & Seattle |
$5,900
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Tricia | $1,500 | $2,800 | $7,200 |
$12,200
2nd place: Trip to Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas |
$7,200
17 R, 1 W |
| Dan | $1,900 | $4,500 | $11,900 |
$14,900
New champion: $14,900 |
$10,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| FOOD & DRINK | A THAILAND FLING | TRIPLE FEATURES | STRANGE BUT TRUE | A LITTLE KNIGHT MUSIC | "F" WORDS |
|
$100
[7]
It's popularly referred to as "Chicken of the Sea"
Tuna
Dan
|
$100
[12]
In Muay Thai, the Thai form of this western sport, kicking is allowed
Boxing
Tricia
|
$100
[24]
In various versions of this film, Gene Kelly, Don Ameche & Chris O'Donnell have been d'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
Dan
|
$100
[13]
A French scientist suggested using wood as a paper source after watching these insects make it
Wasps
P.D.
|
$100
[6]
It's not stolen money, my Lord, this instrument heard here is an old relative of the guitar:
Lute
Dan
|
$100
[2]
Mr. Gifford, or his hot dog
Frank
Dan
|
|
$200
[8]
It's the traditional meat for a gyro sandwich
Lamb
Dan
|
$300
[23]
At a Thai restaurant you may wimp out & say, "Mai phet, farang", meaning "Not" this, "I'm a foreigner"
Spicy
|
$200
[25]
What a rip-off! Joanne Woodward won only one Oscar for this 1957 film
Three Faces of Eve
Dan
|
$200
[14]
Lily pads must have made une impression on him, as this man painted over 200 versions of them
Claude Monet
Tricia
|
$200
[16]
The chevalier must have brought this instrument; its name is Old French for "small drum":
Tambourine
Tricia
|
$200
[3]
It's also called the crazy bone, which sounds "humerus" to us
Funny bone
Dan
|
|
$300
[9]
In 1998 Barq's, a brand of this beverage, celebrates its 100th birthday
Root beer
Dan
|
$400
[29]
The tuk-tuk, a motorized transport, costs less than a taxi, maybe because it only has this many wheels
3
Tricia
Dan
|
$300
[26]
Rene Russo is Mel Gibson's love interest in this 1992 sequel
Lethal Weapon 3
Tricia
|
$300
[15]
Everything was shipshape, but no one was home when this ghost ship was boarded in 1872
The Mary Celeste
|
$300
[17]
Apprentice, wake thy knight, these instruments being struck announce the day:
Bells
P.D.
Tricia
|
$300
[1]
Any Quaker, whether or not he's your buddy
Friend
Tricia
|
|
$400
[10]
Of Turkish origin, the confection called halvah is made from these seeds & honey
Sesame seeds
Dan
|
DD
$500
[22]
The largest land mammal in Thailand, the shape of the country looks like its head, in profile
Elephant
Dan
|
$400
[27]
This 1954 film set in Rome featured a Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn title song
Three Coins in the Fountain
Tricia
|
$400
[20]
Some members of these Melanesian "cults" await consumer goods that will be sent by supernatural forces
Cargo cults
Dan
|
$400
[18]
I'll announce your arrival at the joust, my liege, with a coiled one of the instruments heard here:
Trumpet
P.D.
|
$400
[4]
To struggle helplessly, like a certain flatfish
Flounder
Tricia
|
|
$500
[11]
This popular coffee liqueur is produced in the Mexican town of Ramos Arizpe
Kahlua
Dan
|
$500
[30]
First name of the famous Western governess of King Rama IV's son
Anna
Dan
|
$500
[28]
Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall & Janice Rule were this 1977 Robert Altman title trio
Three Women
P.D.
|
$500
[21]
This lieutenant colonel led the British forces in the battle that began the French & Indian War
George Washington
Dan
|
$500
[19]
Drink some mead, young squire, & sing along with this rhyme time instrument heard here:
Hurdy gurdy
Tricia
|
$500
[5]
Some guitarists "worry" about these ridges on their fingerboards
Frets
Tricia
|
| ZOOLOGY | WRITE ON, SISTER! | COMPUTER LITERACY | FAMOUS AMERICANS | LEAP DAY IN SPORTS | REVOLUTIONARY QUOTES |
|
$200
[30]
These wingless bloodsuckers often infest sleeping quarters; don't let 'em bite!
Bedbugs
Dan
|
$200
[4]
This "Little House on the Prairie" chick once served as poultry editor for the St. Louis Star
Laura Ingalls Wilder
P.D.
|
$200
[8]
This synonym for "fundamental" is the name of a common beginner's programming language
Basic
Tricia
|
$200
[9]
In 1918 this automaker bought the Dearborn Independent, calling it the "chronicler of neglected truth"
Henry Ford
Dan
|
$200
[23]
On Feb. 29, 1932 this Manassa Mauler KOed 2 men in less than 3 minutes in an exhibition match
Jack Dempsey
Dan
|
$200
[20]
The original draft for this read, "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable"
Declaration of Independence
P.D.
|
|
$400
[29]
The woolly bear caterpillar grows up to be the Isabella tiger species of this insect
Moth
P.D.
Tricia
|
$400
[3]
In her 1995 memoir "Angels Don't Die", she paid tribute to her father, Ronald Reagan
Patti Davis
P.D.
|
$400
[10]
Digital computers use this number system in which the decimal number 12 becomes 1100
Binary
Dan
|
$400
[12]
Ralph Capone was an important figure in organized crime, like this brother whom he survived
Al Capone
Dan
|
$400
[25]
Named 1971's best amateur athlete in the U.S. on Feb. 29, 1972, he went on to win 7 Olympic gold medals
Mark Spitz
P.D.
|
$400
[21]
In a 1774 letter this king wrote, "The die is now cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph"
George III
Dan
|
|
$800
[6]
The "straw-necked" type of this wading bird isn't as well-known as the "sacred" or the "scarlet"
Ibis
P.D.
|
$600
[1]
Like her "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", her 1997 novel "Perfidia" was inspired by a real murder case
Judith Rossner
|
$600
[11]
From Greek for "to hide", it's putting a message in secret code
Encrypting
Tricia
|
$600
[15]
In her lifetime, this dollar coin suffragette's autograph was traded much like baseball cards today
Susan B. Anthony
Tricia
|
$600
[27]
On Feb. 29, 1972 he signed a new contract with Atlanta making him the highest paid player in baseball
Hank Aaron
P.D.
|
$600
[19]
In 1783 Benjamin Franklin wrote to Josiah Quincy, "There never was a good war or a bad" one of these
Peace
Dan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
This African mammal is named for the distinctive features seen here in close-up:
Warthog
P.D.
|
$800
[2]
The name of this late "Petals on the Wind" author is now a registered trademark
V.C. Andrews
|
$800
[13]
This term for diplomatic procedure also refers to an agreed format for data to be communicated
Protocol
P.D.
|
$800
[16]
Losing sight in the eye meant she couldn't perform surgery, but she became the USA's first woman doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell
Tricia
|
$800
[26]
Dick Button won the world figure skating title Feb. 29, 1952, 8 days after his Olympic gold in this Norway city
Oslo
Tricia
|
$1,000
[22]
Defending British soldiers for the Boston Massacre, he said, "Facts are stubborn things"
John Adams
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Sadly, the black-footed type of this small member of the weasel family is endangered
Ferret
Dan
|
$1,000
[18]
In a 1916 story this "Little Lord Fauntleroy" author revealed "The Way to the House of Santa Claus"
Frances Hodgson Burnett
|
$1,000
[14]
This powerful operating system from Bell Labs replaced an earlier system called Multics
Unix
Tricia
|
$1,000
[17]
A famous Broadway theater & the alley it's on bear the name of these producer brothers
Shubert
P.D.
|
$1,000
[28]
On Feb. 29, 1980 this 51-year-old ex-Red Wing scored his 800th NHL goal
Gordie Howe
Dan
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In "The American Crisis", he wrote, "A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men"
Thomas Paine
Dan
|
It began in the early 1980s as Club des Talons Hauts, a stilt-walking troupe
Cirque du Soleil