Tim Lynch — a science teacher from Van Nuys, California
Wendi Harrell — a secretary and bookkeeper from Carthage, Illinois
Mike Scott — an organic farmer from Janesville, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $1,500 | $2,900 | $4,100 |
$8,100
2-day champion: $12,000 |
$5,700
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Wendi | $-100 | $1,600 | $3,200 |
$3,200
2nd place: Trip to Radisson Jakarta, Indonesia |
$3,200
13 R, 5 W |
| Tim | $1,900 | $1,000 | $4,000 |
$500
3rd place: His & Her Jaguar Watches |
$3,700
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| AROUND THE WORLD | WHO THOUGHT OF THAT? | AMERICAN HISTORY | HINTS FROM HELOISE | TV THROUGH THE YEARS | ANAGRAMMED MUSICALS |
|
$100
[22]
Boomtown 1910 is a recreated frontier street at a museum in Saskatoon in this Canadian province
Saskatchewan
Wendi
|
$100
[9]
This country is thought to have invented gunpowder, as well as soy sauce
China
Wendi
|
$100
[14]
In January 1935 she became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland
Amelia Earhart
Mike
|
$100
[21]
A marshmallow placed inside the bottom of the cone will help keep this treat from dripping through
ice cream cone
Mike
|
$100
[1]
In a 1956 episode of "I Love Lucy", the Ricardos visited this country, Ricky's birthplace
Cuba
Tim
|
$100
[2]
"Or Live!"
Oliver!
Wendi
|
|
$200
[23]
The Efik people of this continent are closely related to the Ibibio
Africa
|
$200
[10]
Clement Ader created this type of sound system that used 2 mikes feeding separate headphones
stereo
Mike
Wendi
|
$200
[15]
His final regret was "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Nathan Hale
Wendi
|
$200
[27]
Heloise hints that you can add a scrambled egg to the classic sandwich of peanut butter & this
jelly
Mike
|
$200
[3]
Ray Walston played an inventive alien stranded on Earth in this 1960s TV sitcom hit
My Favorite Martian
Mike
|
$200
[7]
"Tern"
Rent
Mike
|
|
$300
[24]
Costa Rica's name translates to this in English
"Rich Coast"
Wendi
|
$300
[11]
The German Heinkel He-280 of 1941 was the first jet fighter to have one of these in case of emergency
ejection seat
Wendi
Tim
|
$300
[16]
On April 22, 1889 "Sooners" staked claims hours ahead of schedule in Guthrie City in this territory's land grab
Oklahoma
Wendi
|
$300
[28]
Some of Heloise's readers remove these items from old compacts & hang them on fruit trees to scare birds away
mirrors
Mike
|
$300
[4]
With a bit o' luck, squire, you'll know he played Corporal Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes"
Richard Dawson
Mike
|
$300
[8]
"Inane"
Annie
Tim
|
|
$400
[25]
This Scandinavian country is quite flat: its highest point, Yding Skovhoj, is just 568 feet high
Denmark
Tim
|
$500
[13]
In 1965 Stephanie Kwolek developed this material used in bulletproof vests
Kevlar
Tim
|
$400
[17]
This 1,500-mile-long mountain system divided the Civil War into the eastern & western theaters
Appalachians
Mike
|
$400
[29]
Heloise recycles these by taking them out of old dresses & inserting them in her bras as "enhancers"
shoulder pads
Mike
|
$400
[5]
"JAG"'s David James Elliott starred in the TV series version of this 1987 film that starred Kevin Costner
The Untouchables
|
$400
[19]
"Repent Pa"
Peter Pan
|
|
$500
[26]
If you're a native Maldivian, you hail from an island country in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Mike
Tim
|
DD
$700
[12]
He first determined that energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared
Albert Einstein
Tim
|
$500
[18]
In 1910 Victor Berger of Wisconsin became the first of this party of Eugene Debs elected to Congress
Socialist
Mike
|
$500
[30]
To make your laundry soft & fluffy, add the "white" type of this salad dressing liquid to the final rinse
vinegar
Wendi
|
$500
[6]
Gung-ho Major John D. MacGillis was the spit-shined head of the family in this comedy favorite
Major Dad
Mike
|
$500
[20]
"Go Sin Amiss"
Miss Saigon
Wendi
|
| NEW YORK BUILDINGS | "GREAT" MOVIES | V.P.s BY MIDDLE NAME | WHICH CAME FIRST? | THE CORNER DRUGSTORE | QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS |
|
$200
[22]
Its architect, William Van Allen, was "driven" to create the world's tallest building at that time
Chrysler Building
Wendi
Tim
|
$200
[8]
This Dickens novel has been filmed several times, most recently in 1998
Great Expectations
Tim
|
$200
[3]
Danforth
(James) Dan(forth) Quayle
Tim
|
$200
[21]
Texas statehood, North Dakota statehood, Michigan statehood
Michigan statehood
Mike
|
$200
[20]
Ergotamine, introduced in the 1920s, helps control the migraine & vascular types of these
headaches
Mike
|
$200
[6]
Sept. 20, 1999 is the 15th anniversary of the premiere of this TV show with Tony Danza as a domestic
Who's the Boss?
Mike
|
|
$400
[23]
This building, John Lennon's last residence, was so named because 72nd St. seemed like the Far West
the Dakota
Wendi
|
$400
[9]
John Barrymore spoofed himself in this 1940 movie whose title reflected his nickname
The Great Profile
Mike
|
$400
[4]
Herbert Walker
George Bush (Sr.)
Tim
|
$400
[17]
Hadrian's Wall, the Wailing Wall, the Berlin Wall
the Wailing Wall
Wendi
Tim
|
$400
[25]
Best-known brand name of diazepam, an anti-anxiety drug introduced in 1963
Valium
Mike
|
$400
[7]
This title musical question asked by Elvis Presley & Donny Osmond has been around since the '20s
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
Wendi
Tim
|
|
$600
[24]
The old RCA building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza is now called this "building", one initial shorter
GE Building
Mike
|
$600
[10]
Robert Duvall is an authoritarian Marine at war with his family in this film based on Pat Conroy's novel
The Great Santini
Wendi
|
$600
[1]
Horatio
Hubert Humphrey
Tim
|
$600
[16]
"The Tempest","Romeo and Juliet","Macbeth"
Romeo and Juliet
Wendi
|
DD
$400
[30]
Prescriptions for this drug, also called methylphenidate, "A.D.D." up to a 700% increase in the '90s
Ritalin
Mike
|
$600
[13]
Cops ask this of someone in a hurry; in 1871 a good answer would have been "Chicago"
Where's the fire?
Tim
|
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
The building named for this retailer includes a sculpture of him counting nickels & dimes
F.W. Woolworth
Mike
|
$800
[11]
Simon Ward played James Herriot as a young apprentice to an eccentric veterinarian in this 1974 film
All Creatures Great and Small
Tim
|
$800
[2]
Nance
John Nance Garner
Mike
|
$800
[18]
Taft-Hartley Act, Voting Rights Act, Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
Mike
|
$600
[28]
Available as a liquid & a tablet, it maakes the claim "No. 1 Heartburn Brand in Hospitals"
Maalox
Mike
|
$800
[14]
Freud called it the great question he couldn't answer "despite 30 years of research into the feminine soul"
What do women really want?
Wendi
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Named for its developer, this Midtown tower has an atrium with a waterfall instead of a mere lobby
Trump Tower
|
$1,000
[12]
Charlie Chaplin played on the physical resemblance of Hitler & the Little Tramp in this 1940 satire
The Great Dictator
Tim
|
$1,000
[5]
Ewing
Adlai Stevenson
|
$1,000
[19]
Byzantium falls to the Turks, Saladin captures Jerusalem, Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
Saladin captures Jerusalem
Wendi
Tim
|
$800
[29]
This "colorful" herb, Hydrastis canadensis, is combined with echinacea to boost the immune system
Goldenseal
|
$1,000
[15]
It's the Latin phrase of St. Peter's traditional question to Jesus, "Whither goest thou?"
"Domine, Quo Vadis"
|
During WWI this American showed off her talents in a play called "The Western Girl"
Annie Oakley