Kurt Fried — a writer originally from Lenexa, Kansas
Manx Foster-Audlin — a crisis intervention counselor from Marbletown, New York
Arch Mott — a systems administrator from Aptos, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch | $1,400 | $3,000 | $6,000 |
$6,000
2nd place: Trip to Outrigger Hotel, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii |
$4,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Manx | $600 | $300 | $2,700 |
$99
3rd place: Yahoo! Shopping Spree |
$2,700
5 R, 1 W |
| Kurt | $300 | $2,200 | $7,000 |
$12,000
New champion: $12,000 |
$5,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| WHITE HOUSE WOMEN | 20th CENTURY SPORTS | CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES | WOW! THE MIDWEST | ADDING A "ROOM" | WORDS YOU CAN SAY ON TELEVISION |
|
$100
[26]
In March 2000 this former Clinton press secretary gave birth to 5-pound, 11-ounce Katherine
Dee Dee Myers
|
$100
[15]
Averaging about 74 MPH, Ray Harroun won the first running of this May 30, 1911
Indianapolis 500
Arch
|
$100
[12]
"Ask any mermaid you happen to see, 'What's the best tuna?'..."
Chicken of the Sea
Arch
|
$100
[11]
The Delicious variety of this fruit was first grown in the late 1800s on a farm in Peru, Iowa
Apple
Arch
|
$100
[1]
(Place to play tennis)
Courtroom (tennis court)
Arch
|
$100
[5]
Even Disney uses this word, putting it in a title between "That" & "Cat"
Darn
Arch
|
|
$200
[27]
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter was named for Harriet Lane, this bachelor president's hostess
James Buchanan
Kurt
|
$200
[16]
Only 2 men have won The Masters 2 years in a row: Nick Faldo & this man
Jack Nicklaus
Kurt
|
$200
[13]
"Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like" this
Sara Lee
Arch
|
$200
[20]
Georgetown, Ohio was named for Georgetown, Kentucky which was named for this man
George Washington
Kurt
|
$200
[2]
(Sport played by the Knicks)
Ballroom (basketball)
Arch
|
$200
[6]
To fire; if you speak without thinking, you do it "from the hip"
Shoot
Manx
|
|
$300
[28]
After his wife Rachel died, his niece took over her duties; after she died, a daughter-in-law was summoned
Andrew Jackson
|
$300
[17]
Bob Beamon made his record 29' 2 1/2" long jump in the thin air of this city in 1968
Mexico City
Arch
Manx
|
$300
[14]
It "Has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A"
Oscar Mayer
Kurt
|
$300
[21]
This St. Paul-born author is credited with coining the term "Jazz Age"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kurt
|
$300
[3]
(What you catch waves on)
Boardroom (surfboard)
Arch
|
$300
[7]
It followed "Hong Kong" in the name of a crime-fighting cartoon dog
Phooey
Arch
|
|
$400
[29]
In July 2000 Hearst hired this reporter who had covered the White House for UPI for 37 years; Thank You, Mr. President
Helen Thomas
Kurt
|
$400
[24]
Heavyweight boxing champ in 1974, he went back in the ring in 1994 & regained the title
George Foreman
Kurt
|
$500
[19]
"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"
Chiffon margarine
|
$400
[22]
Of the 5 Great Lakes, the total number we have to share with Canada
4
Kurt
|
$400
[4]
(Macy's, for example)
Storeroom
Manx
|
$400
[8]
As well as an alteration of the devil's home, it's also an attachment on a loom
Heck
|
|
$500
[30]
Last name of Evelyn, JFK's personal secretary
Lincoln
Kurt
|
$500
[25]
Basketball history was changed October 30, 1954 with the introduction of this device
24-second shot clock
Kurt
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
It's the brand of hot dog that "answers to a higher authority"
Hebrew National
Arch
|
$500
[23]
This "autonomous" Missouri city was the starting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon & California Trails
Independence
|
$500
[10]
(Idaho)
Stateroom
Kurt
|
$500
[9]
This 4-letter word is derived from the phrase "od rot" or "God rot"
Drat
Kurt
|
| BOOKS & AUTHORS | MUSICAL THEATRE | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | MEN OF THE CLOTH? | ELEMENTAL NAMES | ENDS IN "OON" |
|
$200
[5]
The title of this Dashiell Hammett novel refers to the chap Nick & Nora Charles are looking for
"The Thin Man"
Arch
|
$200
[1]
"The Donkey Show" turns this "dream"y Shakespeare play into "The Ultimate '70s Disco Experience"
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Arch
|
$200
[25]
In 1921 the United States paid this country $25 million for its loss of Panama 18 years earlier
Colombia
Arch
Kurt
|
$200
[21]
Quarterback Bradshaw or writer Southern
Terry
Kurt
|
$200
[11]
This element's name is derived from the names of 2 other substances: borax & carbon
Boron
Arch
|
$200
[16]
The saying "Crazy as" this water bird arose from the strange, laughing calls of the common type
Loon
Kurt
|
|
$400
[7]
"The Evening Star" is Larry McMurtry's 1992 sequel to this 1975 mother-daughter novel
"Terms of Endearment"
|
$400
[2]
Winning a Tony for "Little Me", he said, "There are so many people I must thank, but the reality is, I did it all myself":
Martin Short
Arch
|
$400
[26]
Tikal & Piedras Negras were major cities of this civilization of northern Guatemala
Mayans
Arch
Kurt
|
$400
[22]
Archaeologist Leonard or actor Monty
Woolley
|
$400
[12]
2 of the 3 elements named for planets
Neptunium, Plutonium &/or Uranium
Kurt
|
$400
[17]
The silky envelope of an insect that serves as a covering during the pupal stage
Cocoon
Arch
|
|
$600
[8]
The last of his many science fiction novels published during his lifetime was "Chapterhouse: Dune" in 1985
Frank Herbert
Arch
|
$800
[4]
(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl) I composed the music for this Broadway smash that includes the song...("One")
"A Chorus Line"
Manx
|
— |
$600
[23]
NBA coach Fitzsimmons or Puritan preacher Mather
Cotton
Manx
|
$600
[13]
First observed in the sun's atmosphere, it was named for the sun
Helium
Kurt
|
$600
[18]
It was a gold coin of Spain used during the 1600s
Doubloon
Arch
|
|
$800
[9]
In a 1996 book this humor columnist found himself "In Cyberspace"
Dave Barry
Arch
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This musical that hit Broadway in 1991 is set partly in Bangkok & partly in Ho Chi Minh City
"Miss Saigon"
Arch
|
— |
$800
[24]
Nickname of boxer Walcott
"Jersey Joe"
Arch
|
$1,000
[15]
Radium comes from radius, the Latin for "ray"; this element's name comes from radium
Radon
Kurt
|
$800
[19]
Gene Kelly & Van Johnson discover a magical Scottish village in this film
Brigadoon
Kurt
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This author of "A Cry in the Night" & "We'll Meet Again" is known as the queen of suspense
Mary Higgins Clark
Kurt
|
$1,000
[6]
The 2000 London musical based on this Updike novel stars Lucie Arnaz as the woman Cher played on film
"The Witches of Eastwick"
Manx
|
— | — |
DD
$2,200
[14]
French chemist Lavoisier gave this element its name, which is from the Greek for "water forming"
Hydrogen
Kurt
|
$1,000
[20]
It's the type of "Delight" in the title of a No. 1 song by the Starland Vocal Band
Afternoon
Kurt
|
In 1939 this state finally finished paying off a $12.4-million debt to the state from which it had separated
West Virginia (paid debt to Virginia)