Jeff Chrzanowski — a computer engineer originally from Marlton, New Jersey
Kathy Currid — a trade compliance specialist from Valley Stream, New York
Christopher Ruth — a musician and songwriter from New London, Connecticut (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | $400 | $2,000 | $6,200 |
$0
3rd place: Ducane's 2004SS Gas Grill |
$6,200
16 R, 2 W |
| Kathy | $-600 | $300 | $1,900 |
$1,900
2nd place: 6-night stay at Volcano House in Hawaii |
$3,900
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeff | $2,400 | $6,300 | $7,800 |
$3,199
New champion: $3,199 |
$6,200
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| BASKETBALL | COURTS | TRAVELING | ON THE BOARDS | IN THE "KEY" | IN THE AIR UP THERE |
|
$100
[3]
On Oct. 30, 1954 the 24-second clock was first used in an NBA game when the Royals defeated this Boston team
the Celtics
Kathy
|
$100
[22]
This term for a crude or unfair tribunal was first recorded in mid-19th C. America, not in Australia
kangaroo court
Christopher
|
$100
[1]
When you're in this country, if you overeat in a Delhi deli, you may come down with "Delhi belly"
India
Christopher
|
$100
[15]
In 1997, this actor joined the board of the NRA and was elected vice president
Charlton Heston
Christopher
|
$100
[10]
If the target of this children's game were real, it might bray & kick when you stick it
pin the tail on the donkey
Jeff
|
$100
[20]
Most of these are in the troposphere & there are over 100 different types, such as cumulonimbus
clouds
Kathy
|
|
$200
[6]
This action by 2 opposing players & a referee begins a basketball game
tip-off (or jump ball)
Jeff
|
$200
[23]
Many of these small-town magistrates have recently been abolished in favor of larger courts
justices of the peace
|
$200
[2]
If you're a U.S. citizen, you'll need one of these to visit China & we don't mean the credit card
a visa
Jeff
|
$200
[16]
Roy E., son of one of this entertainment company's founders, is its vice chairman
Disney
Christopher
|
$200
[11]
It's a type of passkey that sounds like it might be made of bone
a skeleton key
Jeff
|
$200
[25]
Term for the moisture of the air, it's given in relative terms in forecasts
humidity
Jeff
|
|
$300
[7]
In 1979 the NBA adopted the 3-point shot used earlier by this competing league
the ABA (American Basketball Association)
Kathy
Jeff
|
$300
[24]
In 1996-97 the Supreme Court reversed 28 of 29 rulings by the 9th Circuit, 1 of these 12 federal courts
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jeff
|
$300
[4]
Some travellers get a gamma shot as protection against the "A" type of this liver disease
hepatitis
Christopher
Jeff
|
$300
[17]
The Chief Justice & Vice-President of the U.S. are "institutionalized" on its board of regents
the Smithsonian
Christopher
|
$300
[12]
It's the dance done to the music heard here:
the hokey pokey
|
$300
[26]
In the 1970s it was discovered that CFCs may be affecting this layer of atmosphere
the ozone layer
Kathy
|
|
$400
[8]
Type of infraction signaled by the official seen here:
a technical foul
Jeff
|
$400
[27]
In law school, it's convened for would-be lawyers to try imaginary cases
moot court
Jeff
|
$400
[5]
Families enjoy the Boudewijn Park & Dolphinarium in this European low country
Belgium
Kathy
Jeff
|
$400
[18]
In 1991, Ben Bradlee retired as the editor of this newspaper & joined its board of directors
the Washington Post
Christopher
|
$400
[13]
Evan Bayh & Susan Molinari gave speeches of this type at the 1996 political conventions
a keynote
Jeff
|
$400
[28]
It's about .03% of the air; you breathe a little in & a lot out
carbon dioxide
Jeff
|
|
$500
[9]
In the 1961-62 season, this Warrior had games of 100, 78 & 73 points
Wilt Chamberlain
Jeff
|
$500
[30]
London's historic central criminal court, it's on the site of notorious Newgate Prison
the Old Bailey
Christopher
|
$500
[21]
Remember, it's illegal to leave this African country with any of its schillings, abbreviated Ksh.
Kenya
Kathy
|
$500
[19]
A city in Northern Indiana was named for this chairman of the board of U.S. Steel
Gary (Elbert)
Jeff
|
DD
$1,600
[14]
Named for the studio that produced their films, it's the group seen here:
the Keystone Kops
Jeff
|
$500
[29]
About 80% of this gas in the air comes from decomposition in rice paddies, swamps, and animal intestines
methane
Jeff
|
| AFTER THEY LEFT OFFICE | WHAT'S IN A NAME? | GEOGRAPHY | WOMEN: WRITE ON! | QUOTATIONS | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS |
|
$200
[9]
In 1977 David Frost interviewed this former president on television
Nixon
Kathy
|
$200
[6]
It's from the Scottish for sweetheart, which makes the tune "Skip To My Sweetheart"
Lou
Jeff
|
$200
[7]
Peninsulas in this country include the Zamboanga & Bataan
the Philippines
Jeff
|
$200
[1]
In 1847 Anne Bronte's "Agnes Grey" & this Emily Bronte book were published at the same time
Wuthering Heights
Kathy
|
$200
[19]
In the 19th C. play "Rip Van Winkle", actor Joseph Jefferson made this toast later associated with Mr. Spock
live long and prosper
Kathy
|
$800
[27]
Cunegonde, Dr. Pangloss, Voltaire
Candide
Kathy
|
|
$400
[14]
In 1820 at age 85, he served as a delegate at Massachusetts' Constitutional Convention
John Adams
Christopher
|
$400
[10]
Columbus' ship whose name is Spanish for "little girl"
the Nina
Christopher
|
$400
[8]
This river's name is Sanskrit for "Son of Brahma"
the Brahmaputra
Christopher
Jeff
|
$400
[2]
Eudora Welty's first novel "Delta Wedding" takes place in the delta of this river
the Mississippi
Kathy
|
$400
[20]
A Satchel Paige rule for staying young is "don't" do this; "something might be gaining on you"
look back
Christopher
|
$1,000
[26]
Richard Henry Lee, Martha Jefferson, John Hancock
1776
Christopher
|
|
$600
[17]
Congress helped this strapped ex-president by restoring his rank of general with full pay
(Ulysses) Grant
Jeff
|
$600
[15]
The seat of ancient Irish kings, the O'Hara family plantation was named for it
Tara
Christopher
|
$600
[11]
In 1861 this island with its Port of Cagliari was "squeezed" into the Kingdom of Italy
Sardinia
|
$600
[3]
Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant adopted this pseudonym for her 1832 novel "Indiana"
George Sand
|
$600
[21]
It concludes the Sophie Tucker quote that begins, "I've been rich and I've been poor"
but believe me, rich is better
Jeff
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
The heroine of this musical tells of her life in thefollowing:"I was born in a ditch by a /Mother who left me there /Naked and cold and too hungry to cry..."
The Man of La Mancha
Kathy
|
|
$800
[22]
Taft reconciled with this man, his predecessor, after a chance meeting in a Chicago restaurant
Theodore Roosevelt
Christopher
|
$800
[16]
This candy bar wasn't named for a ballplayer, but for Cleveland's daughter or the maker's granddaughter
Baby Ruth
Christopher
|
$800
[12]
The "amiable" former name of the Tongan archipelago
the Friendly Islands
|
$800
[4]
"Alias Grace" is the latest bestseller from this Canadian author of the "Handmaid's Tale"
Margaret Atwood
Kathy
|
$800
[24]
The one written by George Eastman in 1932 said, "My work is done. Why wait?"
a suicide note
Christopher
|
— |
|
$1,000
[23]
He wrote a defense of his "Administration on the Eve of Rebellion", published in 1866
Buchanan
Christopher
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
Award named for the image orthicon tube
an Emmy
Jeff
|
$1,000
[13]
Bigfoot walks the Pacific Northwest; this area, whose name means big foot, is in Argentina
Patagonia
|
$1,000
[5]
Her novel "The Book of Ruth" won the 1989 Hemingway Foundation Pen Award for best first fiction
Jane Hamilton
|
$1,000
[25]
The last words of this 1922 novel are Molly's "Yes I said yes I will yes"
Ulysses
Kathy
|
— |
Founded in the early '50s, in 1995 it moved its headquarters from Munich to Prague
Radio Free Europe