Kara McDermott — an Internet content editor from Newton, Massachusetts
Wes Borucki — a doctoral candidate originally from Bloomfield Township, Michigan
Lewis Targownik — a resident physician from Winnipeg, Manitoba (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | $400 | $1,800 | $4,200 |
$0
3rd place: Polaroid PhotoMax Digital Camera Creative Kit |
$4,200
18 R, 3 W |
| Wes | $-700 | $-100 | $4,600 |
$599
2nd place: Kaypro 2100 Personal Desktop Computer & DK Publishing Books & CD-ROMs |
$5,700
16 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Kara | $1,100 | $1,900 | $4,300 |
$3,999
New champion: $3,999 |
$4,300
10 R, 0 W |
| THE ACADEMY AWARDS | DEUTERONOMY | ROYAL NICKNAMES | BEIN' GREEN | GRAVE MATTERS | LITERARY QUOTES |
|
$100
[6]
In 1973 Bob Fosse beat out this director with "Cabaret"; in 1975 Fosse lost to his "Godfather II"
Francis Ford Coppola
Kara
|
$100
[1]
You're not allowed to do this to the Sun, Moon, stars or graven images
worship
Lewis
|
$100
[8]
According to a TV theme song, it's Davy Crockett's royal nickname
"King of the Wild Frontier"
Wes
|
$100
[21]
The shape left when itleaves is a "polygon":
a parrot
Lewis
|
$100
[12]
This comic had the last laugh; the epitaph on his Miami grave reads: "And Away We Go"
Jackie Gleason
Wes
|
$100
[26]
This captain offers gold to whomever "raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow"
Captain Ahab
Kara
|
|
$200
[7]
Daughter of supporting player Paul, she won the 1995 Supporting Actress Oscar for "Mighty Aphrodite"
Mira Sorvino
Lewis
|
$200
[2]
In 4:22 he reveals, "I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan"
Moses
Lewis
|
$200
[13]
Michael Jackson bestowed this royal nickname upon himself, but many agree it is accurate
"King of Pop"
Wes
|
$200
[22]
A mini matador may takeiton:
a bullfrog
Wes
|
$200
[15]
Hap Arnold, Omar Bradley & Admiral Halsey are among the notables buried here
Arlington National Cemetery
Lewis
|
$200
[27]
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant...an elephant's faithful" this much
100 percent
|
|
DD
$400
[9]
"Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" is among the few movies set in the present day to win this award
Costume Design
Wes
|
$300
[3]
The wilderness was terrible, there were fiery serpents, scorpions & you had to get this out of a rock!
water
Lewis
|
$300
[14]
Nickname of the jazzman portrayedhereby Al Hirschfeld:
"King of Swing"
Kara
|
$300
[23]
Watchit"snatch the pebble from my hand":
a grasshopper
Wes
|
$300
[16]
A giant bust of his head & the epitaph "Workers of All Lands Unite" are found on his London tombstone
Karl Marx
Lewis
|
$300
[28]
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like" this
a woman scorned
Wes
|
|
$400
[10]
Actress seenherein her Oscar-winning 1950 performance:
Judy Holliday
|
$400
[4]
Chapter 7 says love God & he will love ye & bless the increase of your kine, these
cattle
Lewis
Wes
|
$400
[19]
Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer is this
"Queen of Disco"
Kara
|
$400
[24]
If one of these rides up on you at your wedding, have the bridegroom throw it away:
a garter snake
Lewis
|
$400
[17]
In 1840 his body was moved from St. Helena to Paris & entombed in the Church of the Dome
Napoleon
Lewis
|
$400
[29]
This 1943 Ayn Rand novel opens with the line "Howard Roark laughed"
The Fountainhead
Wes
|
|
$500
[11]
Robert Wise & choreographer Jerome Robbins shared the Best Director Oscar for this 1961 musical
West Side Story
Kara
|
$500
[5]
The tribe of Levi got to carry this carrying case
Ark of the Covenant
Kara
|
$500
[20]
George M. Cohan reigned as the Prince of the American Theater, but was the king of this place
Broadway
|
$500
[25]
Thislizard's not just happy to meet you, he's this:
"frilled" to meet you
|
$500
[18]
In July 1998, 80 years after their execution, several members of this royal family were reinterred in St. Petersburg
the Romanovs
Wes
|
— |
| THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING | WORLD HISTORY | OKLAHOMIES | ODE TO ENGLAND | THE INSTRUMENT PLAYED | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$200
[6]
Dr. King said it's what we must let ring "from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city"
freedom
Lewis
|
$200
[1]
Martin Behaim made the world's first known globe in this year when some say the world was proved round
1492
Lewis
|
$200
[24]
Born in Oklahoma, this Hall of Fame catcher for the Cincinnati Reds is part Choctaw Indian
Johnny Bench
Lewis
|
$200
[7]
North Bank area known for its bun, or a presidential daughter (not a son)
Chelsea
Lewis
|
$200
[10]
Keith Moon
drums
Lewis
|
$200
[20]
Popular TV game show about the USA's top performing companies
Wheel of Fortune 500
Wes
|
|
$400
[15]
King preached this "is the greatest form of government... ever conceived", but "we have never touched it"
democracy
Wes
|
$400
[2]
An 1888 treaty said this canal was neutral & would remain open even during a war
the Suez Canal
Wes
|
$400
[27]
In his youth, this evangelist & university founder was healed of tuberculosis at a revival meeting
Oral Roberts
Wes
|
$400
[8]
Prime Minister from '57 to '63, publishing was in his family
Harold Macmillan
|
$400
[11]
Yo-Yo Ma
cello
Lewis
|
$400
[21]
This oldest California prison makes movies like "Reservoir Dogs" & "Pulp Fiction"
San Quentin Tarantino
Kara
|
|
$600
[16]
This peaceful practice "is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force"
nonviolence
Lewis
Wes
Kara
|
DD
$700
[3]
The day America declared its independence, this person was on the throne of Russia
Catherine the Great
Wes
|
$600
[28]
"Worlds Apart" & "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" are hits by this Oklahoma boy seen here:
Vince Gill
|
$600
[9]
People are stompin' at this D'Oyly Carte hotel--built next to his theatre, it really is swell
Savoy
Kara
|
$600
[12]
Van Cliburn
piano
Lewis
|
$600
[23]
Reduced-calorie sugar substitute that was a 1975 Top 10 hit for the band War
Sweet'n Low Rider
|
|
$800
[18]
From jail King wrote, "We will reach... freedom in" this city "because the goal of America is freedom"
Birmingham
Wes
|
$800
[4]
Sostratus of Cnidus built this city's famous lighthouse in the early 3rd century B.C.
Alexandria
Lewis
|
— |
$800
[13]
Known for a cycle race & a cat, this Irish Sea isle is where it's at
the Isle of Man
Wes
|
$800
[17]
Andres Segovia
classical guitar
Lewis
Wes
|
$800
[25]
The actor who portrayed Gomez Addams on film masters the art of French cooking
Raul Julia Child
Wes
Kara
|
|
$1,000
[19]
This 1954 "decision... will long be stenciled on the mental sheets of succeeding generations"
Brown v. Board of Education
Wes
|
$1,000
[5]
This monk who died in 735 got the info for his history of England through correspondence
the Venerable Bede
Wes
|
— |
$1,000
[14]
In 1811 this group smashed & mangled lots of machinery of things newfangled
Luddites
|
$1,000
[22]
Zamfir
the pan flute
Wes
|
$1,000
[26]
Feared former Cleveland slugger, now an Oriole, who is the most popular girl at the dance
Albert Belle of the ball
Lewis
|
FDR's in 1982 was the last stamp to show 1 of these; they were removed from photos of Jackson Pollock & Edward R. Murrow
a cigarette