Matt Olsen — an underwriter from Glastonbury, Connecticut
Justine Lisser — a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
Tom Kelso — a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $4,200 | $7,600 | $24,400 |
$30,001
3-day champion: $83,402 |
$24,400
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Justine | $400 | $2,000 | $15,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $800 | $2,400 | $2,400 |
$1,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,400
11 R, 3 W |
| MUSICAL MATTERS | HORSE TALK | SPANISH CLASS | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS | WHAT GRADE DID YOU GET? | AN "F" IN HISTORY |
|
$200
[11]
At age 14 Wynton Marsalis performed Haydn's concerto for this instrument
trumpet
Matt
|
$200
[26]
In the 1932 film "Horse Feathers", he remarked, "I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse"
Groucho Marx
Matt
|
$200
[1]
This farm animal is una vaca
cow
Tom
|
$200
[16]
1990:"Jigs Accompanied by Lupine Creatures"
Dances with Wolves
Justine
|
$200
[21]
Anthracite, the highest grade of this, is made almost entirely of carbon
coal
Tom
|
$200
[6]
Soon after Ataturk became Turkey's president in 1923, he banned the wearing of this traditional hat
fez
Tom
|
|
$400
[12]
The Dixie Chicks' first CD had the rhyming title "Thank Heavens for" this TV cowgirl
Dale Evans
Tom
|
$400
[27]
On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote that "Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley, and Leyden"
"Four Horsemen of Notre Dame"
Tom
|
$400
[2]
You can find libros at una libreria y una biblioteca, these 2 related places
library & bookstore
Matt
|
$400
[17]
1957:"One Dozen Ticked-Off Dudes"
12 Angry Men
Justine
|
$400
[22]
Grades of this potable range from doux to brut
champagne
Justine
|
$400
[7]
He founded Philly's first police force
Ben Franklin
Justine
|
|
$600
[13]
It sounds like a small trench around a castle, but it was the major type of late medieval composition
motet
Justine
Matt
|
$600
[28]
"For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse" this "is lost"
the rider
Tom
Justine
|
$600
[3]
This color is azul
blue
Tom
Justine
|
$600
[18]
1969:"12 O'Clock Herdsman"
Midnight Cowboy
Tom
Justine
|
$600
[23]
A "less than investment grade" bond is usually referred to as this 4-letter term
junk
Matt
|
$600
[8]
The longest currently serving leader in the Western Hemisphere; he started in 1959
Fidel Castro
Tom
|
|
$800
[14]
The 19th century composer of the following, he basically wrote for only one instrument
Frederic Chopin
Tom
Matt
|
$800
[29]
Dr. Johnson called it "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"
oats
Justine
|
$800
[4]
The word "alligator" comes from the Spanish el lagarto, this reptile
lizard
Tom
|
$800
[19]
1973:"Final Argentine Dance on the Banks of the Seine"
Last Tango in Paris
Tom
|
$800
[24]
Bond & book are grades of this product made from compressed cellulose
paper
Matt
|
$800
[9]
In 1976 Bob Dole was his running mate
Gerald Ford
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[15]
James Blake, who wrote the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry", was better known by this nickname
Eubie
Tom
|
$1,000
[30]
An old cliche says a difference of opinion is "what makes" these
horse races
Justine
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
For spice, you use picante for this adjective; for climate, calido; for temperature, caliente
hot
Tom
|
$1,000
[20]
1992:"Primal Impulse"
Basic Instinct
Tom
|
$1,000
[25]
Excelso is a grade of coffee from this country, perhaps from Medellin
Colombia
Tom
|
$1,000
[10]
It's the other political party that, like the Whigs, elected only 2 U.S. presidents
Federalists
Tom
|
| CITY WALK | NO. 1 IN THE NFL DRAFT | CONTEMPORARY THEATRE | THE WRIGHT STUFF | BODY PARTS | ODD WORDS |
|
$400
[9]
With a current population of 323,000 this North American national capital was founded in the early 1800s
Ottawa, Canada
Tom
|
$400
[19]
1989 by Dallas:this Bruin, seen here
Troy Aikman
Tom
|
$400
[2]
In 1998, more than a century after that incident with an ax, this accused murderess got her own musical
Lizzie Borden
Justine
|
$400
[16]
The Wright Brothers made almost 1,000 successful glider flights on a beach near this N.C. town in 1902
Kitty Hawk
Matt
|
$400
[26]
A fighter might "take it on" this body part without flinching
the chin
Matt
|
$400
[1]
This synonym for gibberish comes from the name of a Lewis Carroll poem
jabberwocky
Tom
|
|
$800
[12]
The 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar University in this Middle East capital is an important center of Islamic learning
Cairo, Egypt
Justine
|
$800
[20]
1978 by Houston:this Texas running back
Earl Campbell
Tom
|
$800
[6]
The 2001 play "Snatches" depicts snatches of phone conversations between Monica Lewinsky & this former friend
Linda Tripp
Tom
|
$800
[17]
He designed the Imperial Hotel to withstand Tokyo's earthquakes; in 1923, it was one of the few buildings that did
Frank Lloyd Wright
Justine
|
$800
[27]
Some of these have been dubbed middle, little or ring
fingers
Matt
|
$800
[3]
A heptastich is a poem or stanza of this many lines
7
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[13]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Miami.) Stretching from about 17th Avenue to 37th Avenue is this "small" area of Miami
"Little Havana"
Tom
|
$1,200
[21]
1993 by New England:this quarterback
Drew Bledsoe
Tom
|
$1,200
[7]
In 2001 Marlo Thomas got all dolled up to play this "Valley of the Dolls" author in the play "Paper Doll"
Jacqueline Susann
Justine
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1986 this Texan became House majority leader, succeeding Tip O'Neill
Jim Wright
Tom
|
$1,200
[28]
This long & winding portion of the alimentary canal is divided into small & large sections
intestines
Justine
|
$1,200
[4]
Animal, vegetable or mineral: what kohlrabi is
vegetable
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Pensione Erdarelli & the Hotel Hassler are both found in this capital city
Rome, Italy
Justine
|
$1,600
[22]
1998 by this team:Peyton Manning
Indianapolis Colts
Tom
|
$1,600
[10]
Bob Gaudio of the 4 Seasons wrote the music for a new musical based on this Kathleen Turner-Nicolas Cage film
Peggy Sue Got Married
Tom
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
Benjamin Wright, & not a mule named Sal, was chief engineer for the construction of this waterway from 1817 to 1825
Erie Canal
Tom
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
12 of these 33 bones are thoracic
vertebrae
Justine
|
$1,600
[5]
This word that rhymes with rough is used for the skin of a snake that's been cast off
slough
Tom
|
|
DD
$5,000
[15]
You'll find the Kenyatta Conference Center in this Kenyan city, one of Africa's largest & fastest growing
Nairobi
Justine
|
$2,000
[23]
1949 by Philadelphia:this man, "Concrete Charlie", the NFL's last 60-minute player
Chuck Bednarik
Tom
|
$2,000
[11]
John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" got more Broadway exposure as a toilet tycoon in this hit musical
Urinetown
Justine
|
$2,000
[25]
A black Chicago youth is victimized by a white-dominated society in this novelist's "Native Son"
Richard Wright
Tom
|
$2,000
[30]
This shoulder muscle is ready when you are
deltoid muscle
|
$2,000
[8]
Pandiculation is the act of yawning & doing this, especially first thing in the morning
stretching
Justine
Matt
|
A New Deal Democrat in his youth, this president stated, "Government is not the solution to our problem"
Ronald Reagan