Scott Hanson — a customer service supervisor from Billings, Montana
Donna Malcomb — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
Ron Josephson — an environmental engineer from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron | $2,800 | $3,700 | $7,600 |
$6,399
2nd place: Trip to Salish Lodge & Spa, Seattle, Washington |
$7,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Donna | $200 | $2,400 | $4,400 |
$8,700
New champion: $8,700 |
$4,900
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $1,200 | $1,300 | $2,200 |
$4,400
3rd place: Viewsonic VT-150 Computer Monitor |
$3,700
13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 | BEER COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | MAGAZINES | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES | STRAIT-EN UP | "YOUR" ACT |
|
$100
[6]
Code-named "Operation Valkyrie", the "July Plot" of 1944 was an attempt to kill this leader
Adolf Hitler
Scott
|
$100
[1]
Corona
Mexico
Scott
|
$100
[21]
At 37 million, this magazine that falls out of your Sunday paper has the USA's largest circulation
Parade
Donna
|
$100
[26]
Don't mess with this "Vampire Slayer"--she has a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Scott
|
$100
[11]
Between Alaska & Russia
Bering Strait
Ron
|
$100
[16]
A respectful form of address for a Supreme Court justice
Your Honor
Ron
|
|
$200
[7]
This event on October 8-9, 1871 forced thousands of Illinois residents to flee their homes
Chicago Fire
Donna
|
$200
[2]
Tsingtao
China
Scott
|
$200
[22]
This museum, part of the Smithsonian, conveys "The Adventure of Flight" in its own magazine
Air & Space Museum
Donna
|
$200
[27]
He came up with his "Sling Blade" character Karl Childers while working on a 1987 TV movie
Billy Bob Thornton
Ron
|
$200
[12]
Between Europe & Morocco
Strait of Gibraltar
Ron
|
$200
[17]
In song Hank Williams reminded us that this unfaithful organ "will tell on you"
"Your Cheatin' Heart"
Ron
|
|
$300
[8]
In 325 A.D. this "Great" leader presided over the Religious Council of Nicaea
Constantine
Ron
|
$300
[3]
Amstel Light
Holland/Netherlands
Ron
|
$300
[23]
In 1999 this "Weekly" from Time Inc. ranked "The 100 Greatest Moments in Rock"
Entertainment Weekly
Donna
|
$300
[28]
In 1997 she married her "How to Succeed in Business..." co-star Matthew Broderick
Sarah Jessica Parker
Donna
|
$300
[13]
Between the English Channel & the North Sea
Strait of Dover
Ron
|
$300
[18]
2-word letter-closing synonym for me, myself or I
Yours truly
|
|
$400
[9]
The public farewell seen here took place in this year:(Nixon leaving Washington)
1974
Scott
|
$400
[4]
Kirin
Japan
Scott
|
DD
$500
[24]
The 2 top-selling U.S. magazines with a specific sport in their names are about this sport
Golf
Donna
|
$400
[29]
In 1994 alone he starred in "Cobb", "Blue Sky", "Blown Away", "The Client" & "Natural Born Killers"
Tommy Lee Jones
Donna
|
$400
[14]
Between New Zealand's North Island & South Island
Cook Strait
|
$400
[19]
In Genesis 3 a little serpent told us these "shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil"
Your eyes
Donna
|
|
$500
[10]
In his last battle, this man defeated Pompey's sons & supporters in 45 B.C. at Munda in Spain
Julius Caesar
Ron
|
$500
[5]
Labatt's
Canada
Ron
|
$500
[25]
Its first issue, in 1845, included articles on "A Smoke Filter for Locomotives" & "Cause of Sound and Thunder"
Scientific American
Ron
|
$500
[30]
She had lead roles in "The English Patient" & "The Horse Whisperer"
Kristin Scott Thomas
Donna
|
$500
[15]
Bearing Taiwan's Portuguese name, it's between Taiwan & mainland China
Strait of Formosa
Ron
|
$500
[20]
This 1968 comedy about a family with 18 kids starred Lucille Ball & Henry Fonda
Yours, Mine and Ours
Donna
|
| THEY'RE IN CHARGE | SMALL-TOWN CINEMA | TENNIS TALK | BUY AMERICAN LIT! | THE BODY HUMAN | HYPHENATES |
|
$200
[6]
In Asia:President Kim Dae Jung
South Korea
Ron
|
$200
[15]
Hickory, Indiana's basketball team goes all the way to the state championships in this 1986 film
Hoosiers
Scott
|
$200
[1]
Kiss' Frehley or Carrey's Ventura
Ace
Scott
|
$200
[23]
This author of "The Martian Chronicles" co-wrote the 1956 screenplay for "Moby Dick"
Ray Bradbury
Scott
|
$200
[13]
When you're frightened your arrector pili muscles make this "stand on end"
Hair
Scott
|
$200
[11]
In 1998 she remade her 1974 hit "I Honestly Love You"
Olivia Newton-John
Scott
|
|
$400
[7]
In the Middle East:President Mohammad Khatami
Iran
Ron
|
$400
[16]
Small-town lawyer Jimmy Stewart matches wits with prosecutor George C. Scott in this 1959 courtroom classic
Anatomy of a Murder
Donna
|
$400
[2]
To have an otherwise good quality to an extreme degree is to have it "to" this
Fault
|
$400
[27]
Frankie ages a year over the course of this author's "Member of the Wedding"
Carson McCullers
Donna
|
$400
[14]
High amounts of this fatty compound in the blood raise the risk of heart disease
Cholesterol
Donna
|
$400
[12]
First drawn between 1763 & 1767, it was extended to present-day West Virginia in 1779
Mason-Dixon Line
Donna
|
|
$600
[8]
In Africa:President Thabo Mbeki
South Africa
Ron
|
$600
[17]
Aliens inhabit the bodies of the staff of a small-town high school in this 1998 horror flick
The Faculty
Donna
|
$600
[3]
Slang term for the bill seen here:(Jefferson's on it)
Deuce ($2 bill)
|
$600
[29]
A lady from "The Burden of Proof" returns as a judge in his "Laws of Our Fathers"
Scott Turow
Donna
|
$600
[24]
Each of these paired organs contains about a million tiny filtering units called nephrons
Kidneys
Scott
|
$800
[21]
Ladies this Russian scored with include "The Snow Maiden" & "Scheherazade"
Rimsky-Korsakov
Ron
|
|
$800
[9]
In central Europe:Chancellor Viktor Klima
Austria
Ron
Donna
|
$800
[18]
A Ted Hughes tale was the basis for this 1999 animated film about a metal man who befriends a boy in a small Maine town
The Iron Giant
Scott
|
$1,000
[5]
As a group of people with common interests or styles, it may be "smart"
Set
Ron
|
$800
[28]
The home he described in "You Can't Go Home Again" is actually on 11th, not 12th St., as he wrote in the book
Thomas Wolfe
Ron
|
$800
[25]
Listen up! Your actual organ of hearing is located in this snail-shaped part of the inner ear
Cochlea
Donna
|
DD
$900
[20]
It's the seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Ron
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In Europe:Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema
Italy
Ron
|
$1,000
[19]
In this 1999 movie, the "Rocky" of hockey, an Alaska town's amateur hockey team takes on the New York Rangers
Mystery, Alaska
Ron
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
Rilke defined it as when "Two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other"
Love
Scott
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
Derived from Greek, it's the name of the bones that form your fingers & toes
Phalanges
|
$1,000
[22]
This newspaper chain that picked up 39 Pulitzers between 1980 & 1990 had a hyphenectomy in 1997
Knight-Ridder
|
His 1998 "Greatest Hits" album made him the first instrumentalist to have 7 consecutive multi-platinum albums
Kenny G