Dan Melia game 3.
Karen Rhodes — a history teacher from Dalton, Georgia
Atish Choudhury — an undergraduate student from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,800)
Dan Melia — a professor from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $300 | $3,300 | $7,500 |
$14,900
3-day champion: $44,500 |
$6,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Atish | $1,800 | $2,900 | $8,100 |
$1,199
3rd place: Pair of Wittnauer Watches |
$8,100
23 R, 3 W |
| Karen | $1,300 | $1,500 | $4,900 |
$6,903
2nd place: Trip to Tahiti |
$3,900
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| 18th CENTURY AMERICA | EGGS-ACTLY! | THE NFL | RESORT CITIES | NAME THAT TOON | ODD PLURALS |
|
$100
[9]
He published his "Poor Richard's Almanack" at the new printing office near the market in Philadelphia
Ben Franklin
Dan
|
$100
[24]
An egg fried on both sides is flippantly described as this
over easy
Dan
Atish
Karen
|
$100
[2]
In 1940 the Pittsburgh Pirates chose this new team nickname
Steelers
Atish
|
$100
[21]
In 1986 voters of this California resort made Clint Eastwood's day by electing him mayor
Carmel
Dan
|
$100
[16]
1943's "Der Fuehrer's Face" starring this Disney quack-up won an Oscar
Donald Duck
Atish
|
$100
[1]
Louse
lice
Atish
|
|
$200
[10]
As a result of this December 16, 1773 incident, England closed the port of Boston
the Boston Tea Party
Dan
|
$200
[27]
It describes a Scotch egg or a tough detective
Hard-Boiled
Dan
|
$200
[3]
(Hi, I'm Reggie White!) In 1982 I was named Southeastern Conference player of the year while playing for this school's Volunteers
Tennessee
Atish
|
$200
[22]
This fashionable Colorado ski getaway was named by prospectors for the trees in the area
Aspen
Atish
|
$200
[17]
Until his death in 1959, Arthur Q. Bryan was the voice of this "Wabbit Hunter"
Elmer Fudd
Atish
|
$200
[5]
Ox
oxen
Karen
|
|
$300
[11]
In 1789 this future president was elected to Congress from Virginia, defeating James Monroe
James Madison
Atish
Karen
|
$300
[28]
To hatch, or to shed one's shyness
break out of one's shell
Dan
Karen
|
$300
[4]
On January 5, 1996 this Miami Dolphins coach retired with a record 347 career wins
Don Shula
Dan
|
$300
[23]
This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies & railroad cars
Atlantic City
Atish
|
$300
[18]
He starred in 1948's "Symphony in Spinach"
Popeye (the Sailor Man)
Dan
|
$300
[6]
Alumnus
alumni
Atish
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1776 this future Secretary of the Treasury served as a captain of a New York artillery company
Alexander Hamilton
Dan
Karen
|
$400
[29]
What's known as the prairie one of these is actually a raw egg with condiments
a prairie oyster
Dan
|
$400
[7]
Now on ABC's "Monday Night Football", he was the NFL's MVP for 1956
Frank Gifford
Karen
|
$500
[26]
This Crimean health & vacation resort was the site of an important World War II conference
Yalta
Dan
|
$400
[19]
He was the sidekick of the "smarter than the average bear"
Boo-Boo
Atish
|
$400
[14]
Squid
squid
Dan
Atish
|
|
$500
[13]
On Feb. 5, 1736, this Methodist founder arrived in Georgia at James Oglethorpe's invitation
John Wesley
Atish
|
$500
[30]
One isn't used to mend a holy cow but a holey sock
darning egg
Dan
|
$500
[8]
During the 1995 season, this expansion team played its home games at Clemson Memorial Stadium
the Carolina Panthers
Atish
|
DD
$700
[25]
This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944
Vichy
Dan
|
$500
[20]
1948's "Magpie Madness" starred this Terrytoon pair
Heckle & Jeckle
Dan
|
$500
[15]
Erratum
errata
Dan
|
| 19th CENTURY AMERICA | THAT'S RANK! | NICOLAS COPPOLA, AKA CAGE | BIG BOOKS | INVENTORS | ANAGRAMS |
|
$200
[1]
On February 6, 1899 the Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending this conflict
Spanish-American War
Atish
|
$200
[5]
As generals of the army, Dwight Eisenhower & Omar Bradley wore this many stars, the most for a general
Five
Karen
|
$200
[2]
Kathleen Turner went back to the past in this film & met up with Cage, the director's nephew
Peggy Sue Got Married
Karen
|
$200
[12]
Webster's 3rd defines it "a reference book containing words usually alphabetically arranged..."
Dictionary
Dan
|
$200
[16]
He found his assistant, electrician Tom Watson, in a store where he bought electrical supplies
Alexander Graham Bell
Atish
|
$200
[22]
Members who don't pay these may be sued
dues (from sued)
Dan
|
|
$400
[3]
He served as governor of the Utah territory until President Buchanan removed him in 1857
Brigham Young
Atish
|
$400
[8]
It's the highest title in the British peerage, pilgrim
Duke
Dan
|
$400
[27]
The 1996 Cage film about a "hard place"
The Rock
Atish
|
$400
[13]
It took Edward Gibbon 15 years to chronicle the "Decline and Fall of" this ancient empire
The Roman Empire
Dan
|
$400
[17]
In 1919 this "Father of Wireless Telegraphy" represented Italy at the Paris Peace Conference
Guglielmo Marconi
Karen
|
$400
[23]
People groan when Bob sits down to play this
organ (from groan)
Atish
|
|
$600
[4]
In 1888 this suffragette organized the International Council of Women
Susan B. Anthony
Dan
|
$800
[10]
This woman is the highest ranking member of President Clinton's cabinet
Madeleine Albright
Dan
|
$600
[29]
In a 1987 film, it was the last name of the infant Cage kidnapped to raise
Arizona
Dan
|
$600
[14]
Building & penal are types of these collections of laws
Codes
Karen
|
$600
[19]
Built in 1831, his first mechanical reaper resembled a 2-wheeled horse-drawn chariot
Cyrus McCormick
Atish
|
$600
[24]
Bubba barely ever eats this grain--he drinks it
barley (from barely)
Atish
|
|
$800
[6]
To extend his influence over the Pacific Northwest, he founded the Pacific Fur Company in 1810
John Jacob Astor
Atish
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Ranking above cherubim, it's the highest order of angel
Seraphim
Dan
|
$800
[30]
Cage appeared in this 1984 film about a Harlem hot spot, directed by his uncle Francis
Cotton Club
Dan
|
$800
[15]
This Englishman's 900-page novel "Nicholas Nickleby" became a 9-hour play & a miniseries
Charles Dickens
Atish
|
$800
[20]
This Russian-American TV pioneer developed the iconoscope in 1923 & kinescope in 1924
Vladimir Zworykin
Dan
|
$800
[25]
Sam taught himself this language
Flemish (from himself)
Atish
|
|
$1,000
[7]
His flagship, the Lawrence, was destroyed by British gunfire, September 10, 1813
Oliver Hazard Perry
Dan
Atish
|
$1,000
[11]
In the U.S. it's the highest rank a Cub Scout can achieve before he becomes a Boy Scout
Webelos
|
$1,000
[28]
Cage was billed as Coppola in this 1982 Sean Penn film based on a Cameron Crowe book
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
The remembered taste of a cake provides a turning point in this Proust work about memory
Remembrance of Things Past
Karen
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1895 they invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera with a printer & a projector
The Lumiere Brothers
Dan
|
$1,000
[26]
It's the religion a former Maoist might practice
Taoism (from Maoist)
Atish
|
Written in 1517, the 62nd of these is "The true treasure of the church is the holy gospel of... God"
the 95 Theses