Tim Wilson — a college professor from DeBary, Florida
Suzanne Cappozzo — a retired educator from Palos Heights, Illinois
Brett Kirwan — a naval officer originally from Avon Lake, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett | $1,400 | $4,200 | $17,800 |
$8,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$17,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Suzanne | $2,200 | $5,200 | $7,600 |
$15,199
New champion: $15,199 |
$7,600
12 R, 2 W |
| Tim | $3,000 | $4,600 | $13,600 |
$8,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| 1984 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE | LOOK OUT BELOW | GARDENING | FUN WITH FASHION | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE |
|
$200
[1]
In 1984 this wife of the Governor was named Arkansas' "Young Mother of the Year"
Hillary Clinton
Tim
|
$200
[16]
Geoffrey was the butler & Jazz was a pal on this '90s NBC sitcom
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Tim
|
$200
[8]
Seen here in a satellite photo, an iceberg almost twice the size of Delaware broke off this continent in 2000
Antarctica
Brett
Tim
|
$200
[19]
Junipers and Japanese maples are especially suited for this tree-dwarfing technique
bonsai
Tim
|
$200
[13]
Attention, Kmart shoppers: This '70s "Charlie's Angel" has her own line of designer jeans
Jaclyn Smith
Suzanne
|
$200
[4]
It can be corporal or capital
punishment
Tim
|
|
$400
[2]
On Feb. 11, 1984 the Challenger made the first space shuttle landing at this location
Kennedy Space Center
Tim
|
$400
[17]
In "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty sang, "All the vampires, walkin' through the valley, move west down" this "Boulevard"
Ventura Boulevard
Brett
Tim
|
$400
[9]
Hereare before & after images of this U.S. city in 2000 & 2005
New Orleans
Suzanne
|
$400
[20]
These little red beetles will help guard your garden from aphids, scales & spider mites
ladybugs
Brett
|
$400
[14]
Some of the new Disney Princess bridal gowns were inspired by this 1937 heroine (also an appropriate bridal color)
Snow White
Brett
|
$400
[5]
By tradition, no pope ever chooses this name
Peter
Brett
|
|
$600
[3]
An IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel failed to take out this British P.M. who was there
Margaret Thatcher
Suzanne
|
$600
[18]
Billy Joel wanted to "Say Goodbye To" this storied L.A. area
Hollywood
Brett
|
$600
[15]
You can see a lava dome forming in this volcano that blew its top in 1980
Mount St. Helens
Tim
|
$600
[21]
It's a mixture of decaying organic substances, such as dead leaves, used to fertilize soil
compost
Brett
|
$600
[24]
Vogue showed a 1978 photo of the Sex Pistols to illustrate this fashion movement (not one of Vogue's favorites)
punk
Brett
|
$600
[10]
To beat or strike repeatedly, or the skin of a fur-bearing animal
pelt
Brett
|
|
$800
[6]
This pair lost to Reagan & Bush in the 1984 U.S. presidential election
Mondale & Ferraro
Brett
|
$1,000
[28]
Ivy League Ph.D.er Stu Bailey & the law-degreed Jeff Spencer, both judo experts, had an office at "77" this title place
Sunset Strip
Suzanne
|
DD
$800
[26]
Black smoke rises from oil fires in this country in aphototaken from space in 1991
Kuwait
Tim
|
$800
[22]
After they bloom & drop their petals, some roses form these seedpods rich in vitamin C
rose hips
|
$800
[25]
Anne Moore designs chapeaux inspired by & named for this crazed Lewis Carroll character
the Mad Hatter
Tim
|
$800
[11]
Angola & Mozambique both use this Romance language as an official one
Portuguese
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[7]
On this woman's orders, Indian troops stormed the Golden Temple at Amritsar to oust Sikh fighters holed up there
Indira Gandhi
Tim
|
— |
$1,000
[27]
You canseethe tsunami pulling back out to sea after it struck at Kalutara, south of Colombo on this island
Sri Lanka
Brett
|
$1,000
[23]
Ladies' slippers, ladies' tresses & dragon's mouth are examples of this exotic flower
an orchid
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[29]
The shoes known as "Manolos" aren't named for Barry Manilow but for this designer
Manolo Blahnik
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.) The fossils in Carlsbad Caverns include sponges, snails &trilobites, all from the Permian period, the tail end of this era whose name means "ancient life"
Paleozoic
Brett
Suzanne
|
| 1984 | MUSICAL INITIALS | FOOD & DRINK | MATHEMATICS | I AM SAM, SAM I AM | THE L"ONE"LIEST NUMBER |
|
$400
[1]
The "large" leader in the novel who must be obeyed
Big Brother
Tim
|
$400
[26]
The 4 members in the band CSNY
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Brett
|
$400
[6]
Brioche, popular for continental breakfasts, is a type of this staple
bread
Suzanne
|
$400
[12]
Distance runners know that 42.2 kilometers is closest to this many miles
26
Tim
|
$400
[21]
In April 1836 his troops captured Santa Anna, who then recognized Texas' independence
Sam Houston
Tim
|
$400
[11]
A slot machine
a one-armed bandit
Brett
Tim
|
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
George Orwell wrote "1984" in this year & reportedly rearranged 2 of the digits to give it its title
1948
Tim
|
$800
[27]
This Athens, Georgia band's first single was "Radio Free Europe" in 1981
R.E.M.
Tim
|
$800
[7]
Antonin Careme created Charlotte Russe & this sour-creamed meat dish for Czar Alexander I
beef stroganoff
Suzanne
|
$800
[13]
In the equation y=2x+3, 2 & 3 are called constants & the x & y are called this because they can change
variables
Tim
|
$800
[22]
This brewer headed the demonstrations that led to the Boston massacre
Sam Adams
Brett
|
$800
[15]
Lying face down, or having a tendency
prone
Tim
|
|
$1,200
[3]
These "police" are the dreaded enforcement agents of the government in "1984"
the Thought Police
Tim
|
$1,200
[28]
The name of this grunge band with hits like "Interstate Love Song" is sometimes shortened to STP
Stone Temple Pilots
Tim
|
$1,200
[8]
A famous meat sauce is named for this Italian "sausage" city
Bologna
Suzanne
|
$1,200
[14]
Number of inches in half a yard
18
Brett
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1969 this Irishman won the Nobel Prize for literature
Beckett
Brett
|
$1,200
[16]
From the Latin for "burden", this adjective means troublesome or oppressive
onerous
Brett
|
|
$1,600
[4]
This main character of "1984" works at the Ministry of Truth
Winston Smith
Tim
|
$1,600
[29]
Maybe more cowbell will help you remember this band whose acronym is B.O.C.
Blue Öyster Cult
Tim
|
$1,600
[9]
In Jewish cooking, potato pancakes, commonly enjoyed during Hanukkah, are known as these
latkes
Tim
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
This angle is larger than an acute angle & smaller than an obtuse one
a right angle
Brett
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1985 he was Deputy Assistant Attorney General; in 2006 he was an associate justice
(Samuel) Alito
Brett
|
$1,600
[17]
8-letter word for your tibia
shinbone
Brett
|
|
$2,000
[5]
George Orwell was a pseudonym; his real name was this
Eric (Arthur) Blair
Brett
|
$2,000
[30]
BTO is for this band that's best known for a song whose acronym is "TCOB"
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Suzanne
|
$2,000
[10]
Creme d'ananas is a liqueur flavored with this fruit
pineapple
Suzanne
|
$2,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates a monitor.) Unlike an equilateral triangle with 3 equal sides, this type of triangle has 3 sides of different lengths
a scalene triangle
Suzanne
|
$2,000
[25]
One of his rimes, "Dejection: An Ode" ends, "Thus may'st thou ever, evermore rejoice"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
|
$2,000
[18]
Ring, ring--it's the branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech
phonetics
Brett
Suzanne
|
She's the only performer to win an Oscar for playing a real-life Oscar winner
Cate Blanchett