Mike Blumenfeld game 5.
Dana Hernandez — a motorized messenger from Richmond, California
Matt Thompson — an event producer from Burbank, California
Mike Blumenfeld — a network administrator from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 4-day cash winnings total $32,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $1,900 | $2,800 | $9,600 |
$12,000
5-day champion: $44,400 |
$9,600
22 R, 2 W |
| Matt | $600 | $3,300 | $3,500 |
$6,999
3rd place: Polaroid Photomax digital camera creative kit |
$2,900
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Dana | $400 | $700 | $5,300 |
$10,300
2nd place: Fisher Soundstage home theater system + DirecTV satellite service |
$4,700
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. GEOGRAPHY | ROUND FOOD | PRO SPORTS | THE BILL OF RIGHTS | NUMBER, PLEASE | ENDS IN "OOK" |
|
$100
[1]
About 75% of all Hawaiians live on this island
Oahu
Matt
|
$100
[2]
Spaghetti partners, or a Bill Murray film
Meatballs
Dana
|
$100
[8]
She retired from tennis in August 1999 & was soon seen getting cozy with Andre Agassi
Steffi Graf
Dana
|
$100
[26]
The First Amendment says that this body "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
Congress
Mike
Matt
|
$100
[21]
"Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye"; this many "blackbirds baked in a pie"
four and twenty
Mike
|
$100
[4]
It's cranny's partner, or a cozy corner for eating breakfast
nook
Mike
|
|
$200
[13]
The New York State barge canal system connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic via this river
the Hudson River
Mike
|
$200
[3]
In 1969 Hasbro made a Mickey Mouse bank that dispensed these
gumballs
Dana
|
$200
[9]
On Jan. 30, 2000 this Rams quarterback threw a clutch TD pass to win Super Bowl XXXIV & was named MVP
Kurt Warner
Mike
Dana
|
$200
[27]
This fourth president was largely responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights
James Madison
Mike
|
$200
[22]
The Petrarchan or Italian sonnet has this many lines
14
Matt
|
$200
[15]
Gibberish, or mumbo jumbo
gobbledygook
Mike
|
|
$300
[14]
This mountain system stretches about 1,500 miles from Alabama to Canada's Gaspe Peninsula
the Appalachians
Matt
Dana
|
$300
[5]
Since 1920 the Purdys have been raising these nuts on a Molokai farm
macadamia nuts
Matt
|
$300
[10]
(Hi, I'm Marcus Camby, forward for the New York Knicks.) Knicks is short for this longer name which dates back to a style of pants worn by Dutch settlers in the 17th century
Knickerbockers
Mike
|
$300
[28]
On November 20, 1789 this "Garden State" became the first to ratify the Bill of Rights
New Jersey
Mike
|
$300
[23]
(Alex reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.) Dec. 15, 1886 was the first time that more than this benchmark number of shares were traded in one single day here on the NYSE
a million shares
|
$300
[18]
For over 40 years this actor has brought Mark Twain to life in a one-man show
Hal Holbrook
Dana
|
|
$400
[16]
At an altitude of 6,225', this lake on the California-Nevada border doesn't freeze due to its great depth
Lake Tahoe
Matt
|
$400
[6]
Named for a Moroccan port, it's also known as a mandarin orange
a tangerine
Dana
|
$400
[11]
Only 3 pitchers reached 20 wins in 1999 with this Red Sox hurler leading the majors with 23 victories
Pedro Martínez
Mike
|
$400
[29]
This amendment protects the individual from double jeopardy
the Fifth Amendment
|
$500
[25]
In a 1998 documentary Myles Berkowitz tried to find Ms. Right & get a movie made in this many title "dates"
20
Matt
|
$400
[19]
This one's a breeze: it's the largest of the Pacific salmons
Chinook
Mike
|
|
$500
[17]
Made famous in song, this river begins in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp & empties into the Gulf of Mexico via Florida
the Suwannee River
|
$500
[7]
These are mashed to make hummus
chickpeas (or garbanzo beans)
Matt
|
$500
[12]
On Nov. 13, 1999 Lennox Lewis defeated him in a unanimous decision, becoming the undisputed heavyweight champ
Evander Holyfield
Mike
Dana
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[24]
A catalog of athletic wear for women is named "Title" this, after part of a 1972 education law
IX (9)
Matt
|
$500
[20]
As a result of this scandal, in 1992 H. Lawrence Garrett 3rd stepped down as Navy Secretary
Tailhook
Matt
|
| THEIR FIRST NOVELS | ALMA MATTERS | HISTORY | MOVIE REVIEWS | BIBLICAL PATRIARCHY | SPANISH GRAMMAR |
|
$200
[10]
The heroine of this "Beloved" author's first novel, "The Bluest Eye", wishes her eyes were blue
Toni Morrison
Dana
|
$200
[16]
Alma Reville, this director's wife, co-scripted his films "The 39 Steps" & "The Lady Vanishes"
Alfred Hitchcock
Mike
|
$200
[6]
His second voyage, beginning in 1493, included visits to Jamaica & Puerto Rico
Christopher Columbus
Mike
|
$200
[1]
The Dayton Daily News said that this 1999 scarefest "does for the woods what 'Jaws' did for water"
The Blair Witch Project
Dana
|
$200
[21]
In a dream, Jacob saw God at the top of one of these implements
a ladder
Dana
|
DD
$100
[27]
Verbs are divided according to whether this form ends in -ar, -er or -ir
the infinitive
Dana
|
|
$400
[11]
The pirate hero of his first novel, "Cup of Gold", is a far cry from Tom Joad
John Steinbeck
Mike
|
$400
[17]
Alma Schindler's list of spouses included composer Gustav Mahler & Walter Gropius, best known as one of these
an architect
Matt
|
$400
[7]
In 1999 China confirmed that this girl really existed & served in China's army 1,300 years ago
Mulan
Matt
|
$400
[2]
Premiere magazine said of this raunchy 1999 teen comedy, "There's something about pastry"
American Pie
Dana
|
$400
[22]
Abraham tried to reason God out of destroying this city where his nephew Lot lived
Sodom
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
This irregular comparative form of grande, "big", is spelled like the English word for someone who runs a city
mayor
Dana
|
|
$600
[12]
A house party in the country is the setting for this "Brave New World" author's first novel, "Crome Yellow"
Aldous Huxley
Mike
|
$600
[18]
Silent star Alma Rubens appeared in this D.W. Griffith film whose 1-word title is a synonym for bigotry
Intolerance
Mike
|
$600
[8]
From India the Arabs got the point of this number system also called the Hindu-Arabic System
the decimal system
|
$800
[4]
Faltering at the box office, this 1999 Cruise & Kidman film was dubbed "Risque Business" by People magazine
Eyes Wide Shut
Mike
|
$600
[24]
As the father of Ishmael, Abraham is also considered a patriarch of this religion
Islam
Matt
|
— |
|
$800
[13]
4 years after graduating from Duke, this "Sophie's Choice" author published his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness"
William Styron
Matt
Dana
|
$800
[19]
The name Alma was popularized by an 1854 Anglo-Russian battle on the Alma River during this war
Crimean War
Mike
|
$800
[9]
Though of unsound mind, Afonso VI ruled this country from 1656 to 1667, when deposed by his brother Pedro
Portugal
Mike
Dana
|
$1,000
[5]
The L.A. Times said this 1999 Liam Neeson movie about a possessed house "had all the... terror of a jury notice"
The Haunting
Mike
|
$800
[26]
Ishmael's favorite son wasn't Jacob, but this hunter who brought him venison
Esau
Dana
|
— |
|
$1,000
[15]
We don't know "Who's Afraid of" reading her first novel, "The Voyage Out"
Virginia Woolf
Mike
|
$1,000
[20]
Soprano Alma Gluck had one of her great successes as this coughing heroine of "La boheme"
Mimi
Dana
|
$1,000
[14]
Russia's Peter I was just "Great"; the Turkish Suleiman I was this
Magnificent
Mike
|
DD
$1,300
[3]
"Bard to the Bone" was the headline of Entertainment Weekly's review of this 1998 romance
Shakespeare in Love
Dana
|
$1,000
[23]
Fearing the Philistines, Isaac tried to pass off this woman, his wife, as his sister
Rebecca
Mike
|
— |
Winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, this group once used the slogan "We Have Two Billion People in our Waiting Room"
Doctors Without Borders