Christine Schmidt — a high school teacher from Miami, Florida
Scott Hermes — an actor from Des Plaines, Illinois
Melissa Mayo — a geographic information systems specialist from Tyler, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa | $600 | $200 | $2,200 |
$4,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
9 R, 4 W |
| Scott | $4,200 | $6,000 | $11,200 |
$17,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Christine | $-200 | $4,200 | $16,400 |
$22,401
New champion: $22,401 |
$13,800
21 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER | PREDATOR | TWINS | LAST ACTION HERO | THE RISE OF THE MACHINES | PUMPING "IRON" |
|
$200
[19]
Schwarzenegger, whose name means "black plowman" in German, was born in Graz in this country in 1947
Austria
Melissa
|
$200
[9]
This largest predatory fish can grow to over 21 feet in length
great white shark
Scott
|
$200
[6]
This singer born Jan. 8, 1935 had a stillborn twin brother, Jesse
Elvis Presley
Christine
|
$200
[14]
The first major work of English literature is about this brave hero who took on Grendel & his mom
"Beowulf"
Christine
|
$200
[26]
Milestone machines using this type of energy include Clarence Kemp's 1891 water heater
solar energy
Scott
|
$200
[1]
An airtight metallic cylinder enclosing a patient up to the neck
iron lung
Christine
|
|
$400
[20]
Jackie Onassis was on hand when Arnold married this TV journalist in 1986
Maria Shriver
Melissa
|
$400
[10]
The main predators of these flightless birds are leopard seals & killer whales
penguins
Scott
|
$400
[7]
They're the 2 members of the Bee Gees who are twins
Robin & Maurice
Melissa
Christine
|
$400
[15]
The hero of "The Big Kill" & "My Gun is Quick" is this Mickey Spillane tough guy
Mike Hammer
Melissa
Christine
|
$400
[27]
The 880-ton Hulett ore unloaders were built for ports like Cleveland & Ashtabula along this lake
Lake Erie
Scott
|
$400
[2]
A Dumas novel & a DiCaprio role
"The Man in the Iron Mask"
Christine
|
|
$600
[21]
In "The Guinness Book of Film", this catchphrase ranks as the fourth best movie quote ever
"I'll Be Back!"
Christine
|
$600
[11]
The tiniest land predators in North America are members of this family that includes minks & ferrets
weasels
Scott
Christine
|
$600
[8]
Famous for their boxing & horsemanship skills, these mythological twins were AKA "Dioscuri"
Castor & Pollux
Scott
Christine
|
$600
[16]
This son of Gargamelle was a medieval hero well before Rabelais wrote about him
Gargantua
Christine
|
$600
[28]
Barthelemy Thimmonier, an early maker of these machines, saw them smashed by a mob of angry tailors
sewing machines
Christine
|
$600
[3]
One of Germany's highest military decorations, it was instituted in Prussia in 1813
Iron Cross
Melissa
|
|
$800
[22]
Arnold's film career took off after he played this sword-wielding comic book hero in 1982
Conan the Barbarian
Scott
|
$800
[12]
The name of this doglike predator is from the Persian word "shagal"
jackal
Scott
|
$800
[17]
Brigitte Helm played both the virginal Maria & her sexy robot twin in this 1927 Fritz Lang film
Metropolis
Scott
|
$800
[24]
The subject of an epic poem of Spain dating from the mid-12th century, this hero died in 1099
El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz)
Christine
|
$1,000
[30]
In computers, the ILLIAC IV pioneered the simultaneous processing of many operations, known by this geometric term
parallel processing
Melissa
Christine
|
$800
[4]
Mettle-tested nickname of Margaret Thatcher
"The Iron Lady"
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[23]
In a 1980 TV movie, Arnold played Mickey Hargitay, the bodybuilding husband of this late actress
Jayne Mansfield
Christine
|
$1,000
[13]
Seen here, its inflated size makes it hard for predators to swallow
pufferfish
Scott
|
$1,000
[18]
Famous twins hatched out in Genesis 25
Jacob & Esau
Christine
|
$1,000
[25]
After years in a French prison, this character escapes to seek revenge in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Edmond Dantes
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
This refrigerator introduced in 1918 was named for a scientist who created a temperature scale
Kelvinator
Christine
|
$1,000
[5]
Rust
iron oxide
Scott
|
| ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS | MUSICAL NUMBERS | PLANET OF THE CAPES | LET THE GAMES BEGIN | CHRISTIANITY | ADD A LETTER |
|
$400
[26]
In 1996 this MIT graduate became prime minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
Christine
|
$400
[13]
Tony Orlando & Dawn hit No. 1 with this song heard here
"Knock Three Times"
Christine
|
$400
[6]
It's what Cape Canaveral was called from 1963 to 1973
Cape Kennedy
Scott
|
$400
[19]
During a match of this ancient game, you might move one of your pieces to queen's bishop three
chess
Scott
|
$400
[1]
Members of the Church of the Brethren are known as dunkers because of their ceremony for this
baptism
Christine
|
$400
[8]
...to a self-luminous celestial body to get this word that lets you peek at the body fixedly
stare/star
Scott
|
|
$800
[27]
Benjamin L. Hooks, a lawyer & civil rights leader, was executive director of this organization from 1977 to 1993
NAACP
Scott
|
$800
[14]
Appropriately, this 1967 song is a duet by Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
"It Takes Two"
|
$800
[7]
In 1616 Dutch sailor Willem Schouten named this South American cape for his native town
Cape Horn
|
$800
[20]
The game of craps developed in the 19th century in this "Crescent City"
New Orleans
Scott
|
$800
[2]
Most Romanians belong to the Romanian Church within this branch of Christianity
Orthodox Church
Melissa
|
$800
[9]
...to a lingering sign of bodily injury & get this "terrifying" word
scare/scar
Melissa
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1876 this man seen here was created Earl of Beaconsfield
Benjamin Disraeli
Christine
|
$1,200
[15]
Santana's hit "Smooth" featured this group's Rob Thomas
Matchbox Twenty
Scott
|
$1,200
[18]
This "fishy" peninsula is 1-20 miles wide & has Nantucket Sound directly south
Cape Cod
Melissa
|
$1,200
[21]
In a standard set of this popular game, the tiles range from double blank to double six
dominoes
Christine
|
$1,200
[3]
Formed when bishops Mueller & Wicke joined hands in 1968, the UMC is this "United" group
United Methodist Church
Christine
|
$1,200
[10]
...to an archer's weapon & get this flat, rectangular cart with handles at each end
barrow/arrow
Melissa
Christine
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Benjamin Cardozo, the second Jewish Supreme Court justice, was a cousin of this "New Colossus" poet
Emma Lazarus
Scott
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Title that completes the line "I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free, there must be..."
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
Scott
|
$1,600
[24]
I'm afraid you might not know this cape, formed by the confluence of the Deep & Haw Rivers in North Carolina
Cape Fear
Christine
|
$1,600
[22]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates) It was the name once of the game itself as well as the object you strike
shuttlecock
Melissa
Scott
|
$2,000
[5]
Attorney General John Ashcroft is a prominent member of the Assemblies of God, part of this revivalist movement
Pentecostalism
Melissa
|
$1,600
[11]
...to a word meaning "cover in gold" & get this association of persons of the same trade
guild/gild
Melissa
|
| — |
$2,000
[17]
This song by the Vogues begins, "Up every mornin' just to keep a job, I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob"
"Five O'Clock World"
Christine
|
$2,000
[25]
Praia is the capital of this African republic that consists of a group of volcanic islands
Cape Verde Islands
|
$2,000
[23]
Of 7 points, 50 points or 100 points, the one that can be a winning total in a jai alai game
7 points
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
In the name of the main Dutch Protestant church, this word comes between "Dutch" & "Church"
Reformed
Christine
|
$2,000
[12]
...to a candy bar or a low-growing shrub to get this word, the floor of a fireplace
hearth/heath
Christine
|
He's Willi Wakker in Germany, Angelo Capello in Italy & Andre Chapeau in France
Andy Capp