Wilson York — a graduate student of history from Atlanta, Georgia
Lucy Prentiss — a technical writer and aerobics instructor from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rick Kent — a paralegal from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $4,200 | $7,800 | $23,000 |
$35,601
2-day champion: $49,602 |
$21,400
28 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Lucy | $-200 | $400 | $3,200 |
$6,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
4 R, 1 W |
| Wilson | $800 | $6,200 | $17,800 |
$35,598
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS | ELVIS LYRICS | GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS | 1977 | STATE MOTTOES | OLD, ODD & OBSCURE WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
"True and False", David Mamet's no-nonsense book on this craft, includes a chapter called "Find Your Mark"
acting
Rick
|
$200
[6]
"Never let me go. You have made my life complete, and I love you so"
"Love Me Tender"
Lucy
|
$200
[18]
You're the 4 lb., 1 oz. this of my eye (if you're the record this picked by a farmer in 2005)
an apple
Wilson
|
$200
[13]
Pres. Carter signed a treaty on Sept. 7, 1977 that said the U.S. would give up control of this in 1999
the Panama Canal
Wilson
|
$200
[11]
Ohio:"With God, all things are" this
possible
Rick
|
$200
[26]
There's no "beating around" this archaic term for a wineshop or tavern
bush
Rick
|
|
$400
[2]
This playwright once said that his Aunt Belle, a Sunday School teacher, was the prototype of Blanche DuBois
Tennessee Williams
Rick
|
$400
[7]
"The warden said, 'Hey, buddy, don't you be no square, if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair'"
"Jailhouse Rock"
Rick
|
$400
[19]
In 2006 Stephen Clark was out of his gourd when he carved a face in one of these in 24.03 seconds
a pumpkin
Wilson
|
$400
[14]
Egypt was planning a new town to be built near Cairo to be called the Tenth of this holy month
Ramadan
Wilson
|
$400
[12]
North Dakota:"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and" this
inseparable
Lucy
Wilson
|
$400
[27]
A thurible is an ornamental container in which this is burned during a religious ceremony
incense
Wilson
|
|
$600
[3]
You might desire the rings & garters worn by this "Desire Under the Elms" author; they're in the Yale library
Eugene O'Neill
|
DD
$400
[10]
"No such number, no such zone"
"Return To Sender"
Wilson
|
$600
[20]
In length, the smallest living dog is one of this breed, 6 inches from the nose to the tip of the tail
a Chihuahua
Lucy
|
$600
[15]
The world lost 2 more Marx Brothers in 1977--Milton, aka Gummo, & Julius, aka this
Groucho
Rick
Wilson
|
$600
[23]
Virginia:"Sic semper" this
tyrannis
Rick
Wilson
|
$600
[28]
It really burns me up that "febrific" means having one of these
a fever
Rick
|
|
$800
[4]
(Famous playwright Edward Albee delivers the clue.) My play "Fam and Yam" was inspired by a meeting I once had with this playwright for whom life was no "Picnic"
(William) Inge
Rick
|
$600
[8]
"If you can't come around, at least please telephone"
"Don't Be Cruel"
Rick
|
$800
[21]
I'm looking over an 18-leaf this type of plant found in 2002 that I overlooked before
a clover
Rick
|
$800
[16]
The 91-year-old widow of this British P.M. was selling off his paintings to supplement her $26-a-week pension
Churchill
Rick
|
$800
[24]
Wyoming:"Equal" these
rights
Wilson
|
$800
[29]
Wynton Marsalis should know that "tubincinate" means to blow this instrument, his specialty
a trumpet
Rick
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Pittsburgh's African American Cultural Center was renamed for this "Piano Lesson" author who was born in Pittsburgh
August Wilson
Rick
|
$800
[9]
"Ooh, ooh, ooh, I feel my temperature rising, help me, I'm flaming, I must be a hundred and nine"
"Burning Love"
Wilson
|
$1,000
[22]
In 57 min., 51 sec. a N.Y. man took the 1,899 steps in the "Fastest pogo stick jumping up" this Toronto landmark
the CN Tower
Wilson
|
$1,000
[17]
In October 1977 terrorists from this U.S. commonwealth took the Statue of Liberty hostage for 9 hours
Puerto Rico
Rick
|
$1,000
[25]
Nebraska:"Equality before the" this
law
Wilson
|
$1,000
[30]
"Lachrymiform" literally means shaped like this
a teardrop
Wilson
|
| MEDIEVAL EUROPE | OSCAR WINNERS OF YORE | MORE | WHERE AM I? | WHAT SHOULD I "DU"? | LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING |
|
$400
[12]
In 602 Saint Augustine established himself in this city as the first Archbishop of the English Church
Canterbury
Wilson
|
$400
[2]
John Ford directed this "verdant" 1941 winner about a Welsh mining family
How Green Was My Valley
Rick
Wilson
|
$400
[7]
"-aceous" is one of these add-ons
a suffix
Wilson
|
$400
[26]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew will stands in front of a building that extends partway over a river.) I'm at the library of this president who says it symbolizes his efforts to build bridges from yesterday to tomorrow
Clinton
|
$400
[1]
An exact copy of something
a duplicate
Wilson
|
$400
[17]
It's commonly known as laughing gas
nitrous oxide
Rick
|
|
$800
[13]
In the 1200s some towns began paving roads with these naturally rounded rocks that are larger than pebbles
cobblestone
Rick
|
$800
[3]
Greer Garson survives a Luftwaffe attack & the annual flower show as this title "Mrs."
Mrs. Miniver
Rick
|
$800
[8]
You can take a vitamin one or read the one that's inserted in your Sunday paper
a supplement
Rick
|
$800
[27]
(Jon of the Clue Crew stands before a giant enclosed water tank.) I'm in the 434-acre research park of this Texas school that's as proud of being a sea, space & land-grant university as it is of its Aggies teams
Texas A&M
Rick
|
$800
[22]
A down-filled quilt used as a comforter
a duvet
Wilson
|
$800
[18]
This term for an object of ridicule sounds like shares bought in a comedy club
laughing stock
Wilson
|
|
$1,600
[15]
We're in love with the Medieval French literary work called this "of the Rose"
Romance
Rick
|
$1,200
[4]
Jimmy Stewart as Buttons the Clown upstages Charlton Heston in this 3-ring affair from 1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
Rick
|
$1,200
[9]
As a noun, it's an addition to a building; as a verb, it's to add land to your country
annex
Rick
|
$1,200
[28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew tours a warehouse.) Watching the Macy's parade, you may not know the floats are built here in a warehouse in this New Jersey city, also known as Sinatra's hometown
Hoboken
Rick
|
$1,200
[23]
The member of the United Arab Emirates that fits the category
Dubai
Lucy
|
$1,200
[19]
In an Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem, they're the 7 words that precede "weep and you weep alone"
laugh and the world laughs with you
Rick
|
|
$2,000
[16]
This dynasty of Frankish kings ruled France from 751 to 987
the Carolingian dynasty
|
$1,600
[5]
Alcoholic Ray Milland is reminded that "One's too many and a hundred's not enough" in this film
The Lost Weekend
Rick
|
$2,000
[11]
Hey, if the toy added into a cereal box is called one of these, where is it in the Saltines of the same name?
a premium
Wilson
|
$1,600
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands before an outdoor display of a whale skeleton.) Holy Cross is a college in Massachusetts; across the country, the name of this University of California campus means "holy cross"
UC Santa Cruz
Wilson
|
$1,600
[24]
It's another name for the sea cow
a dugong
Wilson
|
$1,600
[20]
Named for its call, this Australian bird is also known as a laughing jackass
a kookaburra
Lucy
|
|
DD
$2,200
[14]
In the 10th century the Moors built a fortress called Magerit on the site of what became this capital
Madrid
Rick
|
$2,000
[6]
Gregory Peck gets the scoop on anti-semitism in this film adapted by Moss Hart
Gentleman's Agreement
Rick
|
DD
$2,200
[10]
During WWII, the WAAAF was the Women's this Australian Air Force
Auxiliary
Rick
|
$2,000
[30]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from among the cacti.) I'm in Arizona at a museum of the life of this desert whose name is allied to that of the nearest Mexican state
the Sonoran Desert
Wilson
|
$2,000
[25]
A philosophical system that seeks to explain all phenomena in terms of 2 distinct principles
dualism
Wilson
|
$2,000
[21]
"Jolly" name of the 1624 work seen here
The Laughing Cavalier
|
Books about this American are subtitled "Warrior as Wordsmith" & "The Far Eastern General"
Douglas MacArthur