Dan Evans — an editorial researcher from New York City, New York
John Draz — a culinary school instructor from Chicago, Illinois
Tanya Wade — an assistant marketing editor from West Palm Beach, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanya | $900 | $1,100 | $500 |
$1,000
3rd place: Bolide International Gift Certificate |
$500
11 R, 5 W |
| John | $-200 | $2,500 | $5,700 |
$8,601
New champion: $8,601 |
$5,300
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Dan | $1,500 | $1,500 | $4,300 |
$6,800
2nd place: Eagle Rider Motorcycle Trip in Western U.S. |
$4,100
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| ELSEWHERE IN 1776 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES | STATES BY COUNTIES | HOLD IT | DEAD LANGUAGE | IT'S YOUR DIME |
|
$100
[20]
Edward Gibbon published his first volume on its "Decline and Fall", 5 more would follow
Roman Empire
John
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$100
[1]
In the 1995 movie "Nixon", this "Frasier" co-star played John Dean
David Hyde Pierce
Tanya
|
$100
[25]
Jefferson, Deaf Smith, El Paso
Texas
Tanya
|
$100
[9]
According to an old expression, a kid's in trouble when he's caught with his hand in this container
Cookie jar
John
|
$100
[14]
A person or thing about to fail is said to be one of these terminal water birds
Dead duck
Tanya
Dan
|
$100
[6]
This man who died in 1945 is immortalized on the coin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John
|
|
$200
[21]
In July 1776 James Cook set out to search for this long-sought passage
Northwest Passage
Tanya
Dan
|
$200
[2]
In the "Star Wars" movies, he's the voice of Darth Vader
James Earl Jones
Dan
|
$200
[26]
Jefferson, Cape Girardeau, Ozark
Missouri
John
Dan
|
$200
[10]
Container in the title of the following:("Roll out the...")
Barrel ("Beer Barrel Polka")
Dan
|
$200
[15]
This colorful 2-word term is synonymous with morbid comedy often relating to death
Black comedy/humor
Dan
|
$200
[7]
The JS on the front stands for John Sinnock, who did this
Designed the coin
Dan
|
|
$300
[22]
Fire destroyed the old Ducal Theater in this city in 1776 & La Scala was built to replace it
Milan
Tanya
|
$300
[3]
He starred as a dedicated teacher in "Stand and Deliver"
Edward James Olmos
Dan
|
$300
[27]
Jefferson, Cherokee, Muskogee
Oklahoma
Tanya
John
Dan
|
$400
[12]
A small box to hold tea leaves, or a person who carries another container, a golf bag
Caddy
Tanya
|
$300
[16]
It's the combustible heap for burning a dead body as part of a funeral rite
Pyre
John
|
$300
[8]
The edge has 118 reeds, 1 fewer than this current coin
Quarter
Tanya
|
|
$400
[23]
This gas produced by car engines was first produced in a lab by a French scientist in 1776
Carbon monoxide
John
|
$400
[4]
He played Starsky on "Starsky and Hutch"
Paul Michael Glaser
Tanya
John
|
$400
[28]
Jefferson, Scotts Bluff, Platte
Nebraska
John
|
DD
$500
[11]
Gunny comes from the Sanskrit for this container, so it's redundant when followed by it
Sack
Dan
|
$400
[17]
Using cryogenics, this shorter word is the freezing of recently deceased bodies in hopes of future resuscitation
Cryonics
|
$400
[19]
8.33% of the dime is this metal, the rest is copper
Nickel
Dan
|
|
$500
[24]
Louis XVI began construction of a fortified breakwater off this city, offering better protection than umbrellas
Cherbourg
John
|
$500
[5]
In 1995 she made her feature film debut in "The Baby-Sitters Club"; in 1999 she proved "She's All That"
Rachael Leigh Cook
Tanya
|
$500
[29]
Jefferson, Hood River, Clackamas
Oregon
|
$500
[13]
The container Arthur Miller would use to heat substances to a high temperature, or his 1953 play
Crucible
Dan
|
$500
[18]
From the Latin for "to fall", it's a dead body, especially one prepared for dissection
Cadaver
John
|
$500
[30]
The branches on the back are from these 2 trees whose names both begin with "O"
Oak & olive
|
| ARISTOTLE SAYS... | EUROPEAN PHRASE BOOK | THE MOLECULAR WORLD | SCI FIDELITY | BRIGHT "LIGHT"S | BIG CITY |
|
$200
[16]
Aristotle said this teacher of his was dear to him, but not as dear as the truth
Plato
Tanya
|
$200
[11]
If you ask your beautiful young Parisian escort "Parlez vous Anglais?", you've asked her this
Do you speak English?
Dan
|
$200
[24]
The triatomic molecule O3 is called ozone; the diatomic O2 is simply this
Oxygen
Dan
|
$200
[17]
Kirk & crew feel the wrath of this title character in the second "Star Trek" movie
Khan
Tanya
|
$200
[1]
It burned up the Billboard charts as the Doors' first Top 40 hit
"Light My Fire"
John
|
$200
[6]
The Karen Blixen Museum is found in the suburbs of this Kenyan city, one of Africa's largest & fastest growing
Nairobi
Tanya
|
|
$400
[22]
"The legislator should direct his attention above all to" this; the U.S. established a cabinet dept. for it in 1980
Education
|
$400
[12]
When you order "otra cerveza" in a Madrid bar, expect to receive this
Another beer
Dan
|
$400
[25]
C3H8 is the formula for this flammable gas that powers many mobile home stoves
Propane
Dan
|
$400
[18]
Join the club! Pod people start replacing everyone around Kevin McCarthy in this scary big screener from Don Siegel
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dan
|
$400
[2]
The technical term for this phenomenon is the Aurora Borealis
Northern Lights
Tanya
|
$400
[7]
This city on the South China Sea once served as the colonial capital of French Indochina
Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
John
|
|
$600
[23]
Aristotle's work "on" this says that it holds the body together & that plants have one too
Soul
|
$600
[13]
Tell your Barcelona babe "Hasta la vista" & this is what you've said
Good-bye/until we meet again/see you later
Dan
|
$600
[26]
Popular name given to lethal gases, including VX & sarin, classified as organophosphates
Nerve gases
Tanya
|
$600
[19]
Set at the icy North Pole, this 1951 sci fi classic tells the story of a crashed UFO & a creature "From Another World"
The Thing From Another World
|
$600
[3]
It's another name for Hanukkah
Festival/Feast of Lights
Dan
|
$800
[9]
In 1309 Clement V moved the Papal residence to this French city, at that time a haven for heretics & criminals
Avignon
|
|
$800
[29]
"The basis of" this type of state, which began in ancient Greece, "is liberty"
Democracy
John
|
$800
[14]
At the Marseille Massage Emporium, ask Mistress Dominique, "Donnez-vous des lecons?" & you've asked her this
Do you give lessons?
|
$800
[27]
Alkane molecules contain carbon-carbon single ones; alkenes contain carbon-carbon double ones
Bonds
|
$800
[20]
After nuclear mutation, giant ants terrorize Los Angeles in this 1954 classic
Them!
|
$800
[4]
It's approximately 300,000 kilometers per second
Speed of light
John
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
It's the closest national capital to Mount Everest
Kathmandu, Nepal
John
|
| — |
$1,000
[15]
When your Italian auto mechanic tells you "Non si preoccupi", "Don't" do this, that's when you should start
Worry
|
$1,000
[28]
This molecule seen here puts nitrogen into fertilizer & zing into household cleaners
NH3 (Ammonia)
|
$1,000
[21]
This dystopian tale of a robotlike future society is an expanded version of a short film George Lucas made at USC
THX 1138
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
An Alexandrian might know the word minaret comes from an Arabic word meaning this structure
Lighthouse
John
|
$1,000
[10]
Known as "The City of Sails", this New Zealand metropolis hosted the America's Cup 2000 yachting competition
Auckland
Tanya
John
|
Currently, this show is performed by 3 troupes; the Liffey & Lagan Companies on tour & the Shannon Company on B'way
"Riverdance"