Matt Cunningham — a public relations and political consultant from Orange, California
Debbie Ream — a corporate affairs manager from Covina, California
Mitch Teich — a public radio news reporter from Flagstaff, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,610)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch | $1,100 | $3,600 | $10,300 |
$9,380
2-day champion: $20,990 |
$9,900
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Debbie | $1,900 | $3,100 | $3,900 |
$1,400
2nd place: Intel PC Camera Pro Pack & Compaq Presario Desktop PC |
$3,900
13 R, 1 W |
| Matt | $-400 | $0 | $5,600 |
$0
3rd place: World of Science Shopping Spree |
$5,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| 1941 | THE LOST "WORLD" | JAWS | DUEL | INDIANA JONES | STEVEN SPIELBERG |
|
$100
[5]
This "Brown Bomber" successfully defended his heavyweight title for the 17th time on May 23, 1941
Joe Louis
Matt
|
$100
[21]
The American League's Boston Pilgrims won the first of these in 1903
World Series
Matt
|
$100
[11]
The jaws of this creature helped give Captain Hook his name:
Crocodile
Mitch
|
$100
[3]
It's the ordinal name for a friend who would accompany you to your duel
Second
Debbie
|
$100
[1]
Originating in 1911, this annual Indiana event is attended by 400,000 people
Indianapolis 500
Mitch
|
$100
[26]
As a child, the first film Steven ever saw was this Cecil B. DeMille circus extravaganza
The Greatest Show on Earth
Matt
|
|
$200
[6]
On February 14 this general's Afrika Korps arrived in Tripoli
Erwin Rommel
Matt
|
$200
[22]
This NYC complex is noted for its huge twin towers of 110 stories each
World Trade Center
Matt
|
$200
[17]
This plant seen here with jaws agape is found in the Carolinas, not on another planet:
Venus Flytrap
Debbie
|
$200
[4]
In English-speaking countries, once a duel was accepted, this person chose the weapons to be used
The person being challenged
Matt
|
$200
[2]
This famous wandering planter is himself planted in Fort Wayne
Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)
Debbie
|
$200
[27]
Vilmos Zsigmond won an Oscar as Steven's cinematographer on this 1977 sci-fi hit
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Debbie
|
|
$300
[7]
It's like this, see, Bogie brightened this dark John Huston-directed film which premiered October 3
The Maltese Falcon
Mitch
Debbie
Matt
|
$300
[23]
Peter Jennings hosts this show on ABC
World News Tonight
Mitch
|
$300
[18]
Seen here, the bone-crunching jaws of this carnivore are no "laughing" matter:
Hyena
Debbie
|
$300
[8]
The mensur, or student duel, is still a feature of university life in this country
Germany
Matt
|
$300
[14]
In 1906 U.S. Steel planted itself firmly in this city
Gary
Mitch
Matt
|
$300
[28]
A critic once compared the panic on the beach scene in "Jaws" to this film's "Odessa Steps" sequence
Battleship Potemkin
Mitch
|
|
$400
[12]
On June 7 Whirlaway became only the fifth horse to win this coveted trifecta
Triple Crown
Debbie
|
$400
[24]
Abbreviated the WTO, it promotes & enforces international commerce laws
World Trade Organization
Matt
|
$400
[19]
This product was originally developed for race car drivers:
Jaws of Life
Mitch
|
$400
[9]
From the Middle French for "glove", this item was often thrown down to challenge another to a duel
Gauntlet
Debbie
|
$400
[15]
The lowest point in the Hoosier State is on this river with another state's name
Ohio River
Mitch
|
$400
[29]
Steven directed Joan Crawford in the pilot for this innovative Rod Serling anthology
Night Gallery
Matt
|
|
$500
[13]
Fearing German occupation, U.S. forces took control of this north Atlantic island nation on July 7
Iceland
Mitch
|
$500
[25]
A giant panda is the symbol of this international organization
the World Wildlife Fund
Mitch
|
$500
[20]
Prominent family noted for their prominent jaws, as seen here:
Hapsburgs
|
$500
[10]
In the 16th century numerous deaths & injuries from dueling prompted Charles IX of this country to ban it
France
Debbie
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
Indiana University began to "flower" in this city in 1820
Bloomington
Mitch
|
$500
[30]
This 22-minute Spielberg film about 2 people who hitchhike west lends its name to one of his companies
Amblin'
Debbie
|
| AMERICAN LIT | LOW TECH | PRESIDENTIAL ALSO RANS | THINKERS & THOUGHTS | DISCOGRAPHIES | __E__E__E |
|
$200
[2]
Daniel Pierce Thompson wrote an 1839 novel about these "Boys" led by Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Mitch
|
$200
[24]
We don't know who invented it, but it appeared on a cart in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago
Wheel
Mitch
|
$200
[1]
The formation of new political organizations has been the hallmark of his presidential bids:(in 1992 & 1996)
H. Ross Perot
Debbie
|
$200
[7]
As a hedonist, Epicurus believed this is the only good in life, but only in moderation
Pleasure
Matt
|
$200
[18]
"Zenyatta Mondatta","Ghost in the Machine","Synchronicity"
The Police
Mitch
|
$200
[13]
Regard with awe, or a Paul of the Revolutionary War
Revere
Mitch
|
|
$400
[12]
A preacher decides to hide his face forever in "The Minister's Black Veil", one of this author's "Twice-Told Tales"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
|
$400
[25]
Stone item seen here from the Neolithic, or "New Stone" Age
Arrowhead
Matt
|
$400
[3]
By January of 1992 he narrowed the gap, but ultimately lost the Republican nomination:
Pat Buchanan
Mitch
|
$400
[8]
Heraclitus observed that because "all is flux", you can't step twice into the same one of these
River
Debbie
Matt
|
$400
[19]
"Tusk","Tango in the Night","The Dance"
Fleetwood Mac
Mitch
|
$400
[14]
To withdraw from membership in a group; on January 9, 1861 Mississippi did it
Secede
Debbie
|
|
$600
[23]
Henry James often visited his grandmother's home on this "Presidential" square (& named a novel for it)
Washington Square
|
$600
[26]
This word for the block on which blacksmiths shape metal also refers to the lower plate of a stapler
Anvil
Debbie
|
$600
[4]
His presidential campaign has become a metaphor for political self-destruction:
Gary Hart
Matt
|
$600
[9]
Of Berkeley's theory of the non-existence of this, Dr. Johnson kicked a stone & said, "I refute it thus"
Matter
|
$600
[20]
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)","Touch"
The Eurythmics
Matt
|
$600
[15]
Nickname given the overnight flight from L.A. to NYC
Redeye
Matt
|
|
$800
[29]
"District of Columbia" was the second trilogy of novels by this author of the trilogy "U.S.A."
John Dos Passos
Mitch
|
$800
[27]
Sometime in the 13th century Europeans thought to attach this steering apparatus to the sternpost
Rudder
Mitch
|
$800
[5]
She campaigned vigorously for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972:
Shirley Chisholm
Matt
|
DD
$800
[10]
Charles Sanders Peirce was the founder of this -ism whose name is from Greek for "practical"
Pragmatism
Matt
|
$800
[21]
"Mellow Gold","Odelay"
Beck
Mitch
|
$800
[16]
To fail to carry out a promise; you may do it "on a business deal"
Renege
Mitch
|
|
$1,000
[30]
His novel "Sister Carrie" was inspired by his own sister Emma, who ran off with a married man
Theodore Dreiser
|
$1,000
[28]
It originally had a stone or wood blade, but "The Man With" one in the Markham poem probably used metal
Hoe
|
$1,000
[6]
His presidential candidacy split the vote in 1980:
John Anderson
Matt
|
$1,000
[11]
Jacques Derrida originated this type of analysis that "tears down" its subject
Deconstruction
Mitch
|
DD
$900
[22]
"Magic Bus","Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy","Face Dances"
The Who
Mitch
|
$1,000
[17]
A form of address for some royalty, it means calm & unruffled
Serene
Matt
|
Of the 6 official languages of the United Nations, the one spoken by the fewest people worldwide
French