Mary Near — a social studies teacher from Ironton, Ohio
Kelly Brumbelow — a graduate student from Marietta, Georgia
Bryan Marcus — a sales clerk from Montevallo, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | $800 | $800 | $2,700 |
$5,400
2-day champion: $12,199 |
$4,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kelly | $600 | $1,600 | $6,000 |
$2
3rd place: Sony Music "100 Years" CD Set |
$6,000
18 R, 3 W |
| Mary | $1,800 | $2,500 | $6,900 |
$1,700
2nd place: JVC Home Theater System & DirecTV Satellite Service |
$6,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| AMERICAN DATEBOOK | CONVEYANCES | TERMITE TRIVIA | STATE NICKNAMES | PURPLE MUSIC | 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[6]
On June 14, 1998 this NBA superstar made his last professional shot
Michael Jordan
Bryan
|
$100
[19]
With the blades removed, the ride-on type of these may hit over 50 MPH in racing competition
Lawn mower
Kelly
|
$100
[25]
Termites are found in every state except this one
Alaska
Bryan
Mary
|
$100
[1]
"The Everglades State"
Florida
Bryan
|
$100
[15]
This No. 2 song begins, "I never meant 2 cause u any sorrow, I never meant 2 cause u any pain"
"Purple Rain"
Mary
|
$100
[7]
Ad lib & you speak "off" this part of your shirt
Cuff
Bryan
|
|
$200
[11]
This senator announced he was running for the presidency January 2, 1960
John F. Kennedy
Bryan
|
$200
[20]
The British often shorten "perambulator", a baby carriage, to this
Pram
Kelly
|
$200
[27]
The closest relative to the termite is this household pest
Cockroach
Bryan
Mary
|
$200
[2]
"The Constitution State"
Connecticut
Kelly
|
$200
[16]
"Purple Haze", his first song on the U.S. charts, peaked at No. 65
Jimi Hendrix
Kelly
|
$200
[8]
On the Beaufort scale, this comes 11 numbers before the storm
Calm
|
|
$300
[12]
On October 4, 1957 Sputnik was launched & this Jerry Mathers TV show premiered
Leave It to Beaver
Mary
|
$300
[21]
In WWII this Piper aircraft was used to "bear" pilots aloft for reconnaissance
Piper Cub
Mary
|
$300
[28]
Of 15 days, 15 months or 15 years, it's the approximate lifespan of a termite queen
15 years
Bryan
Kelly
|
$300
[3]
"The Land of the Saints"
Utah
|
$300
[18]
The 1994 album "Purple" by this band includes "Vasoline" & "Interstate Love Song"
Stone Temple Pilots
Kelly
|
$300
[9]
By its name, it's what your title has to be to have a job in this "House":
Lord
Bryan
|
|
DD
$500
[13]
On May 26, 1978 the first legal casino in the continental U.S. outside of Nevada opened in this state
New Jersey (Atlantic City)
Mary
|
$400
[23]
In the title of John Constable's painting "The Hay Wain", "wain" is a word for this
Wagon
Kelly
|
$400
[29]
The primary food of termites is this carbohydrate found in plants
Cellulose
Bryan
Mary
|
$400
[4]
"The Old Man of the Mountain State"
New Hampshire
Kelly
|
$400
[22]
Born in Chicago in 1933, he received an Oscar nomination for his original score for "The Color Purple"
Quincy Jones
Bryan
Kelly
|
$400
[10]
The Anti-Grigori Efimovich Society believes in this type of Earth
Flat
Mary
|
|
$500
[14]
This "Father of the Atomic Bomb" was suspended by the AEC as a possible security risk April 12, 1954
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Mary
|
$500
[24]
Name of the conveyance seen here:
Handcar
|
$500
[30]
One form of termite communication is the production of trails of these chemicals
Pheromones
Kelly
|
$500
[5]
"The Mud-Cat State"
Mississippi
|
$500
[26]
He reached the top of the pop charts only once with "The Purple People Eater"
Sheb Wooley
|
$500
[17]
An ancient Egyptian woman's eye makeup
Kohl
Mary
|
| INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK | BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | LANDMARKS | MATH | "EAT" IT |
|
$200
[4]
On Feb. 26, 1979 this leader made a triumphant return to Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Bryan
|
$200
[21]
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon(1997)
Good Will Hunting
Kelly
|
$200
[1]
Virgil's "Aeneid" begins after Aeneas & his family escape this war-torn city
Troy
Kelly
|
$200
[2]
Louis Pasteur's state funeral was held in this Paris cathedral
Notre Dame
Mary
|
$200
[12]
To change a fraction to this, you can divide the numerator by the denominator
decimal
Bryan
|
$200
[22]
According to the old saying, these people "never prosper"
cheaters
Bryan
|
|
$400
[5]
On April 17, 1989 massive pro-democracy marches began in this capital city
Beijing
Mary
|
$400
[23]
Roger Avary & Quentin Tarantino(1994)
Pulp Fiction
Mary
|
$400
[15]
Any one of the Brothers Karamazov (hint: one isn't so "terrible")
Alexei (or Dmitri or Ivan)
Kelly
|
$400
[3]
They say no man is an island, but this president is one in the Potomac
Teddy Roosevelt Island
|
$400
[16]
It's the sum of the lengths of all sides of a geometric figure
the perimeter
Kelly
|
$400
[27]
Famous ones were concluded at Utrecht, Ghent & Versailles
treaties
Bryan
|
|
$600
[6]
On Aug. 14, 1969 additional British troops arrived in this U.K. province, beginning a 30-year effort to quell sectarian conflict
Northern Ireland
Kelly
|
DD
$500
[26]
Paddy Chayefsky(1976)
Network
Bryan
|
$600
[20]
In "Oliver Twist", Bill Sikes is an accomplice of this gang leader
Fagin
Mary
|
$600
[7]
Traquair, the oldest inhabited castle in this U.K. country, is home to the Maxwell Stuart family
Scotland
Kelly
|
$600
[17]
In statistics, if the "standard" one of these is small, observations are clustered around the mean
deviation
Kelly
|
$600
[28]
It can mean to fall back, or a safe, secluded place
retreat
Kelly
|
|
$800
[11]
On July 27, 1954 Great Britain & Egypt agreed on terms ending the 72-year British occupation of this zone
the Suez Canal Zone
Kelly
|
$600
[24]
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen(1996)
Fargo
Bryan
|
$800
[14]
This 1816 Jane Austen title character is "of no feeble character"
Emma
Kelly
Mary
|
$800
[8]
Toronto's CN Tower was built by this railway (hence the CN)
Canadian National
Bryan
|
$800
[18]
The type of statement seen here, or the relationship between rich & poor:x3- 23 < 91
an inequality
Kelly
|
$800
[29]
In 1819 he wrote an ode "To Autumn"
John Keats
Bryan
|
|
$1,000
[10]
On Sept. 11, 1973 the elected Marxist government of this South American country was overthrown
Chile
Mary
|
$1,000
[25]
Robert Towne(1974)
Chinatown
|
$1,000
[13]
He's the title husband of Mrs. Persis Lapham
Silas Lapham
|
DD
$1,800
[9]
The Met Life Building in New York City used to have this much "plane"r name
Pan Am Building
Bryan
|
$1,000
[19]
2 angles that add up to 180 degrees are supplementary; 2 that add up to 90 degrees are this
complementary angles
Mary
|
— |
This woman who made death masks of guillotine victims took the Bastille gate key after the 1789 storming
Marie Tussaud