Brian Keenan — a paratrooper from Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Ajuan Mance — an English professor from Eugene, Oregon
Brad Nail — a liability analyst from West Palm Beach, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $2,000 | $3,300 | $2,100 |
$400
3rd place: Motorola TracFone & 6 months' airtime |
$2,100
12 R, 3 W |
| Ajuan | $1,000 | $3,000 | $4,800 |
$5,801
New champion: $5,801 |
$4,800
16 R, 2 W |
| Brian | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,900 |
$900
2nd place: a trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras |
$3,200
16 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| DISNEYLANDS | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO | MEDIEVAL TIMES | SIX FLAGS | SEA WORLD | UNIVERSAL "STUDIO"s |
|
$100
[24]
The original Disneyland opened to the public in this decade
the 1950s
Brian
|
$100
[1]
Orson Welles shocked the USA with his 1938 radio production of this novel
The War of the Worlds
Brad
|
$100
[21]
This military practice possibly began when knights raised their visors to acknowledge their king
salute
Ajuan
|
$100
[6]
The two nations in a perpetual state of war whose flags are seen here
North & South Korea
Ajuan
|
$100
[11]
The Orcinus orca is also known by this more deadly name
killer whale
Brian
|
$100
[16]
Bachelors live with great efficiency in this small space made up of a single room, a kitchen & a bathroom
a studio apartment
Brad
|
|
$200
[27]
This classic ride is based on the 1949 Disney film "The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad"
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Brian
|
$200
[2]
It's the name of the classic TV troupe that included Idle, Palin, Chapman, Jones, Gilliam & Cleese
Monty Python
Brian
|
$200
[22]
Some scholars date the end of the Middle Ages to this king's death at Bosworth Field in 1485
Richard III
|
$200
[7]
It's the commonwealth nation represented by the flag seen here
Australia
Ajuan
Brian
|
$200
[12]
Numerical name for the N. & S. Atlantic, N. & S. Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic & Indian Oceans collectively
the Seven Seas
Brad
|
$200
[17]
This NYC nightclub was the center of the disco universe in the 1970s
Studio 54
Ajuan
|
|
$300
[28]
Though it was inspired by Mad King Ludwig's pad, it's her "Castle" you'll see in the Anaheim park
Sleeping Beauty
Brad
|
$300
[3]
The first TV appearance of the alien Earth observer Mork was on this nostalgic sitcom
Happy Days
Brad
|
$300
[23]
Construction of this famous British cathedral on the river Avon began in 1220
Salisbury
Brian
|
$300
[8]
One of the world's most unusual flags is the one seen here from this Himalayan nation
Nepal
Ajuan
Brian
|
$300
[13]
The Japanese spider variety of this sea creature is the world's largest crustacean
a crab
Ajuan
|
$300
[18]
For example, a guitarist who plays on the album, but isn't a member of the band
a studio musician
Ajuan
|
|
$400
[29]
Aye, matey, this popular ride has received a politically correct makeover
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ajuan
|
$400
[4]
This groundbreaking journalist's TV show "See It Now" exposed the ruthlessness of Sen. Joe McCarthy
Edward R. Murrow
Brad
|
$500
[26]
This "Venerable" monk's "Ecclesiastical History" tells the story of the English before the 8th century
Bede
Brad
|
$400
[9]
A lot of than ksgiving goes on in this country during Ramadan
Turkey
Brian
|
$400
[14]
About 36,000 feet down you'll find the world's deepest spot in this "trench" southwest of Guam
the Marianas Trench
Brian
|
$400
[19]
Marlon Brando, James Dean & Paul Newman studied under Lee Strasberg as a part of this group
the Actors Studio
Brad
|
|
$500
[30]
They're the 2 countries where you'll find Disney theme parks outside the U.S.
France & Japan
Ajuan
|
$500
[5]
The name of this type of fundamental radio tube comes from a Latin word for "empty"
a vacuum tube
Brad
|
DD
$800
[25]
The story of this medieval monster masher begins, "Lo, we've heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes' kings"
Beowulf
Brian
|
$500
[10]
Troubled Mediterranean island nation whose flag is seen here
Cyprus
Ajuan
|
$500
[15]
The name of this fleshy sea echinoderm reminds us of a salad ingredient
a sea cucumber
Brad
|
$500
[20]
Elvis recorded "That's All Right" at this Memphis production facility & the rest is history
Sun Records Studio
Ajuan
|
| "T"HEATER | THE STARS | WHERE ARE THEY NOW? | CANINE & FELINE FILM TITLES | WRITERS' RHYME TIME | HISTORIC NAMES |
|
$200
[21]
Established by the American Theatre Wing in 1947, they are officially known as the Antoinette Perry Awards
Tony Awards
Ajuan
|
$200
[16]
All of the individual stars you can see with the naked eye are part of this galaxy
the Milky Way
Brian
|
$200
[1]
This "Mean" Pittsburgh Steeler Hall of Famer is now the defensive line coach for the Arizona Cardinals
"Mean" Joe Greene
Brian
|
$200
[11]
Tim Rice wrote the lyrics to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", a song from this 1994 movie
The Lion King
Brian
|
$200
[6]
Chayefsky's golf assistants
Paddy's caddies
Brad
|
$400
[29]
In 1952 she opened a home for dying destitutes in Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Brad
|
|
$400
[22]
She starred with Hume Cronyn in "The Honeys" & "The Gin Game"
Jessica Tandy (his wife)
Brian
|
$400
[17]
The distance between stars is so vast, it's measured in these "years"
light years
Brian
|
$400
[2]
Now 49, this sportscasting Miss America is currently co-hosting "Women's Day" on Paxnet
Phyllis George
Ajuan
|
$400
[12]
"A Shot in the Dark" was the first sequel to this 1964 Peter Sellers film
The Pink Panther
Ajuan
|
$400
[7]
Buck's ringlets
Pearl's curls
Brad
Ajuan
|
$600
[28]
This privateer operated from Grand Terre Island in Barataria Bay just south of New Orleans
Jean Lafitte
Brad
|
|
$600
[23]
This Lillian Hellman play focuses on spinster sisters Carrie & Anna
Toys in the Attic
|
$600
[18]
This triple star, the 3rd-brightest star in the heavens, includes the closest star to Earth after the sun
Alpha Centauri
Brian
|
$600
[3]
This French sex symbol who made her last film in 1973 now devotes her time to animal rights
Brigitte Bardot
Ajuan
|
$600
[13]
Frederick Forsyth's novel about a plot to assassinate de Gaulle was the basis for this 1973 thriller
The Day of the Jackal
Brian
|
$600
[8]
Germaine's lachrymations
Greer's tears
Ajuan
Brian
|
$1,000
[27]
This "recluse" of Amiens gained fame by preaching for the necessity of a crusade to get back the Holy Land
Peter the Hermit
|
|
$800
[24]
"A Month in the Country" is the dramatic masterpiece of this Russian author of "Fathers and Sons"
Ivan Turgenev
|
$800
[19]
From the Latin for "great", the brightness of stars is measured in degrees of this
magnitude
Brad
Brian
|
$800
[4]
A 1960s surf movie hunk & star of "Parrish", he's now teaching acting on a cruise line
Troy Donahue
|
$800
[14]
An egg salad recipe causes international intrigue in this Woody Allen classic
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Ajuan
|
$800
[9]
Graham's limas
Greene's beans
Brian
|
DD
$1,200
[26]
In the 1770s this British sea captain received the Copley Medal for his efforts in preventing scurvy
James Cook
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In a comedy by Moliere, this title character is a scoundrel who poses as a pious Puritan
Tartuffe
|
DD
$1,500
[20]
In 1994 the Hubble Space Telescope provided the first conclusive proof of one of these collapsed stars of immense gravity
a black hole
Brian
|
$1,000
[5]
No one knows what happened to this prominent American atheist leader who disappeared in '95; she's still missing
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
|
$1,000
[15]
Barbra Streisand's first non-singing movie role was in this 1970 adaptation of a Bill Manhoff play
The Owl and the Pussycat
|
$1,000
[10]
Playwright David's collection of Dashiell's detective stories
Mamet's Hammetts
|
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Founded in 1801 & famous for its university, it's nicknamed "The Classic City of the South"
Athens, Georgia