Bob Ryffel — a computer expert from Fairfield, Connecticut
Jennifer Abbots — a salesperson from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eric Prosser — an attorney from Oceanside, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $34,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,800 | $3,700 | $6,500 |
$0
3rd place: Pair of Daniel Mink Elegance Watches |
$7,500
23 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $500 | $1,100 | $6,500 |
$3,300
2nd place: Trip to Couples Resort, Jamaica |
$5,300
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| BobCat | $600 | $1,800 | $4,000 |
$6,600
New champion: $6,600 |
$4,000
16 R, 7 W |
| THE 5 "W"s | WHO | WHAT | WHERE | WHEN | WHY |
|
$100
[1]
According to the rhyme, it's what Simple Simon wanted to taste of the pieman's
Wares
BobCat
|
$100
[6]
"New York Rock", an opera by this widow of John Lennon, is a love story ending in a murder
Yoko Ono
Eric
|
$100
[10]
If it drops from the compartment above your seat, put your own on before helping others
an oxygen mask
Eric
Jennifer
|
$100
[16]
In area, it's the largest country in both Europe & Asia
Russia
Eric
Jennifer
BobCat
|
$100
[21]
On Aug. 28, 1963 he told a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. "I have a dream"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jennifer
|
$100
[26]
"Because it is there" was climber George Leigh Mallory's response to this query
Why do you climb Mount Everest?
Jennifer
BobCat
|
|
$200
[2]
It's the unit of power equal to one joule per second
Watt
Eric
|
$200
[7]
This Whitewater prosecutor was born in North Texas a month before Bill Clinton was born in Arkansas
Kenneth Starr
Jennifer
|
$200
[12]
This dagger gives its name to a high heel that rests on a tiny base
Stiletto
BobCat
|
$200
[17]
To vacation in this Caribbean paradise, you may fly into Sangster Intl. Airport in Montego Bay
Jamaica
Eric
|
$200
[22]
On Jan. 20, 1981 Iran released its hostages & this president was inaugurated
Ronald Reagan
Eric
|
$200
[27]
Because it was slow, clumsy, flightless, & friendly to European settlers on Mauritius
Why did the dodo go extinct?
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[4]
Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima is the head of the U.N. organization known by this acronym
WHO (World Health Organization)
BobCat
|
$300
[8]
Born in New York City in 1927, he spent many of his childhood Day-Os in the Caribbean
Harry Belafonte
Eric
|
$300
[13]
Your hook & line won't do much good without one of these to keep them at the right depth
a sinker (bob accepted)
Eric
Jennifer
|
$300
[18]
The western region of this mountain range is home to Spain's Basque population
the Pyrenees
Eric
BobCat
|
$300
[23]
The Wright Bros. made their first powered flight on December 17, 1903, near this village
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Eric
|
$300
[28]
As he told Delilah, because his head had never been touched by a razor
Why did Samson have his strength?
Jennifer
BobCat
|
|
DD
$500
[3]
It comes between the following pronunciations:eks ____ ze
wye
Eric
|
$400
[9]
Once among Charlie's Angels, she celebrated her 50th birthday in 1997 by posing for Playboy
Farrah Fawcett
Jennifer
|
$400
[14]
In 1954 Marcello Nizzoli designed the stylish Olivetti Lettera 22 model of this machine
Typewriter
BobCat
|
$400
[19]
In Portugal the area south of this river that bisects the country is much warmer than the area north of it
Tagus
|
$400
[24]
As of April 7, 1984 it surpassed Chicago as the nation's second most populous city
Los Angeles
BobCat
|
$400
[29]
Because the part protruding beyond the fingertips is made of dead cells, with no nerves
Why doesn't it hurt when you clip your fingernails?
Eric
|
|
$500
[5]
It's the radio station American Movie Classics wants you to "remember"
WENN
Eric
|
$500
[11]
In 1961 he founded the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna to pursue his Nazi quarry
Simon Wiesenthal
Jennifer
BobCat
|
$500
[15]
You'll find the ends of the spark plug wires under this "cap"
Distributor cap
Eric
|
$500
[20]
This U.S. territory in the Pacific is the southernmost of the Mariana Islands
Guam
BobCat
|
$500
[25]
These Americans got the right to vote on August 26, 1920
Women
BobCat
|
$500
[30]
Because the shorter blue light waves are scattered around the atmosphere, while longer red ones aren't
Why is the sky blue?
Eric
|
| PEOPLES | GEOGRAPHIC VOCABULARY | KIDDY LIT | GOLD | "D" | HAWN |
|
$200
[11]
Adjective for the major eastern European ethnic group & for their languages, like Russian & Bulgarian
Slavic/Slavonic
Eric
Jennifer
|
$200
[16]
This smallest dog breed is named for the largest Mexican state
Chihuahua
Eric
|
$200
[1]
In a Grimm tale, grim indeed, she pushed a witch into an oven
Gretel
BobCat
|
$200
[6]
Gold needles were once used in this medical treatment that uses meridian points
Acupuncture
Jennifer
|
$200
[21]
June 6, 1944
D-Day
Jennifer
|
$200
[26]
In this 1980 film Goldie winds up cleaning an Army latrine with an electric toothbrush
Private Benjamin
Eric
|
|
$400
[12]
They came from Jutland to invade Britain around the same time as the Angles & Saxons
Jutes
BobCat
|
$400
[17]
Mahon, the main town on the island of Minorca, gave us this name for a sandwich spread
Mayonnaise
Eric
|
$400
[2]
In 1937 Tolkien published "The Hobbit" & this author put out "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street"
Dr. Seuss
Jennifer
|
$400
[7]
In 1995 people dug around this landmark looking for Jim Bowie's gold
The Alamo
Jennifer
|
$400
[22]
Common 3-letter abbreviation for the Doctor of Philosophy degree
Ph.D
Eric
|
$400
[27]
Goldie moans in it: "In Hollywood, women have only 3 ages: babe, district attorney & driving Miss Daisy"
The First Wives Club
BobCat
|
|
$600
[13]
According to legend, Romulus invited these people of Italy to a feast & carried off their women
Sabines
BobCat
|
$600
[18]
The French phrase meaning "Songs of the Valley of the Vire" became this word for a type of stage entertainment
Vaudeville
BobCat
|
$600
[3]
Title character among Ludwig Bemelmans' "twelve little girls in two straight lines"
Madeline
Jennifer
BobCat
|
$600
[8]
It's the emblem of the Phi Beta Kappa society
Gold key
Eric
|
$600
[23]
Needed for good teeth & bones, sunlight brings out the best of it in you
Vitamin D
BobCat
|
$600
[28]
1 of the 2 films that starred both Goldie & Warren Beatty
Dollars or Shampoo
Eric
|
|
$800
[14]
After 1 million were killed by Turkey during WWI, these people turned to the USSR for help
Armenians
Jennifer
BobCat
|
$800
[19]
An ancient name for Sri Lanka--no, not Ceylon--gave us this word for lucky discoveries made by accident
Serendipity
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[5]
This letter completes the title of William Steig's classic 1968 book that was all in letters, "CD...."
B
Eric
BobCat
|
$800
[9]
These pseudo-scientists of the Middle Ages tried to turn base metals into gold; now you can in a cyclotron
Alchemists
Eric
|
$800
[24]
G.W. Bitzer was the cinematographer on most of this director's silent films
D.W. Griffith
Jennifer
BobCat
|
$1,000
[30]
This 1992 supernatural comedy featured Goldie, Meryl & Bruce
Death Becomes Her
Eric
BobCat
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Dutch settlers "tot" the world this name for the Khoikhoi people of present-day Namibia
Hottentots
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[20]
Belgian community that made the coarse cloth for which a bag & a coat are named
Duffel
Eric
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
The title of this 1992 children's book, seen here, is also the name of its island setting:
Dinotopia
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[10]
Sir Walter Raleigh was among those who searched for this city of gold, looking in the area of what's now Guyana
El Dorado
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
This rapper has sung alone & with "The Boyz"
Heavy D
Eric
|
DD
$1,200
[29]
This 1969 film, seen here, wasn't Goldie's first, but it gave her her first major film role:
Cactus Flower
Eric
|
In 1807 he wrote, "The distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles; I ran it up in thirty-two hours"
Robert Fulton (of the steamship Clermont )