Richard Bonny — a software engineer from Kirkland, Washington
Lisa Flehinger — a puzzle editor from West Norriton, Pennsylvania
Tom Kelso — a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $83,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $2,800 | $5,400 | $21,600 |
$16,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,400
27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Lisa | $0 | $3,600 | $7,600 |
$7,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Richard | $0 | $2,800 | $13,400 |
$26,700
New champion: $26,700 |
$11,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE U.S. | FOOD FOR THOUGHT | WHO PLAYED 'EM? | INVENTED FIRST | COME TOGETHER | RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[2]
The highest & northernmost points in the U.S. are in this state
Alaska
Lisa
|
$200
[14]
These snack "nuts" bear the name of a vegetable that also grows in a pod
peanuts
Tom
Richard
|
$200
[1]
Diarist Bridget Jones
Renee Zellweger
Richard
|
$200
[10]
Stereoscope, bifocal lens, x-ray tube
bifocal lens
Richard
|
$200
[15]
It's a meeting with the pope, or a group of people attending a TV show taping
audience
Tom
|
$200
[20]
Society of Friends member who works as a bread cook
Quaker baker
Tom
|
|
$400
[3]
With water covering about 40% of this state's 96,000 square miles of total area, it must have some great lakes
Michigan
Tom
|
$400
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Atlanta Zoo) The wristbones of the giant panda are elongated & act as thumbs for holding stalks of this food, its primary diet
bamboo
Tom
|
$400
[4]
Hack screenwriter Joe Gillis, who ends up living & dying on Sunset Blvd.
William Holden
Tom
|
$400
[11]
Microwave oven, fiberglass, frozen food
frozen food
Lisa
Richard
|
$400
[16]
From the French for "sitting", it's a "medium-sized" gathering for communicating with the dead
seance
Richard
|
$400
[21]
A frightening milk production facility
scary dairy
Lisa
|
|
$800
[7]
You'll find the country's lowest ratio of men to women in the Sarasota metro area of this state
Florida
Tom
|
$600
[26]
This bacterial product was dubbed "milk of eternal life" when it rejuvenated French king Francis I
yogurt
Lisa
|
$600
[5]
Ex-Secret Service agent turned bodyguard Frank Farmer
Kevin Costner
Tom
Lisa
|
$600
[13]
Gyroscope, stethoscope, telescope
telescope
Lisa
|
$600
[17]
It's the famous presidential retreat where Carter, Begin & Sadat got together in 1978
Camp David
Richard
|
$600
[22]
An overloaded Corvette
heavy Chevy
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Between 1990 & 2000 this state's population increased 66.3%
Nevada
Lisa
|
$800
[27]
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" influenced Teddy Roosevelt to help pass this act abbreviated the PFDA
Pure Food and Drug Act
Tom
|
$800
[8]
Dying Radcliffe music major Jenny Cavilleri
Ali MacGraw
Tom
|
$800
[29]
Linoleum, bakelite, aspartame
linoleum (around 1860)
Tom
Richard
|
$800
[18]
It's the small hammer used to quiet disturbances at parliamentary functions
gavel
Lisa
|
$800
[23]
Someone who gorges himself on sheep meat
mutton glutton
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[12]
This state has 2 of the Top 10 busiest airports in the world
California (San Francisco & LAX)
Tom
Richard
|
$1,000
[28]
Breeding female Antarctic fur seals rely almost totally on these shrimplike crustaceans for food
krill
Lisa
|
$1,000
[9]
Lt. Chris Burnett, a Navy pilot shot down "Behind Enemy Lines"
Owen Wilson
|
$1,000
[30]
Bunsen burner, Geiger counter, Leyden jar
Leyden jar (1745)
Tom
|
$1,000
[19]
A gathering of famous historical people, "Meeting of Minds" was an Emmy-winning creation of this comedian
Steve Allen
Richard
|
$1,000
[24]
A defeated Minoan
beaten Cretan
Tom
|
| THE "US" | LESSER-KNOWN POEMS | NAME THE OLYMPIC CITY | REPUBLICANS | PICK YOUR POISON | OSCAR NIGHT FASHION |
|
$400
[1]
Step on a rusty nail & you better hope you've had your booster shot for this
tetanus
Tom
|
$400
[21]
This poet's "La Vita Nuova" was just a warmup for his "Divine Comedy"
Dante
Tom
|
$400
[2]
1896 summer games(an obvious choice)
Athens
Tom
|
$400
[11]
The book "Before the Storm" argues that this man's failed 1964 campaign led to victory for his ideas
Barry Goldwater
Tom
|
$400
[16]
The death cup & destroying angels are poisonous ones of these
mushrooms
Richard
|
$400
[26]
Her see-through outfit the night she won for "Funny Girl" inspired a few "On A Clear Day..." jokes
Barbra Streisand
Richard
|
|
$800
[5]
In ancient times, it was an elaborate stone coffin fit for a king
sarcophagus
Tom
|
$800
[22]
One of Whittier's many works attacking this begins, "Our fellow-countrymen in chains!"
slavery
Tom
|
$800
[3]
1936 summer games(Marty Glickman was pulled from the U.S. team)
Berlin
Tom
|
$1,200
[13]
His website says being GOP leader is important but he's first & foremost a senator from Mississippi
Trent Lott
Tom
|
$800
[17]
Fatal to Socrates, this foul-smelling plant now grows in the U.S. & can be seen along roadsides
hemlock
Tom
|
$800
[27]
In 2001 this Icelandic singer appeared in a much talked-about swan dress
Bjork
Tom
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Based partly on Plutarch's "Lives", it's Shakespeare's one-word-title tragedy about an ancient Roman warrior
Coriolanus
Lisa
|
$1,200
[23]
George Herbert's pattern poem about this religious structure is seen here
altar
|
$1,200
[4]
1984 winter games(a war zone in the 1990s)
Sarajevo
Lisa
|
$1,600
[14]
This current Kentucky senator pitched a perfect game for the Phillies in 1964
Jim Bunning
Tom
|
$1,200
[18]
The nonpoisonous tomato & the poisonous belladonna both belong to this family of plants
nightshade
Tom
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1968 Sammy Davis Jr. was swinging in love beads & this "Indian"-style jacket
Nehru jacket
Lisa
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Remember the Titans? They were cast into this region below Hades by Zeus
Tartarus
Tom
|
$1,600
[24]
In a poem on this Italian city, Wordsworth wrote, "She must espouse the everlasting sea"
Venice
Richard
|
$1,600
[6]
1952 summer games(kayakers Wires & Hietanen win homeland gold)
Helsinki
Richard
|
$2,000
[15]
This early 20th century movie star was named for 19th century GOP leader Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
|
$1,600
[19]
The leaves of the purple species of this plant contain a powerful poison used to make digitalis
foxglove
Richard
|
$1,600
[29]
"Boys Don't Cry" star seen here in Versace, in 2001
Hilary Swank
Tom
|
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
The Sutlej & Ravi are major tributaries of this river
Indus
Richard
|
$2,000
[25]
At 21, Shelley wrote a poem about this queen, the subject of a speech in "Romeo and Juliet"
Queen Mab
Tom
|
$2,000
[7]
1980 winter games(southeast of St. Regis Falls)
Lake Placid, New York
Richard
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
Nevada governor Kenny Guinn is fighting plans to make this mountain a nuclear waste repository
Yucca Mountain
Tom
|
$2,000
[20]
This weed with poisonous juices gets its name from the first permanent English settlement in North America
Jimsonweed (Jamestown weed)
|
$2,000
[30]
"Boys Don't Cry" co-star seen here in Yves Saint Laurent, in 2000
Chloe Sevigny
Tom
|
Of the world nations whose English names contain "land", this nation has the most people, 60 million
Thailand