Joe Maravillas — a software engineer from Richmond, California
Greg Sondern — an investment portfolio manager from San Francisco, California
Robin Jones — a technical editor and writer from Urbana, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin | $2,000 | $2,500 | $5,500 |
$5,000
2-day champion: $15,401 |
$5,400
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Greg | $900 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
$2
2nd place: Trip to Palm Island Resort, the Grenadines |
$4,500
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joe | $500 | $500 | $2,300 |
$1
3rd place: CompUSA Gift Certificate |
$2,300
12 R, 3 W |
| THE SILVER STATE | HOMOPHONES | IT'S A SEQUEL | LET'S PLAY DOCTOR | WISH YOU WERE HERE! | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE |
|
$100
[4]
Reportedly, this now booming Nevada city was once known to the railroad as Waterhole No. 25
Las Vegas
Joe
|
$100
[1]
A frothy French dessert, or Bullwinkle, for instance
mousse/moose
Joe
|
$100
[13]
The third "Star Wars" movie released (sixth in the lore)
Return of the Jedi
Joe
|
$100
[18]
What's called a break of this joint, common in the elderly, is actually a break in the top of the femur
the hip
Joe
|
$100
[25]
Dear Gary, California's a lot of fun. Today we visited this "Happiest Place on Earth"--wish you were here!
Disneyland
Greg
|
$100
[5]
Thisfruit is high in carbohydrates & rich in vitamin C
a banana
Robin
Greg
|
|
$200
[8]
Flashing lights of this color are the universal sign of legal prostitution in Nevada's rural areas
red
Robin
|
$200
[2]
An artist's set of colors, or the roof of the mouth
palette/palate
Robin
|
$200
[14]
The second "Mad Max" movie was sometimes titled "Mad Max 2" & sometimes this
The Road Warrior
Robin
Greg
|
$200
[19]
The PSA test, given yearly to men starting at around age 50, detects this type of cancer
prostate cancer
Robin
|
$200
[26]
Dear Harry, finally made it to this city. Saw the Van Gogh Museum & the Anne Frank House--wish you were here!
Amsterdam
Greg
|
$200
[9]
The ancient Greeks believed that the soul left the body after death in the form of this insect
a butterfly
Joe
|
|
$300
[22]
On Dec. 5, 1916 in Jarbidge Canyon, the last Nevada robbery of one of these conveyances took place
Stagecoach
Greg
Joe
|
$300
[3]
Closing an envelope, or the overhead part of a room
sealing/ceiling
Greg
|
$300
[15]
The champ hit rock bottom yet again in this last of the "Rocky" sequels so far
Rocky V
Greg
|
$300
[20]
Tapping your chest to listen to your lungs is called this, also a section of an orchestra
percussion
Robin
Joe
|
$300
[27]
Dear Teri, what a monumental day. Saw this tomb of Shah Jahan & his wife--wish you were here!
the Taj Mahal
Greg
|
$300
[10]
Thisbulb is related to the lily
an onion
Robin
Greg
|
|
$400
[23]
This decade wasn't all depressing--gambling became legal in Nevada
1930s
Greg
Joe
|
DD
$500
[6]
A poem of praise, or was indebted to
ode/owed
Robin
|
$400
[16]
Robert Hays & Julie Hagerty returned for this 1982 comedy sequel
Airplane II
Greg
|
$400
[21]
"White coat syndrome" usually refers to the elevation of this measurement by anxiety in the doctor's presence
blood pressure
Joe
|
$400
[28]
Dear Shari, did some shopping in this famous Tokyo district. Reminds me of Fifth Avenue--wish you were here!
The Ginza
|
$400
[11]
About 4 million of these live in Canada, most are pets
cats
Robin
|
|
$500
[24]
In 1870 a Liberty silver dollar was the first coin struck with the mint mark "C.C." in this city
Carson City
Greg
|
$500
[7]
A portion, or a state of harmony
piece/peace
Greg
|
$500
[17]
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" was appropriately about these title "Warriors"
the Dream Warriors
Joe
|
— | — |
$500
[12]
Kermit the Frog made a "Connection" with this phenomenon
a rainbow
Robin
|
| GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING | QUICK AS A FLASH | ATTORNEY AUTHORS | TELEVISION | "CHAT" ROOM | BARRE TENDERS |
|
$200
[21]
c. 1028Falaise, Normandy
William the Conqueror
Joe
|
$200
[16]
This futuristic hero "In the Caverns of Mongo" was a 1937 novel based on the comic strip
Flash Gordon
Joe
|
$200
[6]
In 2000 he published "The Brethren" about 3 imprisoned ex-judges
John Grisham
|
$200
[1]
Amy Brenneman's real-life relationship with her mom inspired this TV legal drama
Judging Amy
Robin
|
$200
[8]
This port of southeastern Tennessee was a key city during the Civil War
Chattanooga
Greg
|
$400
[26]
He received an Oscar nomination for his role as a ballet superstar in "The Turning Point", his film debut
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Robin
|
|
$400
[22]
November 14, 1935Amman, Jordan
King Hussein
Greg
|
$400
[17]
It's the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid will ignite in the air
the flash point
Robin
|
$400
[7]
He published his first Perry Mason book in 1933, 22 years after he was admitted to the bar
Erle Stanley Gardner
|
$400
[2]
It gave us the catchphrase "The tribe has spoken"
Survivor
Joe
|
$400
[9]
Slang for an incessant talker, it sounds like a container for gossip
chatterbox
Joe
|
$600
[27]
Born Margaret Hookham, she was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956
Dame Margot Fonteyn
|
|
$800
[24]
June 4, 1738London
George III
Greg
|
$600
[18]
This term refers to sheet metal that's used to reinforce the joints & angles of a roof
flashing
Joe
|
DD
$600
[13]
(Former Jeopardy!College Champion Tom Cubbage delivers the clue.) This Harvard law professor wrote the novel "The Advocate's Devil"
Alan Dershowitz
Robin
|
$600
[3]
In 2000 Mary Tyler Moore & this actress reunited for the TV movie "Mary and Rhoda"
Valerie Harper
Robin
|
$600
[10]
Following one's natural instincts to passionate love is the main thrust of this controversial D.H. Lawrence novel
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Greg
|
$800
[28]
In 1936 he staged the "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" sequence for the Rodgers & Hart musical "On Your Toes"
George Balanchine
|
|
$1,000
[25]
February 11, 1920Cairo
King Farouk
|
$800
[19]
Raymond Larkin, the Fernwood Flasher, was the grandfather of this TV title character
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
|
$800
[14]
For his first mystery, "The Trials of Nikki Hill", this O.J. prosecutor collaborated with Dick Lochte
Christopher Darden
Robin
|
$800
[4]
(Hi, I'm Katie Wagner.) One of the highlights of hosting this "Live" music show for TBS was that I got to flirt with Tom Jones
Live from the House of Blues
|
$800
[11]
It forms about half the border between Alabama & Georgia
Chattahoochee River
|
— |
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
September 5, 1638Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Louis XIV
Greg
|
$1,000
[20]
This lead singer & his Continental Kids appeared as the prom band in "American Graffiti"
Flash Cadillac
Robin
|
$1,000
[15]
This attorney wrote about the prosecution of Charles Manson in "Helter Skelter"
Vincent Bugliosi
|
$1,000
[5]
Fran Drescher was "The Nanny" & she was the nanny of "Nanny and the Professor"
Juliet Mills
|
$1,000
[12]
It's a legal term for moveable property
chattel
Robin
|
— |
Named for a U.S. statesman, it was known in Central America as the "Flower of the Holy Night"
Poinsettia