Michael Levin — an actor and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Melinda Croft — a stay-at-home mom from Kings Valley, Oregon
Ben Merritt — a computer consultant from Trophy Club, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $500 | $1,100 | $4,100 |
$1,298
2nd place: Trip to Inns of Mill Falls, New Hampshire |
$4,100
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Melinda | $800 | $4,000 | $5,400 |
$2,500
New champion: $2,500 |
$5,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Michael | $200 | $800 | $2,400 |
$0
3rd place: Replay TV System |
$3,400
11 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| AMERICAN EXPLORERS | CLASSIC TV EPISODES | ART & ARTISTS | CELEBRITY ROOMMATES | THAT'S SOUP-ER | DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? |
|
$100
[10]
From trips there around 1910 to get animals to stuff, Carl Akeley felt this continent's wildlife was doomed
Africa
Melinda
|
$100
[1]
1991:"A Walsh Family Christmas"
Beverly Hills, 90210
Melinda
|
$100
[15]
This Spanish surrealist collaborated on 2 films with Luis Bunuel, "Un Chien Andalou" & "L'Age D'Or"
Salvador Dali
Melinda
|
$100
[6]
Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman & this "Graduate" all lived together & all later won Oscars--must've been the water
Dustin Hoffman
Ben
|
$100
[25]
A nursery rhyme says that this soup made with peas can be enjoyed hot, cold or in the pot 9 days old
Pease porridge
Michael
|
$100
[20]
"Saturday Night Live" editorialist Emily Litella wasn't sure why all the fuss about these "on television"
Violins
Ben
|
|
$200
[11]
Looking for this legendary in-between fossil in Mongolia, Roy Chapman Andrews discovered dinosaur eggs
The Missing Link
Melinda
|
$200
[2]
1983:"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"
M*A*S*H
Melinda
|
$200
[16]
Toulouse-Lautrec's 1892 painting "At" this music hall features portraits of himself, his cousin & other patrons
Moulin Rouge
|
$200
[7]
Until Henry Fonda got married, he lived with this actor--what a "Wonderful Life"
Jimmy Stewart
Melinda
|
$200
[26]
It's the geographic name for tomato-based clam chowder
Manhattan
Melinda
Michael
|
$200
[21]
A coming-of-age novel by Bruce Ducker is titled "Lead Us Not Into" this NYC train depot
Penn Station
Melinda
Michael
|
|
$300
[12]
In 1955 Louise Boyd sent a telegram to the Society of Women Geographers, "Flew over" this "yesterday"
North Pole
Michael
|
$300
[3]
1976:"Angels in Chains"
Charlie's Angels
Michael
|
$300
[17]
This Frenchman considered "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" to be his "Best Canvas"
Paul Gauguin
|
$300
[8]
TV's "Mr. Peepers", he was one of tough guy Marlon Brando's roommates
Wally Cox
|
$300
[27]
Chicken soup's curative powers earned it the nickname "Jewish" this
Penicillin
Melinda
|
$300
[22]
(Hi, I'm Tony Danza) On "Friends", Lisa Kudrow was convinced that this man's song "Tiny Dancer" was really "Tony Danza"
Elton John
Melinda
|
|
$400
[13]
In the 1860s William Dall explored Alaska for a U.S. company planning on linking the U.S. & Russia with this
Telegraph line
Melinda
Michael
|
$400
[4]
1997:"Never Kill A Boy on the First Date"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
|
$500
[19]
In this work, Van Gogh captured the misery of a family gathered around a table dining only on a plate of spuds
"The Potato Eaters"
Ben
|
$400
[9]
Seen here, this actor got his stage name when college roomie Stanley Tucci said, "You don't look like an Irving"
Ving Rhames
Ben
|
$400
[28]
A clear broth made by cooking veggies, poultry, meat or fish in water, it can be compressed into a concentrated cube
Bouillon
Michael
|
$400
[23]
George W. Bush once referred to these 2 trade obstacles as "terriers & bariffs"
Tariffs & barriers
Melinda
|
|
$500
[14]
After being led there by a local, Hiram Bingham claimed he "discovered" this lost Incan city in Peru
Machu Picchu
Melinda
|
$500
[5]
1974:"Blood of the Dragon"
Kung Fu
|
DD
$800
[18]
This Russian-born artist designed the stained glass windows for Jerusalem's Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center
Marc Chagall
Melinda
|
$500
[30]
The Coens wrote "Raising Arizona" for Holly Hunter after this roommate of hers got the lead in "Blood Simple"
Frances McDormand
Michael
|
$500
[29]
This celebrated seafood stew hails from Provence
Bouillabaisse
Melinda
|
$500
[24]
In a 2000 film, the idiomatically challenged "Trixie" speaks of "drinking yourself into" this South American country
Bolivia (instead of "oblivion")
Melinda
|
| CHEMISTRY | YULETIDE FAVORITES | LITERARY HODGEPODGE | THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY | BELIZE TO MEET YOU | HOPE YOU GUESS MY NAME |
|
$200
[14]
The heat source of a spectroscope is this type of gas burner named for German chemist Robert
Bunsen burner
Ben
|
$200
[16]
Title reason why "You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout"
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
Ben
|
$200
[3]
"Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty" is John De Forest's 1867 novel about this war
Civil War
Melinda
|
$200
[9]
An astringent applied under the arms to curtail sweating
Anti-perspirant
Michael
|
$200
[26]
Belize City, the country's largest city, lies on this sea
Caribbean Sea
Ben
|
$200
[1]
In 1986 this man married the woman who thus became the Duchess of York
Prince Andrew
Melinda
Michael
|
|
$400
[15]
It's the branch of chemistry generally concerned with non-carbon elements & their compounds
Inorganic chemistry
Ben
Melinda
|
$400
[17]
Weather condition on Christmas Eve when Santa asked Rudolph, "Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Foggy
Melinda
|
$400
[4]
In Willa Cather's "Shadows on the Rock", the "Rock" is this French-Canadian city
Quebec City
|
$400
[10]
A disappointing end after a big buildup
Anti-climax
Ben
|
$400
[27]
Name of the Indians who lived in Belize before Europeans came & of the mountains where Victoria's Peak is found
Mayans
Ben
|
$400
[2]
This big, "bad" band leader, seen here, was born in Strasburg, North Dakota in 1903
Lawrence Welk
Ben
|
|
$600
[21]
This element makes up about 78% of normal dry air by volume
Nitrogen
Ben
Michael
|
$600
[18]
(Here comes the clue with Tony Bennett.) My Christmas album "Snowfall" includes this song that mentions "warm woolen mittens"
"My Favorite Things"
Michael
|
$600
[5]
He used his poem "The Road Not Taken" as the opening poem in his collection "Mountain Interval"
Robert Frost
Michael
|
$600
[11]
Sherman's "Act" of 1890
Anti-Trust Act
Melinda
|
$600
[28]
Belize lies on the southeast coast of this peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
Ben
|
$600
[6]
In 1633 the Catholic Church found him guilty of teaching heresy; in 1992 they admitted they were wrong
Galileo
Melinda
|
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
For ice, it's 0 degrees Celsius; for tungsten, it's 3,410 degrees Celsius
Melting point
Michael
|
$800
[19]
Based on verses from Psalm 98, it contains the line "Let Earth receive her king"
"Joy to the World"
Michael
|
$800
[13]
Her book "Taltos: Lives of the Mayfair Witches" would be perfect to read during "The Witching Hour"
Anne Rice
|
$800
[12]
Signed May 26, 1972 , it's abbreviated as the ABM Treaty
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Ben
|
$800
[29]
Until 1991 this neighboring country didn't recognize Belize's independence, asserting claims from the 1800s
Guatemala
Ben
|
$800
[7]
One of the couple seen here who assumed their historic duties November 12, 1990(in Tokyo)
Emperor Akihito or Empress Michiko
|
|
$1,000
[23]
It's an atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons, & carries a positive or a negative charge
Ion
|
$1,000
[20]
In December 1957 Bobby Helms had his biggest pop hit with this song; it must have been "the right time"
"Jingle Bell Rock"
Michael
|
$1,000
[24]
This Lake poet's autobiographical poem "The Prelude, or, Growth of A Poet's Mind" was published in 1850, after his death
William Wordsworth
Ben
Melinda
Michael
|
$1,000
[25]
A central character without traditional attributes, like Yossarian in "Catch-22"
Anti-hero
Melinda
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
In 1862 Belize was proclaimed a colony under this name; in 1871, a crown colony
British Honduras
Ben
|
$1,000
[8]
On January 4, 1995 he became speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Newt Gingrich
Melinda
|
Between 1894 & 1901 adherents of this political theory killed the heads of state of France, Spain, Italy & the U.S.
Anarchy