Dana Watrud — a language teacher from Eugene, Oregon
Erin Weller — a history teacher from Evanston, Illinois
Steve Latourette — a 3-D animator from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $500 | $2,600 | $2,800 |
$1,601
2nd place: Trip to Israel with air travel provided by El Al |
$2,400
16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Erin | $1,300 | $2,200 | $6,400 |
$5,800
New champion: $5,800 |
$7,400
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dana | $400 | $2,000 | $800 |
$1
3rd place: Vivitar Sport Travel Kit |
$800
13 R, 4 W |
| GREAT BRITS | A REAL PRINCE | FAMOUS ALMA MATERS | IF THEY MARRIED... | EDs | TAILS |
|
$100
[12]
In addition to writing operettas with Sir William Gilbert, he also composed the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers"
Arthur Sullivan
Dana
|
$100
[5]
Identical-looking boys trade places & a wacky mix-up ensues in this 1881 Twain novel
"The Prince and the Pauper"
Dana
|
$100
[4]
Steve Young(B.S. '83, J.D. '94)
Brigham Young University
Dana
|
$100
[1]
"Sisters" actress Kurtz sashays down the aisle with "Dirty Dancing" Patrick & becomes...
Swoosie Swayze
Steve
|
$100
[21]
Once he could be heard every weeknight announcing "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"
Ed McMahon
Steve
|
$100
[26]
It's the only Zodiac sign represented by an animal with a stinging tail
Scorpion
Steve
|
|
$200
[13]
On the first day of its publication in 1859, all 1,250 copies of his "On the Origin of Species" sold out
Charles Darwin
Steve
|
$200
[6]
In the "Continued" story of this fairy tale character, the Princess tells him, "Stop sticking your tongue out like that"
"The Frog Prince"
|
$200
[14]
James Meredith &Trent Lott
Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi)
Dana
|
$200
[2]
If the queen of daytime talk married the "Seven Spiritual Laws" author, she'd have this rhyming name
Oprah Chopra
Steve
|
$200
[22]
This former New York City mayor had a cameo role in the movie "The First Wives Club"
Ed Koch
Erin
|
$200
[27]
The Earth probably passed through its tail during its 1910 visit
Halley's Comet
Steve
|
|
$300
[18]
The Westminster Reference Library in London occupies the site where this scientist lived from 1710 to 1725
Sir Isaac Newton
Steve
|
$300
[7]
Barbra Streisand directed Nick Nolte in the film adaptation of this novel
The Prince of Tides
Dana
|
$300
[15]
Woody Allen(did not graduate)
New York University
Steve
|
$300
[3]
Thurman's "Dangerous Liaisons" with "L'Etranger" Albert turn to wedded bliss & she is...
Uma Camus
Dana
|
$300
[23]
He's won several Emmys for his "60 Minutes" reports, including one for his profile of Lena Horne
Ed Bradley
Steve
|
$300
[28]
The train feathers of this bird's tail bear large blue & green eyespots called ocelli
Peacock
Erin
|
|
$400
[19]
At his death in 1902, he left most of his fortune to establish a scholarship program to study at Oxford
Cecil Rhodes
Steve
|
$400
[8]
The song "Two Princes" was on this band's "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" album
the Spin Doctors
Erin
|
$500
[17]
Stephen Hawking(Ph.D., 1966)
Cambridge
Dana
|
$400
[10]
Former TV "Angel" Smith ties the knot with House Judiciary Chair Henry & takes on this monstrous name
Jaclyn Hyde
Erin
|
$400
[24]
He's credited with directing some of the worst movies of all time, including "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
Ed Wood
Erin
|
$400
[29]
She "Tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, to tack" each tail back to its lamb
Little Bo Peep
Steve
Dana
|
|
$500
[20]
In 1876 this prime minister was created Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria
Benjamin Disraeli
Dana
|
$500
[9]
He won a Tony for producing "The Pajama Game" & one for directing "Cabaret"
Hal Prince
Erin
|
DD
$800
[16]
Chester W. Nimitz(Class of '05)
U.S. Naval Academy
Steve
|
$500
[11]
If "Sister Act" star Goldberg wed British actor Peter, known for '60s horror films, she'd be...
Whoopi Cushing
Dana
|
$500
[25]
His "87th Precinct" novels include "Kiss", "Widows" & "Lullaby"
Ed McBain
|
— |
| GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY | BANDS BY THE NUMBER | ANTONYMS | LANGUAGES | HEADS | TALES |
|
$200
[2]
From the Latin for "to gnaw", it's the natural process by which material is worn away from the Earth's surface
Erosion
Erin
|
$200
[16]
"Joy to the World" was a No. 1 hit for this band in 1971
Three Dog Night
Erin
|
$200
[11]
In Dickens' antonymic opening to "A Tale of Two Cities", "It was the spring of hope, it was" this season "of despair"
Winter
Dana
|
$200
[1]
In 1960 its Bombay state was divided into 2 states, Gujarat & Maharashtra, to reflect their languages
India
Erin
|
$200
[21]
This president was wounded during army action in Algeria in the 1950s
Jacques Chirac
Steve
Dana
|
$800
[27]
It's Charles Frazier's bestseller about a wounded Confederate soldier struggling home
Cold Mountain
Steve
Dana
|
|
$400
[3]
Tectonics studies these rigid pieces of the Earth's crust that cover large areas
Plates
Steve
|
$400
[17]
In 1995 Mary Ramsey replaced her as the lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs
Natalie Merchant
Erin
|
$400
[12]
In 1998 Pres. Clinton said America was ending 3 decades of deficits as he welcomed this antonym
Surplus
Erin
|
$400
[7]
The troubadours of the 1100s & 1200s wrote their poetry in Provencal, a dialect of this language
French
Dana
|
$400
[22]
This prime minister earned his law degree from Laval University in Quebec City
Jean Chretien
Steve
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
This Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula narrates 2 novels by Robert Graves
Claudius
Steve
|
|
$600
[4]
A coral reef roughly parallel to a shore & separated from it by a lagoon; it may be a "Great" one
Barrier reef
Erin
|
$600
[18]
Albums by this band include "Boy" & "Achtung Baby"
U2
Erin
|
$600
[13]
3-letter word whose antonyms include "ordinary" & "even"
Odd
Steve
|
$600
[8]
In Belgium dialects of this language include Oost-Vlaams & West-Vlaams
Flemish
Dana
|
$600
[23]
This president took power after the 1981 assassination of his predecessor
Hosni Mubarak (of Egypt)
Steve
|
— |
|
$800
[5]
Also called pergelisol, it's the perennially frozen subsoil of Arctic & subarctic regions
permafrost
Steve
|
$800
[19]
It's really just Trent Reznor as singer, guitarist & keyboardist for this band
Nine Inch Nails
Erin
|
$800
[14]
Antonyms in the next line of the song heard here"Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you..."
come & go
Erin
|
$800
[9]
It's the official language of Dominica in the West Indies
English
|
$800
[24]
This president joined the Baath political party at an early age
Hafez al-Assad (of Syria)
Dana
|
— |
|
$1,000
[6]
It's not the building where I keep my Perrier, it's the elevated tract of ground between 2 drainage areas
Watershed
|
$1,000
[20]
The band Seven Mary Three got its name from motorcycle cop Jon Baker's call number on this '70s TV series
CHiPs
Steve
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Until 1974 the theory of quarks posited 3 types: strange & these 2 directions
up & down
Erin
|
$1,000
[10]
Belorussian is also known by this "colorful" name
White Russian
Erin
|
$1,000
[25]
This president visited the United States October 26 to November 3, 1997
Jiang Zemin
Dana
|
— |
First uttered in 1962, this 3-word self-introduction tops Guinness' list of the most famous movie quotes ever
"Bond, James Bond"