Rich Jacobs — an account manager from Lake Worth, Florida
Valerie Williamson — a public opinion researcher from Washington, D.C.
Adam Taxin — a graduate student originally from Rose Valley, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | $3,300 | $4,100 | $8,000 |
$16,000
3-day champion: $44,200 |
$9,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Valerie | $400 | $3,000 | $8,000 |
$4,000
2nd place: Trip to Los Cabos, Mexico |
$7,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Rich | $100 | $0 | $1,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: Bikeshop.com Gift Certificate |
$1,600
8 R, 3 W |
| PUT SOMETHING ON | CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES | WAR GAMES | FLOWERS | A STEW OF STEWARTS | "CAT"ECHISM |
|
$100
[24]
The heelless tube type of these is not considered the height of fashion
Socks
Adam
|
$100
[5]
Boris Pasternak
Moscow
Adam
|
$100
[10]
Bomb, bullet, blitz, spearing & sudden death are all terms used in this pro sport
Football
Adam
|
$100
[21]
Encarta calls it the world's most popular & widely cultivated garden flower
Rose
Rich
|
$100
[15]
He's brought a Shakespearean air to his role as "Star Trek" captain Jean-Luc Picard
Patrick Stewart
Rich
|
$100
[16]
A large, important church; great ceiling!
Cathedral
Rich
|
|
$200
[27]
Pants with a tight, low waistline are called "huggers" of this body part
Hip
Rich
|
$200
[4]
Sadaharu Oh
Tokyo
Adam
|
$200
[9]
You can conquer Kamchatka or Siam in this warlike board game
Risk
Valerie
|
$200
[22]
This "African" flower is also called the Saintpaulia for its discoverer, Baron Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire
African violet
Adam
|
$200
[14]
This man played the title bandleader in the 1954 film "The Glenn Miller Story"
Jimmy Stewart
Adam
|
$200
[17]
You wouldn't take one of these short sleeps during Father Murphy's sermon
Catnap
Valerie
|
|
$300
[28]
The name of this type of garment seen here suggests it might be popular among rowers
Crewneck
Valerie
|
$300
[3]
Sir Walter Scott
Edinburgh
Adam
|
$300
[8]
Small balls filled with colored liquid are fired by carbon dioxide in this battle of wills
Paintball
Adam
|
$300
[29]
The Duc van Tol variety of this bulb flower rarely exceeds 6 inches in height
Tulip
Adam
|
$300
[13]
After drumming for Curved Air & The Police, he's composed soundtracks for TV & film
Stewart Copeland
Adam
Valerie
|
$300
[18]
Spilling the ceremonial wine might qualify as one of these disasters, from the German for "overturned"
Catastrophe
Valerie
Rich
|
|
$400
[23]
Women's shorts cut to resemble a skirt, or the breeches that French revolutionaries were "sans"
Culottes
Valerie
|
$400
[2]
Simon Bolivar
Caracas
Adam
|
$400
[7]
Once hit, you're out in this game where 2 teams hit each other with a ball until only 1 team has members remaining
Dodgeball
Adam
|
DD
$300
[26]
In 797 Japan's Mikado made this flower his personal emblem
Chrysanthemum
Adam
|
$400
[12]
This Scottish Formula One racer was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1973
Jackie Stewart
|
$400
[19]
For serious penance, this nine-strand knotted flogging whip might be required
Cat o' nine tails
Valerie
|
|
$500
[25]
Found before "Tex" in the name of a waterproof fiber, it's the name of the man who developed it
Gore
Adam
|
$500
[1]
Jonathan Swift
Dublin
Adam
|
$500
[6]
Vest-mounted sensors pick up beams fired from phasers in this energetic type of tag
Laser tag
Valerie
|
$500
[30]
A bell-shaped flower in the primrose family, it comes in red, white, blue & "scarlet"
Pimpernel
Valerie
|
$500
[11]
From 1958 to 1981 he served as a Supreme Court justice
Potter Stewart
Adam
|
$500
[20]
A long list of things, like banned books
Catalog
Valerie
|
| PUT SOMETHING ON | TURNS OF THE CENTURY | VIDEOASIS | BESTSELLERS | THE REAL FIRST NAME | ENDS IN "I" |
|
$200
[30]
Make the day "magical" with this album that includes "Penny Lane" & "The Fool on the Hill"
"Magical Mystery Tour"
Adam
|
$200
[20]
On July 24, 1701 this city was founded as a French fort by Cadillac
Detroit
Adam
|
$200
[1]
Herds of this species, cousin of the mastodon, were once widespread in the Northern Hemisphere
woolly mammoth
Valerie
|
$200
[8]
Usual profession of John Grisham's heroes, including "The Street" one
Lawyers
Valerie
|
$200
[11]
"Black Jack" Pershing
John
|
$200
[29]
Fruity nickname for a New Zealander
Kiwi
Rich
|
|
$400
[25]
We brought the kids, so put on the Grammy-winning album "The Adventures of Elmo in" this place
Grouchland
Valerie
|
$400
[19]
In 401 A.D. under Alaric , these fierce people invaded Italy, eventually besieging & sacking Rome
Visigoths
Adam
|
$400
[2]
The U.S. national monument seen here is featured prominently in this 1977 Spielberg film(Devils Tower)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Valerie
|
$400
[7]
Once TV's Chrissy Snow, in 1999 she told us how to "Get Skinny on Fabulous Food"
Suzanne Somers
Valerie
|
$400
[12]
"Babe" Ruth
George (Herman Ruth)
Rich
|
DD
$300
[21]
When Jacques Heim introduced this item of apparel in 1946, he called it the atome, for its tiny size
Bikini
Adam
|
|
$800
[22]
Put on Lee Ann Womack's smash country hit "I Hope You" do this, & we sure will
Dance
|
$600
[18]
In 1501 this man with a "continental" name began his second trip to the New World
Amerigo Vespucci
Rich
|
$600
[3]
Ya, it's the Scandinavian nation whose flag is seen here
Norway
Adam
|
$600
[6]
In 1998 women rushed out to buy Dr. Bob Arnot's "Prevention Diet" for this disease
Breast cancer
Adam
Valerie
|
$600
[13]
"Tip" O'Neill
Thomas
Adam
|
$400
[28]
Not surprisingly, people born under this Zodiac sign have a 2-sided personality
Gemini
Adam
|
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) In 1974 I won 3 Oscars including one for adapting this composer's ragtime music for "The Sting"
Scott Joplin
Valerie
|
$800
[17]
In 1301 the future Edward II became the first English recipient of this princely title
Prince of Wales
|
$800
[9]
The mastery of this zither-like instrument of Japan takes years of practice
Koto
|
$800
[5]
Politician heard here reading from his 1999 bestseller:("As my days in captivity leng thened, the man whose example had led me to Vietnam stood at the summit of his long naval career...")
John McCain
Valerie
|
$800
[14]
"Refrigerator" Perry
William
Rich
|
$600
[27]
The ball in this fast & dangerous game often travels at over 150 MPH
jai alai
Rich
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Put on one of the records sax man Lester Young, known as "Prez", made with this singer, "Lady Day"
Billie Holiday
Valerie
|
$1,000
[16]
Johannes Kepler became imperial mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1601 following this Dane's death
Tycho Brahe
Adam
|
$1,000
[10]
From German words for "handle" & "broadaxe", it's the 15th century weapon seen here
Halbard
|
$1,000
[4]
Novels by this Florida columnist/author include "Skin Tight", "Strip Tease" & "Sick Puppy"
Carl Hiaasen
Adam
Rich
|
$1,000
[15]
"Baby Doc" Duvalier
Jean-Claude
Adam
|
$800
[26]
The Persian language as spoken in Iran is also called this
Farsi
Adam
|
It was the first U.S. city to host a cow parade, hundreds of fiberglass cows by artists, placed around the city
Chicago