Robin Jones — a technical editor and writer from Urbana, Illinois
Sameer Bakhda — a physician from San Diego, California
Melinda Croft — a stay-at-home mom from Kings Valley, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melinda | $400 | $500 | $1,500 |
$3,000
3rd place: MyPoints.com Gift Certificate |
$3,500
10 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sameer | $1,800 | $4,200 | $5,200 |
$10,201
2nd place: Trip to Mexico City & Cabo San Lucas |
$5,200
15 R, 3 W |
| Robin | $1,500 | $3,500 | $6,600 |
$10,401
New champion: $10,401 |
$6,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| THE 1980s | UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHIES | MAMMALS | THE PHONE ZONE | SPECIAL "K" | JEOPARDY! PLACE |
|
$100
[21]
Hsing-Hsing & Ling-Ling, 2 of these animals at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, mated in 1983, but the cub soon died
Pandas
Melinda
|
$100
[26]
"Mmmbop to the Top" was the subtitle of a 1997 book on this group
Hanson
Robin
|
$100
[2]
Much like human fingerprints, the stripes of this mammal in the genus Equus are individually different
Zebra
Melinda
|
$100
[16]
When you've been removed from the auditory circuit without being disconnected, you're "on" this
Hold
Sameer
|
$100
[8]
Brown seaweed with broad fronds
Kelp
Melinda
|
$100
[1]
Teri calls Emily & says she'll bring the baby back if Emily pleads guilty, which would be this, lying under oath
Perjury
Robin
|
|
$200
[22]
On Nov. 29, 1981 this film actress drowned after falling from a yacht moored off Catalina Island
Natalie Wood
Sameer
|
$300
[28]
This actor's life gets plenty of space in "Captain Quirk"
William Shatner
Robin
|
$200
[3]
This U.S. marsupial has 50 teeth, more than any other North American land mammal
Opossum
Melinda
|
$200
[17]
To call the White House from one of the 50 states, dial this D.C. area code
202
Robin
|
$200
[9]
"Down Under" critter seen here
kiwi
Robin
|
$200
[5]
Emily's murder trial began on October 9, 2000, this holiday in Canada
Thanksgiving
Sameer
|
|
$300
[23]
(Hi, I'm Mark McGrath.) My band is named for this charismatic middleweight boxer of the 1980s
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sameer
|
$400
[29]
An unauthorized bio of Mark Wahlberg is titled "Don't Call Me" this
Marky Mark
Sameer
|
$300
[4]
This canine of Australia is that continent's largest wild hunting mammal
Dingo
Robin
|
$300
[18]
Alyssa Milano advertises this "Save A Buck or Two" service
1-800-COLLECT
Robin
|
$300
[11]
You're on a roll if you know the last was Wilhelm II
Kaiser
Sameer
|
$300
[10]
Trent tells Drake he came to find his father & that he has a twin he never met (of this type, not identical)
Fraternal
Sameer
|
|
$400
[24]
In a 1985 hit, Prince sang of a girl wearing this title article, "and if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more"
"Raspberry Beret"
Robin
|
$500
[30]
A bio of this producer of Broadway shows like "Hello, Dolly!" calls him "The Abominable Showman"
David Merrick
|
$400
[6]
The pangolin is also called the "scaly" one of these sticky-tongued insect lovers
Anteater
|
$400
[19]
Reach out & touch this telephone company abbreviated AT&T
American Telephone & Telegraph
Sameer
|
$400
[12]
Addiction to pilfering without real need
Kleptomania
Robin
|
$400
[13]
Jonas gets a call; a man wants to meet him in the garage, like Deep Throat did with this Post reporter
Bob Woodward
|
|
$500
[25]
In 1987 the CDC reported a link between aspirin use by kids & this syndrome named for an Australian pathologist
Reye's syndrome
Sameer
|
DD
$700
[27]
A bio of Ms. Hewitt has this title, like an Erich Segal novel
"Love Story"
Robin
|
$500
[7]
Whales belong to this group of mammals whose name is from the Latin for "large sea animal"
Cetaceans
Sameer
|
$500
[20]
This service allows subscribers to identify incoming calls by displaying their numbers on a small screen
Caller ID
Sameer
|
$500
[14]
He's the innovative Russian whose work is seen here
Wassily Kandinsky
Robin
|
$500
[15]
Teri, in Mexico with Emily's baby, hears on a gossip report Trent was at this TV "Friend"'s wedding July 29, 2000
Jennifer Aniston
Sameer
|
| THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR | AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE | "LOVE" SONGS | CAROLS | OBSOLETE DEFINITIONS |
|
$200
[26]
One of the 3 vows taken by each man who became a Templar Knight
Chastity, Obedience or Poverty
Sameer
|
$200
[21]
Jay Gatsby's creator
(F.) Scott (Fitzgerald)
Melinda
|
$200
[6]
The latitude line crosses this island that's packed in just south of Corsica
Sardinia
|
$200
[12]
The Top 40 has been home to these from "Romeo and Juliet", "The Godfather" & "St. Elmo's Fire"
Love themes
Melinda
|
$200
[1]
A highlight of her variety show was her portrayal of Mrs. Wiggins opposite Tim Conway's Mr. Tudball
Carol Burnett
Robin
|
$200
[7]
Endow once meant to provide with one of these, an old marriage custom
Dowry
Robin
|
| — |
$400
[22]
The creator of Professor Moriarty
(Sir Arthur) Conan (Doyle)
Robin
|
$400
[17]
Johnny Cash sang, "I shot a man in" this Nevada city "just to watch him die"
Reno
|
$400
[13]
The O'Jays wanted us all to "get on board" this
"Love Train"
Melinda
|
$400
[2]
This last name of the model & actress seenhereis also on your computer keyboard
Alt
Robin
|
$400
[8]
It used to mean "short in stature"; a shortstop has one on either side of him
Base
Robin
|
| — |
$600
[23]
Edward Hyde's creator
(Robert) Louis (Stevenson)
Melinda
|
$600
[18]
As the latitude line leaves China, it enters this other Commie country
North Korea
Sameer
|
$600
[14]
In 1999 the versatile Jennifer Lopez topped the charts with this single
"If You Had My Love"
|
DD
$500
[3]
In 1998 this first black female elected U.S. Senator lost her reelection bid to Peter Fitzgerald
Carol Moseley Braun
Robin
|
$600
[9]
It's a "destined" attraction Glenn Close had for Michael Douglas
Fatal
Sameer
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
Tarzan's creator
(Edgar) Rice (Burroughs)
|
$800
[19]
Flores & Corvo are the northernmost islands in this Portuguese group
Azores
Melinda
Sameer
|
$800
[15]
(Hi, I'm Mick Jones of Foreigner.) I wrote this 1985 No. 1 hit ballad that featured Jennifer Holliday & the New Jersey Mass Choir
"I Want To Know What Love Is"
Melinda
|
$800
[4]
The films of this director knighted in 1952 range from "The Third Man" to "Oliver!"
Sir Carol Reed
|
$800
[10]
Once a resting place or couch, now it's a den for lion around in
Lair
|
| — |
DD
$2,000
[24]
The creator of Uncas
(James) Fenimore (Cooper)
Melinda
|
$1,000
[20]
This Ohio city, a center of aviation, is named for the youngest signer of the U.S. Constitution
Dayton
|
$1,000
[16]
"It's very clear", & somewhat ironic, that this was the last song George Gershwin composed
"Our Love Is Here to Stay"
Sameer
|
$1,000
[5]
She negotiated on Everglades cleanup before becoming head of the EPA in 1993
Carol Browner
Sameer
|
$1,000
[11]
By its old definition of an "amorous dalliance", we now know what "The Little Dog" was laughing at
Sport
Robin
|
They were introduced in 1941, designated as just "Plain" in 1954 & rechristened as "Milk Chocolate" in 2000
M&M's