Suzanne Doran — a middle school teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Logan Beckwith — a payroll accountant from Atlanta, Georgia
Sam Raman — a telecom consultant from Boca Raton, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $-100 | $2,600 | $7,900 |
$6,800
2-day champion: $8,000 |
$7,500
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Logan | $800 | $2,000 | $3,300 |
$6,400
2nd place: Trip to Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China |
$3,800
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Suzanne | $1,000 | $2,400 | $3,200 |
$0
3rd place: High Sierra Sport Company Gift Certificate |
$3,200
15 R, 3 W |
| STATE FACTS | NEW YEAR'S EVE | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS | SHARK! | FONDUE | "A.M." |
|
$100
[17]
Mormons make up about 70% of this state's population
Utah
Suzanne
|
$100
[1]
Tickets for her MGM Grand concert range from $500 to $2500 each
Barbra Streisand
Logan
|
$100
[2]
"A Wild and Crazy Guy"
Steve Martin
Sam
|
$100
[21]
Sharks were the first vertebrates with a fully functioning set of these, also the title of a famous novel
Jaws
Sam
|
$100
[4]
"Fondue" comes from the French fondre, meaning this action that's done to the cheese
Melting
Sam
|
$100
[5]
When Phonemate introduced the first commercially successful one in 1971, it weighed 10 pounds
Answering machine
Suzanne
|
|
$200
[18]
Until surpassed by California & Texas, it was the most populous state
New York
Suzanne
|
$200
[3]
Plans are to turn this Seattle landmark into a 605-foot Roman candle
Space Needle
Suzanne
|
$200
[9]
"No Respect"
Rodney Dangerfield
Sam
|
$200
[27]
Most of the shark fossils found have been of this body part & they've even been found in the Midwestern U.S.
Teeth
Suzanne
|
$200
[6]
In the classic Fondue Bourguignonne, cubes of this are dipped in hot oil, then in a savory sauce
Beef
Logan
|
$200
[7]
At age 9 Ben Stiller made his TV acting debut on "Kate McShane" starring this actress, his mom
Anne Meara
Logan
|
|
$300
[19]
(Hi, I"m Joshua Morrow from The Young and the Restless.) "North to the Future" is the official motto of this state, my birthplace
Alaska
Logan
|
$300
[14]
At the Pasadena Civic Auditorium 2000 guests will see Disney's Y2K update of this 1940 animated classic
Fantasia
Suzanne
|
$300
[11]
"To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With"
Bill Cosby
Sam
|
$300
[28]
Shark hide was once used by cabinetmakers as this abrasive
Sandpaper
Sam
|
$300
[8]
Legend says fondue was invented in this largest Swiss city when winter left only cheese, bread & wine
Zurich
Sam
Logan
Suzanne
|
$300
[10]
Hail Schubert who came up with this composition so "full of grace" in 1825
"Ave Maria"
Suzanne
|
|
$400
[25]
The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is in Smith County in this state
Kansas
Suzanne
|
$400
[20]
This pop star's set to do her last show before taking her sabbatical in Montreal
Celine Dion
Logan
|
DD
$500
[12]
"The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress"
Flip Wilson
Sam
|
$400
[29]
This shark, which produces litters of 30 to 50 at a time, has stripes that fade as it ages
Tiger shark
Sam
|
$400
[23]
According to "Joy of Cooking", fresh fruit served with this sauce for dipping "never disappoints"
Chocolate
Sam
|
$400
[13]
Marilyn Monroe's last movie, "The Misfits", was written by this playwright, her then-husband
Arthur Miller
Suzanne
|
|
$500
[26]
The 5-pointed star on this state's seal displays symbols of the Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Sam
|
$500
[22]
You can waltz in the year 2000 at the Imperial Ball in this city's Hofburg Palace
Vienna
Sam
|
$500
[16]
"This Is A Recording"
Lily Tomlin
|
$500
[30]
The shark with this 4-letter name, also called the bonito shark, has been clocked at 20 miles per hour
Mako
Suzanne
|
$500
[24]
This brandy whose name is from German for "cherry" is a popular fondue ingredient & accompaniment
Kirsch
Sam
|
$500
[15]
Once home to the Hittites, today this region is occupied by Turkey
Asia Minor
Logan
|
| PEOPLE IN HISTORY | MOVIE TAGLINES | LITERARY HODGEPODGE | THE MENORAH | THAT SINKING FEELING | "P.M." |
|
$200
[11]
Thomas Conway was involved in a 1777 plot to replace this American commander-in-chief with Horatio Gates
George Washington
Sam
|
$200
[1]
1993:"A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins."
The Fugitive
Sam
|
$200
[16]
Famous tale that contains the line "If he be Mr. Hyde...I shall be Mr. Seek"
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Suzanne
|
$200
[25]
Technically, a menorah has 7 branches, the one with this many is a hanukkiyah
8
Suzanne
|
$200
[18]
The sinking of this British liner in May 1915 indirectly influenced the U.S. to enter WWI
Lusitania
Sam
|
$200
[6]
Sir Robert Walpole is usually considered Britain's first one, though the title wasn't official at the time
Prime minister
Sam
|
|
$400
[12]
She was almost 6 feet tall & strong as an ox (she could have smashed saloons without her famous hatchet)
Carrie Nation
Sam
Suzanne
|
$400
[2]
1995:"A little pig goes a long way"
Babe
Sam
|
$400
[17]
Martha Grimes is from Pittsburgh, but she sets her mystery novels in this country & names them for pubs
England
Logan
|
$400
[28]
A menorah by sculptor Benno Elkan stands before this Israeli parliament building
Knesset
Suzanne
|
$400
[22]
One legend mentioned by Plato says that this island was swallowed by the sea as a result of earthquakes
Atlantis
Sam
|
$400
[7]
In a familiar old song, it's "sailing over a cardboard sea"
"Paper Moon"
Sam
|
|
$600
[13]
In the 11th century Anawratha became the first ruler to politically unite this country that's also known as Myanmar
Burma
Sam
|
$600
[3]
1993:"An adventure 65 million years in the making"
Jurassic Park
Sam
|
$800
[20]
Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a fine example of this "architectural" genre
Gothic
|
DD
$500
[30]
When the second temple was destroyed in 70 A.D., its menorah was carried off to this city
Rome
Logan
|
$600
[23]
A 1976 Gordon Lightfoot song told the true story of the sinking of this ore vessel in Lake Superior
Edmund Fitzgerald
Logan
|
$600
[8]
Sinanthropus pekinensis is another name for this Homo erectus whose remains were discovered in the 1920s
Peking Man
Sam
Suzanne
|
|
$800
[14]
As chancellor of this country in the 1930s, Kurt von Schuschnigg favored restoring the Hapsburgs to the throne
Austria
Logan
|
$800
[4]
1973:"Where were you in '62?"
American Graffiti
Logan
|
$1,000
[21]
This "I, Claudius" novelist's memoir "Good-Bye to All That" is noted for its vivid depiction of WWI
Robert Graves
|
$600
[27]
Per Exodus 25, "The tongs and the snuff-dishes" of the temple menorah shall be of this material
Gold
Sam
|
$800
[24]
In 1997 "Nova" went under the sea to look at this ship, the Titanic's lost sister:
HMS Britannic
|
$800
[9]
Blasted, it's the weapon of war seen here:
a Patriot missile
Sam
Suzanne
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The father of this Danish astronomer was the governor of Halsingborg Castle
Tycho Brahe
Sam
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[5]
1990:"You will believe"
Ghost
Logan
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
In a poem about this city, Bret Harte wrote, "Wrap her, o fog, in gown and hood of her Franciscan brotherhood"
San Francisco
Sam
|
$800
[29]
According to a prayer, Jews light the menorah "Al Ha-Nissim", meaning "for" these wondrous events
Miracles
Logan
|
$1,000
[26]
A 1999 TV movie portrayed the torpedoing & sinking of the federal sloop Housatonic by this Confederate sub
Hunley
|
$1,000
[10]
While at LSU he became college basketball's first point-a-minute scorer
Pete Maravich
Logan
|
2 of 4 performing duos inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(2 of) The Everly Brothers, Ike & Tina Turner, Sam & Dave, and Simon & Garfunkel