Louis Mrachek — a business analyst from Washington, D.C.
Cara Colbert — a billing analyst from Austin, Texas
Matt Waddell — an attorney from Flushing, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $500 | $1,900 | $4,900 |
$2
2nd place: a trip to Dublin, Ireland courtesy of Priceline.com |
$5,700
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Cara | $600 | $2,600 | $6,400 |
$2,900
New champion: $2,900 |
$6,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Louis | $-100 | $1,400 | $3,600 |
$0
3rd place: Boston Acoustics Digital Theater 7000 |
$4,400
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE '40s | TV OR NOT TV | MAGIC | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES | SO YOU WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER | THE ENDS IN "X" FILES |
|
$100
[1]
In 1942 RCA plated a master copy of Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" this color to honor a million sold
gold
Matt
Louis
|
$100
[6]
When "Wheel of Fortune" with Chuck Woolery premiered on NBC, this man was in his 5th month of 29 as president
Gerald Ford
|
$100
[11]
The legendary Dai Vernon was known as "The Man Who Fooled" this escape king
Harry Houdini
Matt
|
$100
[14]
The "Mile High City"
Denver
Matt
|
$100
[26]
In Tempe, Arizona one of your main responsibilities is naturally to learn the layout of these mains
Water mains
Cara
|
$100
[20]
Dude! It's a Keanu movie!
The Matrix
Louis
|
|
$200
[2]
In his first speech as prime minister May 13, 1940 he delivered the blood, toil, tears & sweat line
Winston Churchill
Cara
|
$200
[7]
Starring Erin Moran, it was the last primetime sitcom spun off from "Happy Days"
Joanie Loves Chachi
Cara
|
$200
[12]
Magician's instrument seenherein the logo of a magical organization
a wand
Cara
|
$200
[15]
The "City of Paul Revere"
Boston
Matt
|
$200
[27]
A Virginia Beach firefighter waives his right to do this on or off duty--& especially, we guess, in bed
smoke
Matt
|
$200
[21]
A 2-tenant dwelling with separate entrances
duplex
Matt
|
|
$300
[3]
In 1942 an "A" ration card allowed you 3 gallons of this a week
gasoline
Matt
|
$300
[8]
Before the finale of "M*A*S*H", this TV drama held the record for highest-rated single episode ever
Dallas
|
$300
[13]
Dice tricks are part of this category of magic, also a type of movie shot
close-up magic
|
$300
[16]
The "Fun-Tier Capital of Texas"
Austin
Matt
|
$300
[28]
A physical exam may require you to lift & extend a 20- or 24-foot aluminum one of these
a ladder
Louis
|
$300
[22]
Oh my gosh! It's the most exciting point in a dramatic narrative!
the climax
Louis
|
|
$400
[4]
In June 1947 this general accepted Columbia University's offer to become its president
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Matt
|
$400
[9]
"One of the fastest growing languages in the Quadrant", this "Trek" language was co-invented by Marc Okrand
Klingon
Matt
|
$400
[19]
Vegas star Lance Burton knew his future profession at age 5 when a magician pulled this from behind his ear
a coin
Cara
|
$400
[17]
"Arkopolis"
Little Rock, Arkansas
Louis
|
$400
[29]
An applicant in San Jose will be tested with this device, like Ben Stiller in "Meet the Parents"
a polygraph (or lie detector)
Louis
|
$400
[23]
This bacterial cattle disease whose name is from the Greek for "coal" can be transmitted to humans
anthrax
Matt
|
|
DD
$800
[5]
The women for whom Walter Annenberg founded this magazine in 1944 are now on Social Security
Seventeen
Matt
|
$500
[10]
(Hi, I'm Austin Peck from Days of Our Lives.) Versatile actor Robert Clary has played Robert Leclair on "Days of Our Lives" & Lebeau on this series
Hogan's Heroes
|
$500
[25]
"Magic Man" & "Street Magic" are TV specials featuring this young trickster
David Blaine
Cara
|
$500
[18]
The "Bluegrass Capital"
Frankfort, Kentucky
Louis
|
$500
[30]
In Anchorage, you must be certified as an EMT 1 or as this related job
a paramedic
Cara
Louis
|
$500
[24]
It can be the highest point in someone's career or the highest point of a building
the apex
Cara
|
| THE 4-Ts | ARCHIPELAGOS | FAMOUS FACES | MOVIE MUSICALS | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS | CONNECT THE DOTS |
|
$200
[1]
It's the gossip heard around the "drinking fountain" on a ship
scuttlebutt
Louis
|
$200
[6]
It's the only archipelago that's a U.S. state
Hawaii
Cara
Louis
|
$200
[16]
This woman seenhereis the head of a billion dollar company
Martha Stewart
Cara
|
$200
[21]
1978:"I'm A Mean Ole Lion","Ease on Down the Road"
The Wiz
Cara
|
$200
[26]
Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed"
Cleopatra
Matt
|
$200
[11]
Dot & Dottie are shortened forms of this female name
Dorothy
Louis
|
|
$400
[2]
It's one who reveals another's plans, especially in front of Bert Convy
a tattletale
Cara
|
$400
[7]
The Kodiak Archipelago in this gulf was the site of the first Russian colony in North America
Gulf of Alaska
|
$400
[17]
Later chief justice, this man once got stuck in a White House bathtub & couldn't get out
William Howard Taft
Matt
|
$400
[22]
1939:"The Cornfield","Poppies"
The Wizard of Oz
|
$400
[27]
Richard III's mother is the Duchess of this, a title Fergie has today
York
Cara
|
$400
[12]
This Cabinet department is sometimes called DOT
the Department of Transportation
Louis
|
|
$600
[3]
One-word term for an artist whose canvas is human skin
tattooist
Cara
|
$600
[8]
The islands of the Sulu Archipelago south of Mindanao form the Sulu, Basilan & Tawitawi provinces of this Asian nation
the Philippines
Matt
Cara
|
$600
[18]
This Englishman's detailed & highly popular novels examined 19th century social conditions
Charles Dickens
Matt
|
$800
[24]
1978:"We Go Together","There Are Worse Things I Could Do"
Grease
Matt
|
$600
[28]
"I am a gentleman of Verona, sir" says Petruchio in this comedy
The Taming of the Shrew
Matt
|
$600
[13]
In Morse code this letter is represented by 3 dots
S
Louis
|
|
$800
[4]
Stopping & starting at regular intervals, like summer showers
intermittent
Louis
|
DD
$800
[9]
Ecuador calls this island group Archipielago de Colon
the Galapagos Islands
Louis
|
$800
[19]
First name of this Stooge who joined the act in 1955
Joe (Besser)
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
1968:"All You Need Is Love","Sea of Monsters"
Yellow Submarine
Cara
|
$800
[29]
Act V of "The Merchant of Venice" takes place on the avenue before her home in Belmont
Portia
|
$800
[14]
U.S. Olympic heroine seen here
Dot Richardson
Cara
|
|
$1,000
[5]
It's the conversion of one substance into another, like wine into the blood of Jesus
transubstantiation
Louis
|
$1,000
[10]
This atoll at the southern end of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean is the site of a U.S. naval base
Diego Garcia
|
$1,000
[20]
Citing the exaggerated shadow of his mistakes, this man ended his presidential candidacy in '87
Senator Joseph Biden
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
1983:"No Wonder","Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
Yentl
Cara
|
$1,000
[30]
Margarelon describes himself as "a bastard son of Priam's" in this play
Troilus and Cressida
|
$1,000
[15]
The Braille system is based on the arrangement of up to this many raised dots per character
6
|
From 1964 to 1982 this man was leader of a nation with nuclear weapons
Leonid Brezhnev (of the Soviet Union)