Becky Vartabedian — an adjunct professor and graduate student from Denver, Colorado
Ben Hunt — an educational programs coordinator from Chicago, Illinois
Lisa Schumaker — a medical research assistant from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $2,400 | $5,000 | $9,800 |
$19,000
2-day champion: $39,000 |
$9,800
15 R, 1 W |
| Ben | $600 | $4,800 | $18,000 |
$16,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,800
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Becky | $1,600 | $3,800 | $7,800 |
$7,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
11 R, 3 W |
| WORLD FACTS | TENNIS TALK | COMMON BONDS | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT | LOAD THE MAGAZINE | ON THE "Q...T" |
|
$200
[11]
The Cantabrian Mountains extend for 300 miles south from the Pyrenees to Cape Finisterre in this country
Spain
Ben
|
$200
[16]
3-letter term for a good serve your opponent doesn't touch with his racket
an ace
Ben
|
$200
[21]
Covalent, bail, treasury
bond
Ben
|
$200
[6]
He played sax in a jazz trio called The Three Blind Mice
Clinton
Lisa
|
$200
[26]
With 11 appearances, this former "Baywatch" beauty has been on the cover of Playboy more than any other person
Pamela Anderson
Ben
|
$200
[1]
In an appliqued type of this, cutout designs are sewed onto one large piece of cloth
quilt
Lisa
|
|
$400
[12]
This country's ADF sent troops to the Solomon Islands in 2006 to help restore order following riots
Australia
Lisa
|
$400
[17]
If you net your first serve & hit the umpire in the eye with the second, it's one of these, & you lose the point
a double fault
Becky
|
$400
[22]
Red, video, measuring
tape
Becky
|
$400
[7]
He was captain of the debating team at Whittier College in California
Richard Nixon
Becky
|
$400
[27]
In 1953 the baby son of Lucille Ball & this man was on the first national cover of TV Guide
Desi Arnaz
Lisa
|
$400
[2]
Containing 67.2 cubic inches, it's 1/32 of a bushel
a quart
Ben
|
|
$600
[13]
The magnificent ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque were discovered in this country in 1773
Mexico
Ben
Becky
|
$600
[18]
The first point after this is advantage, Mr. Bigalow
deuce
Lisa
|
$600
[23]
Scarlet, Dr. Johnny, Saturday Night
fever
Becky
|
$600
[8]
He was "Old Rough and Ready", a hero of the Mexican War
(Zachary) Taylor
Lisa
|
$600
[28]
Elle Macpherson, Kathy Ireland & Rachel Hunter all adorned this magazine's Feb. 14, 1994 cover
Sports Illustrated
Lisa
|
$600
[3]
It's the quantity resulting from the division of one quantity by another
a quotient
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[15]
9,094 feet high, Mount Roraima is found at the junction of Guyana, Venezuela & this country
Brazil
Becky
|
$800
[19]
It describes a shot hit from the left by a right-hander, or a compliment that turns into a shot
a backhand
Ben
|
$800
[24]
Savings, river, Ernie
Banks
Ben
|
$800
[9]
He was a judge of the Jackson County Court in Missouri
Truman
Becky
|
$800
[29]
Begun in 1884, this magazine's name is synonymous with the New York City theater scene
Playbill
Becky
|
$800
[4]
According to the title of a 1952 John Ford film, John Wayne's character was this type of "Man"
Quiet
Ben
|
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
In 1989, a year of political change in Europe, this country that borders China changed its name
Myanmar
Ben
|
$1,000
[20]
Introduced at Wimbledon in 1924, this ranking process places strong players so they won't meet in the early rounds
seeding
Lisa
|
$1,000
[25]
Ash, shoe, family
tree
Ben
|
$1,000
[10]
He practiced law in Kinderhook, New York
(Martin) Van Buren
Lisa
|
$1,000
[30]
In Oct. 2004 this "Institution"al mag pondered what the U.S. would be like had Breckinridge won the 1860 election
Smithsonian
Ben
|
$1,000
[5]
In a throwing game, it's the name of the flat metal or rope ring tossed at a stake called a mot
quoit
|
| SHIPS | WOODY ALLEN FILMS IN OTHER WORDS | EVERYDAY SCIENCE | NOTORIOUS | TERMES D'ART | SOUNDS LIKE BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[24]
On this ship that sailed in Sept. 1620, the Puritans called themselves "saints" & the others on board "strangers"
the Mayflower
Lisa
|
$400
[6]
New York City borough
Manhattan
Ben
|
$400
[14]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew topples some dominoes.) Once dominoes start to fall, they continue without further outside influence--an example of this self-sustaining sequence
a chain reaction
Becky
|
$400
[19]
On May 30, 1899 Pearl Hart & Joe Boot became the last to rob one of these vehicles; they got away with $431
a stagecoach
Lisa
|
$400
[11]
"Jugendstil" is the German equivalent for this French term for the decorative style of the 1890s
art nouveau
Ben
|
$400
[1]
Chinese-American noodle dish that's the major thoroughfare in Disneyland
Chow Main Street
Ben
|
|
$800
[25]
The name of this caravel of Columbus means "painted one"
Pinta
Lisa
|
$800
[7]
Several fruit from the genus Musa
Bananas
Ben
|
$800
[15]
His second law, force equals mass times acceleration, is demonstrated when you push a child on a swing
Newton
Ben
|
$800
[20]
Frank Hamer, an ex-Texas Ranger, devised the plan that resulted in the death of this outlaw couple on May 23, 1934
Bonnie & Clyde
Ben
|
$1,200
[13]
French term for the technique of placing paper over a relief surface & rubbing with crayon or pencil
frottage
|
$800
[2]
Prince song about the colorful drizzle that affected Robespierre's horrific French stewardship
"Purple Reign of Terror"
Lisa
|
|
$1,200
[26]
El Cazador was found 200 years after it sank with 400,000 of these monetary units worth of silver
pesos
Lisa
Ben
Becky
|
$1,200
[8]
Rememberances of a classic Hoagy Carmichael tune
Stardust Memories
Ben
|
$1,200
[16]
(Jon of the Clue Crew walks with crutches.) Crutches are an example of a simple lever; the tip of the crutch acts as this point on which a lever turns
the fulcrum
Becky
|
$1,200
[21]
It was no holiday for 6 of Bugs Moran's mob when they were cut down in this 1929 gangland slaughter
the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Becky
|
$1,600
[27]
This French-named illusory technique tricks the eye into thinking a painted object is real & not two-dimensional
trompe-l'œil
Becky
|
$1,200
[3]
Movie in which Dirk Diggler has a big surprise for the rest of the guys after being drafted into King Arthur's crew
Boogie Nights of the Round Table
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[30]
Among sites celebrating the 30th anniversary of this in 1999 was the U.S.S. Hornet, the recovery ship
the Apollo 11 mission
Ben
|
DD
$1,600
[9]
Breaking down Belafonte into component parts
Deconstructing Harry
Ben
|
$1,600
[17]
Blisters can be caused by this resistance to motion between surfaces, from the Latin for "to rub"
friction
Becky
|
$1,600
[22]
After his manslaughter acquittal in 1922, this silent-screen comedian directed films under the name Wm. Goodrich
Fatty Arbuckle
Ben
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
The name of this odd movement, French for "hobby-horse", was appropriately chosen at random from a dictionary
Dada
Ben
|
$1,600
[4]
This guy's vessel that's filled with animals 2 by 2 is quite the fixture on the Champs Elysees
Noah's Arc de Triomphe
Lisa
|
|
$2,000
[29]
This type of ship was devised to counter vessels called torpedo boats, & the name originally followed "torpedo boat"
a destroyer
Ben
|
$2,000
[10]
Hephaestus' strong wife
Mighty Aphrodite
Ben
|
$2,000
[18]
(Kelly sends a Slinky down some blocks.) At rest, a Slinky has potential energy, which is converted to this type of energy as it makes its descent
kinetic
Lisa
|
$2,000
[23]
In the 1950s this "Red-light Bandit" wrote a book "Cell 2455, Death Row", his address while waiting for his execution
Caryl Chessman
|
$2,000
[28]
Dubuffet coined this 10-letter term, from the French for "to bring together", for works made of bits of things
assemblage
|
$2,000
[5]
It's how the man who played Leo's dad in "Catch Me If You Can" got to the Big Easy with Fats Domino
Christopher Walkin' to New Orleans
|
"If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake" refers to a murderer in this 1866 novel
Crime and Punishment