Karen Skochinski — a communications consultant and homemaker from Thunder Bay, Ontario
Franklin Leonard — a student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Laura Miller — a writer from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,998)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $300 | $900 | $3,400 |
$2,799
2nd place: Trip to International House Hotel, New Orleans |
$3,100
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Franklin | $-500 | $800 | $2,000 |
$676
3rd place: Seiko Product Assortment |
$2,500
9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Karen | $1,100 | $4,100 | $13,000 |
$15,000
New champion: $15,000 |
$11,900
29 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| NICE BUNNIES | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE | LIVE FROM THE SCENE | FICTIONAL SERVANTS | CLOTHES | RHYME TIME |
|
$100
[30]
"Silly Rabbit", this cereal is "for Kids"
Trix
Franklin
|
$100
[7]
With 54 this state has more electoral votes than any other
California
Karen
|
$100
[18]
Chris Rock hit the campaign trail in 1996 to give on-the-spot commentary for this Bill Maher talk show
Politically Incorrect
Laura
|
$100
[1]
After losing her job at a bridal shop, this Fran Drescher character found work in the home of a widower
The Nanny (Fran Fine)
Laura
|
$100
[6]
Trimmed & ruffled underskirt you might see at a TV junction
Petticoat
Franklin
|
$100
[14]
Weighty package shouldered by a frog relative
Toad load
Karen
|
|
$200
[29]
Title character addressed in the following audiobook You may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden
Peter Rabbit
Karen
|
$200
[10]
The presidential electors cast their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in this month
December
Franklin
|
$200
[19]
In 1994 Cokie Roberts pretended to be live at the scene at this D.C. landmark when she was actually in the studio
Capitol building
|
$200
[2]
This zombie butler on "The Addams Family" often played the harpsichord
Lurch
Laura
|
$200
[8]
A soldier's clothes for "tiring" nonmilitary duties like digging ditches or raking leaves
Fatigues
Karen
|
$200
[17]
A non-excited ointment
Calm balm
|
|
$300
[26]
One critic says that "Bambi" should be called this, after the little bunny that steals the show
Thumper
Karen
|
$300
[11]
In 1976 an elector from the state of Washington cast a lone vote for this man; 4 years later he received 489 votes
Ronald Reagan
Franklin
|
$300
[20]
(Hi, I'm Jodi Applegate.) On assignment for NBC, I was in this city when China took control on July 1, 1997
Hong Kong
Karen
|
$300
[3]
He was Jack Benny's gravel-voiced valet on radio & tv
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Karen
|
$300
[9]
It can be a close fitting dress or a case for a sword
Sheath
Franklin
|
$300
[23]
A speech disease-ridden rats might hear in church
Vermin sermon
Franklin
|
|
$400
[27]
An as-yet-nameless prototype of this character appeared in the 1938 cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt"
Bugs Bunny
Franklin
|
DD
$500
[12]
The only electoral tie occurred in 1800 when these 2 men each had 73 votes
Aaron Burr & Thomas Jefferson
Franklin
|
$400
[21]
In 1995 Dan Rather took exception to CBS' decision to send this co-anchor to Oklahoma City
Connie Chung
Karen
|
$400
[4]
In "The Sound of Music", it's the first name of the Von Trapp family governess
Maria
Karen
|
$400
[15]
Article of clothing westerners named for the man seen here
Mao jacket
Karen
|
$400
[24]
A small army unit for Shiva or Zeus
God squad
Karen
|
|
$500
[28]
The love of a boy brings a stuffed bunny to life in this classic book by Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit
Laura
|
$500
[13]
Including 3 from the District of Columbia, the Electoral College consists of this many electors
538
Franklin
|
$500
[22]
In 1994 the Larry King special "The UFO Cover-Up?" broadcast live from this "area"
Area 51
Franklin
|
$500
[5]
He's Bruce Wayne's butler
Alfred Pennyworth
|
$500
[16]
They can be ankle-high boots worn for riding or the flaring breeches worn with them
Jodhpurs
Karen
|
$500
[25]
A polecat who emulates the Sex Pistols
Punk skunk
Karen
|
| NICE BUNS! | ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY | THE SILVER SCREEN | "W"RITERS | DEATH SENTENCES |
|
$200
[17]
"One a penny, two a penny", these buns are traditionally served on Good Friday
Hot Cross Buns
Laura
|
$200
[7]
1 of the 2 in 1901
Queen Victoria or Edward VII
Karen
|
$200
[12]
In Exodus the waters of this river were turned into blood
Nile
Karen
|
$200
[15]
If you want to see Mel Brooks play "Hamlet", rent this 1983 film named for a "Hamlet" soliloquy
To Be or Not to Be
Karen
|
$200
[1]
He wrote a "Textbook of Biology" 2 years before "The Time Machine"
H.G. Wells
Karen
|
$200
[6]
He concluded a 1775 speech, "But as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Franklin
Karen
|
|
$400
[22]
This Scottish quick bread may be named for the Stone of Destiny on which Scottish kings were crowned
Scone
Karen
|
$400
[8]
1 of the 3 in 1066
Harold II, Edward the Confessor or William the Conqueror
Karen
|
$400
[13]
Moab, Ruth's home, sits on the east side of this sea
Dead Sea
Laura
|
$400
[18]
Her performances in "Working Girl" & "Gorillas in the Mist" won her 2 Golden Globes in 1989
Sigourney Weaver
Laura
|
$400
[2]
Raised on a farm, she didn't begin writing her "Little House" series until she was 65
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Karen
|
$400
[27]
Before his own death, this pop artist said, "Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can...happen to you"
Andy Warhol
Laura
|
|
$600
[23]
Poppin' Fresh first advertised this company's crescent rolls in 1965
Pillsbury
Franklin
|
$600
[9]
1 of the 2 in 1558
Elizabeth I or Mary I ("Bloody Mary")
Laura
Karen
|
$600
[14]
Babylon, where Iraq is now, was home to this famous feline-filled incarceration site
Lions' Den
|
$800
[20]
"Fire over England", Vivien Leigh's first film with this future husband, fueled their romance
Sir Laurence Olivier
Laura
|
$600
[3]
Service aboard a minesweeper in World War II gave this author the background he needed to write "The Caine Mutiny"
Herman Wouk
Karen
|
$600
[28]
He told James Boswell, "The better a man is, the more afraid he is of death"
Dr. Johnson
Karen
|
|
$800
[24]
On "Ally McBeal", John Cage is nicknamed this, a Southern roll often made with buttermilk
Biscuit
Laura
|
$800
[10]
1 of the 2 in 1760
George II or George III
Karen
|
$800
[16]
From Joseph to Moses, the Israelites lived in the Land o' this, a part of Egypt
Goshen
Laura
Karen
|
DD
$900
[19]
(Hi, I'm Kathy Kinney of The Drew Carey Show.) I was featured in this 1990 film about which Leonard Maltin said, "Fear of spiders is taken to extremes"
Arachnophobia
Laura
|
$800
[4]
From 1881 to 1885 this "Ben-Hur" author served as the USA's minister to Turkey
Lew Wallace
Franklin
|
DD
$1,900
[29]
Ernest Hemingway called it "the only art in which the artist is in danger of death"
bullfighting
Karen
|
|
$1,000
[25]
This bun named for a London neighborhood resembles the American cinnamon roll
Chelsea bun
Karen
|
$1,000
[11]
1 of the 3 in 1936
George V, Edward VIII or George VI
Karen
|
$1,000
[26]
Mary & Martha lived in this town & so did Lazarus, sometimes
Bethany
|
$1,000
[21]
Kathleen Turner auditioned for "Oliver's Story", the sequel to this film, but Candice Bergen was cast instead
Love Story
Karen
|
$1,000
[5]
The cherry tree story began with the 1806 edition of his "The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington"
Parson Weems
|
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A 900-year-old organization expelled in 1798 was allowed to return to this island in 1998
Malta