Gene Newmier — a family physician from Trappe, Maryland
Rahul Ranadive — a lawyer from Miami, Florida
Robin Zorthian — a part-time administrator from Greenwich, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin | $1,100 | $3,300 | $4,500 |
$2,500
2nd place: a trip to Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada |
$4,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Rahul | $0 | $-400 | $3,000 |
$3,000
New champion: $3,000 |
$2,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Gene | $0 | $200 | $4,500 |
$100
3rd place: Samsung 8 mm camcorder |
$5,200
16 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | TO THE NEAREST... | THE MOVIES | HURRICANES | AMERICA-PODGE | BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
$100
[3]
Under Hussein I this country gave its women the right to vote in 1973
Jordan
Rahul
|
$100
[13]
To the nearest minute, it's how long it took Secretariat to run the Kentucky Derby in 1973
2 minutes
Robin
|
$100
[19]
(Hi, I'm Drake Hogestyn.) You can meet me as John Black on "Days of Our Lives" & you may have "met" this actor as Joe Black in a '98 film
Brad Pitt
Robin
|
$100
[8]
In 1995 Hurricane Peter McNeely was this boxer's first post-prison victim
Mike Tyson
Robin
Rahul
|
$100
[26]
On the evening of Nov. 3, 1992 he learned he was the first runner-up in the U.S. presidential election
George H.W. Bush
Gene
|
$100
[1]
A marine bivalve's improvisational music session
Clam jam
Robin
|
|
$200
[4]
Girls can see geysers in this country where the name originated
Iceland
Robin
Gene
|
$200
[14]
According to the USDA food guide pyramid, to the nearest ounce, the serving size for ready-to-eat cereal
1 ounce
Robin
Rahul
Gene
|
$200
[22]
In this Christmas 1999 release Winona Ryder had a holly Jolie time with Angelina in the mental institute
Girl, Interrupted
Robin
|
$200
[9]
A chimney on a hurricane lamp is usually made out of this
Glass
Robin
|
$200
[27]
A national historic landmark since 1964, it links 2 NYC boroughs & bears the name of one of them
Brooklyn Bridge
Robin
|
$200
[2]
Bambi's camping equipment
Deer gear
Gene
|
|
$300
[5]
Calabria is a region in the "toe" of this country's "boot"
Italy
Gene
|
$300
[15]
To the nearest 50, number of years Harper's Magazine has been in existence
150 (founded in 1850)
Rahul
|
$300
[23]
The poster for this Rita Hayworth classic is seen here:
Gilda
|
$300
[16]
The Spitfire & the Hawker Hurricane are types of these
Airplanes
Robin
|
— |
$300
[10]
A discount on Shamu
Whale sale
Robin
Rahul
|
|
$400
[6]
This Central American country's name means "depths"; it's what Columbus named the region
Honduras
Gene
|
$400
[20]
To the nearest 10, the number of states in the Union during our centennial year
40 (37 or 38)
Robin
Rahul
Gene
|
$400
[24]
Dolly Parton turns a cabdriver, played by this actor, into a country singer in "Rhinestone"
Sylvester Stallone
|
DD
$500
[17]
"My Fair Lady" tune with the line "In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen"
"The Rain in Spain"
Robin
|
— |
$400
[11]
Bucky's broad-bladed butcher knives
Beaver's cleavers
|
|
$500
[7]
If you wear your DKNY to the DPRK, you'll be well dressed in this east Asian land
North Korea
Gene
|
$500
[21]
To the nearest mile, the height of Mount McKinley
4 (20,000 feet & change)
Gene
|
$500
[25]
She got an Oscar nomination for playing the Mrs. of "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge"
Joanne Woodward
Robin
Gene
|
$500
[18]
In 1984 this arachnid group had a Top 40 hit with "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
The Scorpions
Gene
|
— |
$500
[12]
The pile where the woolly farm animals are stacked
Sheep heap
Robin
|
| ZOOLOGY | SPORTS ANNOUNCERS | WHO CREATED 'EM? | WINGS | DIVINATION | "CAPE"s |
|
$200
[6]
Unlike other crabs, it has a shell on its abdomen, forcing it to look constantly for temporary housing
a hermit crab
Rahul
|
$200
[1]
Bob Cousy, who spent 13 years as a guard for this team, can now be found in its broadcast booth
the Boston Celtics
Robin
|
$200
[21]
Gooper Pollitt, Jim O'Connor, Stella Kowalski
Tennessee Williams
Rahul
|
$200
[16]
This Roman god is often depicted in art as a chubby, winged infant wearing a blindfold
Cupid
Rahul
|
$200
[25]
His prophesies, "The Centuries", said to reach to the year 3797, were first published in 1555
Nostradamus
Robin
|
$200
[11]
Batman's sobriquet
"The Caped Crusader"
Rahul
|
|
$400
[7]
This Greek philosopher who studied animals in the 300s B.C. is often called the "Father of Zoology"
Aristotle
Robin
|
$400
[2]
In 2000 this multi-sport announcer seenheremoved to CBS after 25 years at NBC:
Dick Enberg
Gene
|
$400
[22]
Gabriel Conroy, Simon Dedalus, Leopold Bloom
James Joyce
Robin
|
$400
[17]
Martin Sheen plays President Josiah Bartlet in this NBC series about behind-the-scenes activities at the White House
The West Wing
Robin
|
$400
[29]
The 3 main oracle sites in Greece were Dodona, Delos & this other "D" location
Delphi
Gene
|
$400
[12]
Although the JFK Space Center was once located here, then Cape Kennedy, it was moved to Merritt Island in 1964
Cape Canaveral
Gene
|
|
$600
[8]
This pet bird comes in 2 main types, depending on its singing: choppers & rollers
canaries
Rahul
Gene
|
$600
[3]
The Olympics & "Wide World of Sports" are covered in announcer Jim's autobiography "The Real" this
McKay
Gene
|
$600
[23]
Eliot Rosewater, Dr. Felix Hoenikker, Billy Pilgrim
Kurt Vonnegut
Gene
|
$600
[18]
These hinged flaps on the trailing edges of wings are used to make an airplane bank to the right or to the left
Ailerons
Robin
Gene
|
$600
[26]
Many modern packs of these cards go back to the design of the 1910 Rider-Waite pack
tarot cards
Rahul
|
$600
[13]
This African ox can kill lions with its heavy hoofs & horns
the Cape buffalo
Gene
|
|
$800
[9]
The name of this colorful baboon relative sounds like it could be a synonym for a guy with a jackhammer
a mandrill
Robin
Gene
|
$800
[4]
The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team inspired Al Michaels to ask this 5-word question
"Do you believe in miracles?"
Rahul
|
DD
$700
[30]
Hedda Tesman, Helen Alving, Knut Brovik
Henrik Ibsen
Gene
|
$800
[19]
A winged god named Ahura Mazda is the symbol of this ancient Persian religion
Zoroastrianism
Rahul
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
Chinese for "The Book of Changes", it's a set of 64 symbols, set some 4,000 years ago
I Ching
Rahul
|
$800
[14]
This 1 1/2 story wooden cottage style has a central chimney & is covered by a gabled roof
Cape Cod
Gene
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This burrowing rodent has fur-lined pouches on the outside of its cheeks in which it carries food
a pocket gopher
|
$1,000
[5]
The voice of the Yankees & later of "This Week in Baseball", he was known for his cry of "How about that!"
Mel Allen
Gene
|
$800
[24]
Ike McCaslin, Percy Grimm, Benjy Compson
William Faulkner
|
$1,000
[20]
The prophet Isaiah describes these angels as having 6 wings: 2 to cover their faces, 2 to cover their feet & 2 to fly
Seraphim
|
$1,000
[28]
For an actor to see if he's getting cast in the new Viking movie, he may cast these, letters of a Norse alphabet
runes
Robin
|
$1,000
[15]
This African island republic is of volcanic origin but today has only one active crater, on Fogo Island
the Cape Verde Islands
Gene
|
In 1999 in Norfolk, the Virginia Symphony premiered Steve Heitzeg's "Aqua", an homage to this man
Jacques Cousteau