Roland Hess — a network administrator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Elliott — a bookstore manager from Bend, Oregon
John Draz — a culinary school instructor from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $2,100 | $3,600 | $7,000 |
$8,201
3-day champion: $26,002 |
$6,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Elizabeth | $1,000 | $1,700 | $3,700 |
$7,200
3rd place: Zenith 36" High-Resolution TV |
$4,900
16 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Roland | $0 | $500 | $4,100 |
$8,199
2nd place: Trip to Venetian Hotel & Resort, Las Vegas |
$4,100
11 R, 2 W |
| HISTORY | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? | WORLD OF BEERS | "BLUE" MOVIES | PUBLISH | PARISH |
|
$100
[16]
The California Gold Rush started the first big wave of immigration from this Asian nation
China
John
|
$100
[21]
1940:"...we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds..."
Winston Churchill
John
Elizabeth
|
$100
[1]
Tecate
Mexico
John
|
$100
[6]
The dark side of sunny suburbia comes to the surface for Kyle MacLachlan in this kinky 1986 film
Blue Velvet
John
|
$100
[26]
Hurd & Houghton became Houghton, Osgood & finally Houghton him
Mifflin
Roland
|
$100
[11]
The name of this, Louisiana's most populous parish, is just 1 word--no "New"
Orleans
Elizabeth
|
|
$200
[17]
In the 1880s the Mahdi led a revolution in the Sudan to restore the prominence of this religion
Islam
John
|
$200
[22]
(Hi, I'm Wayne Brady of Whose Line Is It Anyway?) This comedian reportedly uttered the now classic line, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad"
W.C. Fields
John
|
$200
[2]
Guinness
Ireland
Elizabeth
|
$200
[7]
Hugh Grant learns to say "Fuggedaboudit" in this 1999 mob comedy
Mickey Blue Eyes
Roland
|
$200
[27]
These "books" named for 2 magazines include "Chickamauga" & "Chicken Breasts" as well as the Fix It Yourself series
Time-Life Books
|
$200
[12]
In parish names this word precedes John the Baptist & Martin
Saint
John
|
|
$300
[18]
As Secretary of War from 1904 to 1908, William Howard Taft oversaw construction of this waterway
Panama Canal
John
|
$300
[23]
1998:"If I ever want to have an affair with a married man again, especially if he's president, please shoot me"
Monica Lewinsky
John
|
$300
[3]
Carlsberg
Denmark
John
Elizabeth
|
$300
[8]
A researcher fiddles with sharks' brains to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease in this watery 1999 thriller
Deep Blue Sea
Roland
|
$300
[28]
Charles Little's publishing partner, he's not the same man who sang "Licking Stick" & "Soul Power"
James Brown
Elizabeth
|
DD
$200
[14]
A parish is named for this "colorful" river passing through Louisiana en route to the Mississippi
Red River
Elizabeth
|
|
$400
[19]
In 1939 he wrote to FDR to present the military potential of an uncontrolled fission chain reaction
Albert Einstein
John
|
$400
[24]
In 1987 he declared, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan
Roland
|
$400
[4]
Grolsch
Netherlands (Holland)
John
|
$400
[9]
Milla Jovovich starred in the 1991 sequel to this 1980 film, called "The Definite Brooke Shields Vehicle"
The Blue Lagoon
Elizabeth
|
$400
[29]
In 1953 Henri Filipacchi launched the paperback series "Livre de Poche", literally this type of "book"
Pocket book
John
|
$300
[13]
Sensibly, Lincoln is a northern Louisiana parish & the parish named for this opposing president is in the south
Jefferson Davis
Elizabeth
|
|
$500
[20]
Born aboard the Mayflower in the New World, he grew up to be a captain of militia, & maybe a falconer too
Peregrine White
|
$500
[25]
1969:We're going to "Beat the Colts" on Sunday, "I guarantee it"
Joe Namath (and they did in Super Bowl III)
John
|
$500
[5]
Peroni
Italy
Elizabeth
|
$500
[10]
Songs in this movie include "Aloha Oe", "Rock-A-Hula Baby" & "Can't Help Falling in Love"
Blue Hawaii (starring Elvis)
John
|
$500
[30]
Name shared by the publisher of the Harry Potter books & a type of medieval philosopher
Scholastic
Elizabeth
|
$500
[15]
These 2 adjacent parishes are named for the rising of Jesus & of Mary into heaven
Ascension & Assumption
John
Roland
|
| DUTCH ROYALTY | 2 OUT OF 3 | "C" BIRDS | SINGING TV STARS | BOOKS FOR YOUR DOG | FAMILIAR PHRASES |
|
$200
[26]
Controversy erupted when this woman, now queen, wed a German who was once a member of the Hitler Youth
Queen Beatrix
John
|
$200
[12]
2 of the 3 Bs of classical music
Bach, Beethoven & Brahms
Elizabeth
|
$200
[1]
Bird associated with Aeneas Williams & Mark McGwire
Cardinal
Elizabeth
|
$200
[21]
If you loved "Joanie Loves Chachi" (& who didn't?) you may have heard his 1983 album "The Boys Are Out Tonight"
Scott Baio
Roland
|
$200
[2]
Perhaps you should neuter your dog before he reads this classic in which Pongo fathers 15 pups
"101 Dalmatians"
Elizabeth
|
$200
[7]
He coined the phrase "The Greatest Show on Earth" to promote his show in 1872
P.T. Barnum
Elizabeth
|
|
$400
[27]
Before he was king, William II served in the Peninsular War as aide-de-camp to this British duke
Duke of Wellington
Elizabeth
|
$400
[13]
2 of the big 3 automakers
Chrysler, Ford & General Motors
John
|
$400
[17]
Encarta says its "two-note call has been invoked in many musical compositions as well as in... clocks"
a cuckoo
Roland
|
$400
[22]
He hit the pop charts with his own version of "Love Me Tender" in 1962, 21 years before "The Thorn Birds"
Richard Chamberlain
Elizabeth
|
$400
[3]
Your dog notes the Wizard gave the Scarecrow a brain & the Lion courage, but this little dog didn't even get a bone
Toto
Elizabeth
|
$400
[8]
This expression of "relative" simian astonishment dates back to the 1920s
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!
|
|
$600
[28]
As queen of the Netherlands during WWII, she symbolized Dutch resistance
Queen Wilhelmina
Elizabeth
|
$800
[15]
2 of America's 3 manned space projects designed to eventually put a man on the moon
Apollo, Gemini & Mercury
John
|
$600
[18]
The Whooping species of this is on the endangered list
Crane
Roland
|
$600
[23]
Philip Michael Thomas was the co-star of this cop series when he released his album "Somebody" in 1988
Miami Vice
Elizabeth
|
$600
[4]
Watch your dog perk up his ears when this Homeric hero returns to Ithaca & his dog Argus
Ulysses
Roland
|
$800
[10]
David Letterman said the president loves to hear this 6-word McDonald's mantra
Do you want/would you like fries with that?
Roland
|
| — |
DD
$1,000
[14]
2 of the 3 feature films in which James Dean had starring roles
(2 of) East of Eden , Giant & Rebel Without a Cause
John
|
$800
[19]
Some of these flightless birds found in the forests of Australia have wattles like turkeys
cassowary
John
Roland
|
$800
[24]
This actress who played Buddy on "Family" once recorded a rock album with her little brother Jimmy
Kristy McNichol
John
|
$800
[5]
Your dog will admire White Fang, a wolf-dog who bravely saves his master's family in a story by this author
Jack London
Roland
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
This phrase for a sycophant comes from the tradition of a student giving shiny fruit to the teacher
apple polisher
Elizabeth
|
| — |
$1,000
[16]
2 of the 3 main islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas
|
$1,000
[20]
From Old French for "raven of the sea", these greedy, web-footed birds have a distensible neck pouch
Cormorants
|
$1,000
[25]
Jason Alexander sang the song heardherein the 1995 TV remake of this musical about a rock star:"Gray skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face..."
Bye Bye Birdie
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[6]
If your dog is howling sadly, he may just have read this kids' book about a hunting dog with a mighty voice
Sounder
John
|
$1,000
[11]
It's the name of Poison's second album, or a 5-word phrase used by a doctor about to look at your tonsils
Open up and say "Ahh!"
Roland
|
Made available for download in July 2000 by UCSC, the 739MB file of this "Project" consists of As, Ts, Gs & Cs
The Human Genome Project