Laura Pierce — a home schooling mother of two from Valencia, California
Bob Vavra — an editor and writer from Woodridge, Illinois
Phillip Steele — a security officer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,398)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip | $3,200 | $4,000 | $13,200 |
$6,400
2-day champion: $15,798 |
$13,200
19 R, 3 W |
| Bob | $2,200 | $7,400 | $7,100 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Laura | $800 | $1,600 | $9,600 |
$4,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| THE U.S. CONSTITUTION | "GIRL" MOVIES | AMERICAN CITIES | FACE TALK | WE MADE IT | JUSTIN TIME |
|
$200
[26]
The first 3 articles deal with forming the 3 branches of government, with this branch last in Article 3
judiciary
Bob
|
$200
[11]
1968:Starring Barbra Streisand
Funny Girl
Phillip
|
$200
[1]
About this city's 1906 earthquake, Jack London wrote, "Day was trying to dawn through the smoke pall"
San Francisco
Phillip
|
$200
[6]
The rim or edge of a crater, cup or golf hole
lip
Laura
|
$200
[21]
Ben Franklin invented these kinds of optical lenses for distance & reading
bifocals
Laura
|
$200
[16]
Schoolteacher Justin Morgan lent his name to a breed of this animal developed in the U.S. in the 1800s
horse
Bob
|
|
$400
[27]
It's interesting (or is it?) that at 12 letters, it's the longest word in the original document's Preamble
Constitution
Laura
|
$400
[12]
1977:With Marsha Mason
The Goodbye Girl
Phillip
|
$400
[2]
This state capital lies on both banks of the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Minnesota River
St. Paul
Phillip
|
$400
[7]
If you don't finish all the assignments due in a course, you might see this letter on your transcript
I (incomplete)
Phillip
|
$400
[22]
In the '60s Robert Moog became a household name for the invention of one of these instruments that bears his name
synthesizer
Bob
|
$400
[17]
Justin Henry earned an Oscar nomination as Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep's son in this film
Kramer vs. Kramer
Bob
|
|
$600
[28]
When the Constitutional Convention met in May 1787, this man was chosen its presiding officer
George Washington
|
$600
[13]
1966:Starring Lynn Redgrave
Georgy Girl
Phillip
|
$600
[3]
This city on Lake Michigan is "The Beer Capital of America"
Milwaukee
Bob
|
$600
[8]
Name of the dynasty that ruled China from 265 to 420 A.D.
Chin
Laura
|
$800
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in a laboratory) He substituted mercury for alcohol in a tube around 1714, creating the modern thermometer
Daniel Fahrenheit
Laura
|
$600
[18]
Justin Huish was right on target winning a gold medal in this sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics
archery
Bob
|
|
$800
[29]
Rhode Island never ratified this amendment even after it went into effect on January 16, 1920
Prohibition
Phillip
Laura
|
$800
[14]
1994:With Drew Barrymore, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell & Madeleine Stowe
Bad Girls
|
$800
[4]
This city near Disney World was given its present name in 1857 to honor a soldier killed in the Seminole Wars
Orlando
Bob
|
$800
[9]
It precedes "beat" in a word meaning to bully or intimidate
brow
Bob
|
$1,000
[25]
In the 1830s Samuel Colt got cocky with the invention of this type of pistol
revolver
Laura
|
$800
[19]
With a score of 272, Justin Leonard won this major golf championship in 1997 at Troon, Scotland
British Open
Bob
|
|
$1,000
[30]
It ratified the Constitution in 1791, 2 months before it became the 14th state
Vermont
|
$1,000
[15]
2001:Featuring Nicole Kidman
Birthday Girl
|
$1,000
[5]
Juarez, Mexico & this Texas city make up the largest metropolitan center on the U.S.-Mexico border
El Paso
Phillip
|
$1,000
[10]
The ancient city of Paestum has a well-preserved one dedicated to Poseidon
temple
|
DD
$2,600
[23]
This amusement park claims the invention of the hot dog & the roller coaster
Coney Island
Bob
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1998 Justin Dart, Jr. was awarded this presidential medal for his work on behalf of the disabled
Presidential Medal of Freedom
|
| THE CHEMICAL WORLD | BIOGRAPHIES | THE 1890s | LAS VEGAS | '80s MUSIC | "G" WHIZ! |
|
$400
[1]
Loaded with juicy chemicals including phenols, it's the solid residue of burning tobacco
tar
Phillip
Laura
|
$400
[14]
"La Femme Peta" calls itself this type of "biography" of actress Peta Wilson
unauthorized
Laura
|
$400
[26]
His psychoanalytic method of free association & his daughter Anna first saw the light in 1895
Sigmund Freud
Bob
|
$400
[19]
In 1970 Benny Binion started his World Series of this game
poker
Phillip
|
$400
[4]
This group featuring sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson asked "What About Love?" in a 1985 hit
Heart
Laura
|
$400
[9]
A Fodor's, or a Frommer's
guidebook
Bob
|
|
$800
[2]
This synonym for "turned on" refers to charcoal treated so that gases will settle on it
activated
Phillip
|
$800
[15]
Title of Sylvia Nasar's tale of "The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash"
"A Beautiful Mind"
Bob
|
$800
[30]
This school-oriented organization was founded in 1897 by Alice Birney & Phoebe Hearst
PTA (Parent-Teacher Association)
Phillip
|
$800
[20]
To get married in Vegas, one requirement is that there be at least this many people in the room
4 (the bride, the groom, the person officiating & one witness)
Phillip
Laura
|
$800
[5]
His 1986 No. 1 hit "Kiss" says, "Act your age, Mama, not your shoe size--maybe we could do the twirl"
Prince
Laura
|
$800
[10]
In contrast to the red types, the uvarovite form of this gemstone is a fine green
garnet
Phillip
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Greek word zyme, "leaven", gave us this term for proteins that are catalysts for reactions in the body
enzymes
Bob
|
$1,200
[16]
This pioneer was a man, yes, a big man, & his bio won a Newbery Medal for James Daugherty
Daniel Boone
Bob
|
$1,200
[29]
In 1898, when this battleship blew up, Llewellyn Powers was governing the state of the same name
Maine
Laura
|
$1,200
[23]
You'll find the Coyote Ugly Bar in this hotel (think of where the movie was set)
New York New York
Phillip
Laura
|
$1,200
[6]
He topped the R&B charts in 1981 with "Give It To Me Baby"
Rick James
Phillip
|
$1,200
[11]
Hume Cronyn played cards with Jessica Tandy in this play that won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize
The Gin Game
Phillip
|
|
$1,600
[21]
Until the 1950s most motion picture film was made of this highly flammable material sometimes called celluloid
cellulose nitrate
Phillip
|
$2,000
[18]
This "Lady"like biographer of Mary, Queen of Scots came out with "Marie Antoinette: The Journey" in 2001
Antonia Fraser
|
$1,600
[28]
Created in 1891, Colorado's fir- & spruce-filled White River region was the first of the U.S. areas now called these
national forests
Laura
|
$1,600
[24]
You'll find Sinbad's Palace inside this hotel with a 1001 Nights theme that opened anew in 2000
Aladdin
Phillip
|
$1,600
[7]
In 1982 this group hit the Top 10 with the song heard here["Tainted Love"]
Soft Cell
Phillip
|
$1,600
[12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew standing in front of the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida) The Flagler Museum exemplifies the style of this golden era, found in the title of a book by Charles D. Warner & Mark Twain
"The Gilded Age"
Bob
|
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
The antidepressant Zoloft works by blocking reabsorption of this happy brain chemical
serotonin
Laura
|
DD
$2,700
[17]
Virginia Spencer Carr's "The Lonely Hunter" chronicles the life of this author
Carson McCullers
Bob
|
$2,000
[27]
In 1893, 9 years after Massenet's "Manon", this Italian composer told a similar story in "Manon Lescaut"
Giacomo Puccini
|
$2,000
[25]
The Golden Nugget is downtown on this street, famous for its "experience"
Fremont Street
Phillip
|
$2,000
[8]
Raspy women singers of the '80s include Kim Carnes & this singer who gave us a "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Bonnie Tyler
Phillip
|
$2,000
[13]
We rarely mention the Ghibellines without referring to these people, their historic rivals
Guelphs
|
Used one way, this word is one of the official titles of the Pope; used another, it's an order of mammals
primate