Warren Usui — a computer programmer from Pacific Palisades, California
Mat Wahlstrom — a public relations specialist from San Diego, California
Katie Hamill — a lawyer from Arlington, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie | $1,400 | $4,400 | $12,400 |
$3,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,400
19 R, 2 W |
| Mat | $2,200 | $3,000 | $10,600 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,800
15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Warren | $1,600 | $6,000 | $9,600 |
$14,600
New champion: $14,600 |
$7,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| SCIENCE OF THE TIMES | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS | TV GAME SHOWS | HISTORIC HOMES | FEELING "ILL" | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANY |
|
$200
[6]
Early 1800s:Catastrophism says big events, like this one in Genesis 7, shaped the Earth & its life
the Flood
Katie
Mat
|
$200
[11]
Gottfried Silbermann pulled out all the stops building this for Dresden's Katholische Hofkirche
organ
Warren
|
$200
[16]
On September 17, 1962 the parents of this first moonwalker appeared on an episode of "I've Got A Secret"
Neil Armstrong
Katie
Warren
|
$200
[26]
Name of the famous home that's depicted on the back of our current 5-cent coin
Monticello
Warren
|
$200
[1]
It's the "Prairie State"
Illinois
Warren
|
$200
[18]
This seat of Jackson County, Missouri was the home of Harry Truman
Independence
Warren
|
|
$400
[7]
1751:Axel Cronstedt discovers this--the element, in a mineral, not the coin in his pants pocket
nickel
Katie
|
$400
[12]
Antonio de Torres of 19th century Granada is responsible for the modern version of this instrument
guitar
Warren
|
$400
[17]
Game show on which you heard Richard Dawson say, "Our survey said..."
Family Feud
Warren
|
$400
[27]
His "Body lies a-mouldering in the grave" near his farmhouse in Lake Placid, New York
John Brown
Katie
|
$400
[2]
The rate of this in Gambia is about 60 percent
illiteracy
Warren
|
$400
[19]
Before moving to Missouri, this pro football team was known as the Dallas Texans
Kansas City Chiefs
Warren
|
|
$600
[8]
2001:Researchers produce pulses of this that last 650 billionths of a billionth of a second
light
Warren
|
$600
[13]
The instrument (violin) that's seen here, just before it was auctioned off for $1.3 million, was made by him
Stradivarius
Warren
|
$600
[23]
In 1978 Billy Crystal cleared all 6 categories in a record 26 sec. on the $20,000 version of this Dick Clark show
Pyramid
Katie
|
$600
[28]
Beauvoir, his last home in Biloxi, is now operated by the United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Jefferson Davis
Warren
|
$600
[3]
Spock knows it means something that makes no rational sense
illogical
Mat
|
$600
[20]
The only national monument in Missouri is the birthplace of this botanist, seen here
George Washington Carver
Warren
|
|
$800
[9]
4th century B.C.:Aristotle writes, "It is agreed that there are...only two solids, the pyramid and" this geometric one
cube
Katie
Mat
Warren
|
$800
[14]
Theobald Boehm, a player of this instrument, enlarged its finger holes & made it metal instead of wood
flute
Katie
|
$800
[24]
Once contestants reached $8,000 on this '50s show, they answered questions from the Revlon isolation booth
The $64,000 Question
Mat
Warren
|
$1,000
[30]
A window of The Old Manse in Concord, Mass. still bears the diamond-engraved signatures of this author & his wife
Nathaniel Hawthorne
|
$800
[4]
Almost impossible to read
illegible
Katie
|
$800
[21]
You're barking up the right tree if you know this is Missouri's state tree
dogwood
Katie
|
|
$1,000
[10]
1855:Matthew Maury publishes the first textbook of this science, "Physical Geography of the Sea"
oceanography
Warren
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1950 music stand maker Katsumi Yanagisawa started making these instruments under the Pearl brand name
drums
Warren
|
$1,000
[25]
Future playwright Neil Simon was a stunt writer & James Dean a stunt tester for this Bud Collyer game show
Beat The Clock
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
After Frederick Pabst's death, his 37-room mansion became home to the archbishops of this city
Milwaukee
Warren
|
$1,000
[5]
Another name for a magician
illusionist
Mat
|
$1,000
[22]
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union with this status
slave state
Katie
|
| POETS & POETRY | THE LANGUAGE OF CINEMA | TREE POTPOURRI | 17th CENTURY AMERICA | LET'S PARTY! | DISTURBING THE "P"s |
|
$400
[6]
Almost all of the poetry of this "New England Mystic" was first published after her death in 1886
Emily Dickinson
Mat
|
$400
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew) The equipment (film splicer) here was once used in this job that's had its own Academy Award since 1934
editing
Katie
|
$400
[21]
In the theme song for "George of the Jungle", George is warned to do this
watch out for that tree
Warren
|
$400
[11]
The Swedes founded Fort Christina in 1638 & this group founded Schenectady in 1661
Dutch
Katie
Warren
|
$400
[26]
2000:Ralph Nader
Green
Katie
|
$400
[1]
Planter's, fish house & champagne are 3 types of this festive drink
punch
|
|
$800
[7]
Poem that contains the line "All in the valley of death rode the six hundred"
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Warren
|
$800
[13]
The genre of "Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor", or what the director says once camera & sound are running
action
Katie
|
$800
[22]
This fictional character lives in a tree that has the name "Sanders" above the door in gold letters
Winnie-the-Pooh
Katie
|
$800
[15]
These ended in 1692 with a total of 30 convictions & 20 executions
Salem Witch Trials
Mat
|
$800
[27]
1844:Henry Clay
Whig
Mat
|
$800
[2]
This board can decide whether to release you from prison before your full sentence has been served
parole board
Katie
|
|
$1,200
[8]
"Mending Wall" is one of the best-known poems in his collection "North of Boston"
Robert Frost
Katie
|
$1,200
[14]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew skiing, but not giving the clue) From the French, it's a sequence consisting of a succession of shots used to present an idea
montage
Warren
|
$1,200
[23]
This 1987 U2 album contained 2 No. 1 hits: "With or Without You" & "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
"The Joshua Tree"
Mat
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1692 this father of Cotton received Harvard's first doctor of sacred theology degree
Increase Mather
Katie
|
$1,200
[28]
1904:Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Mat
|
$1,200
[3]
Lemurs & humans both belong to this animal order
primates
Mat
|
|
$1,600
[9]
A famous line in a James Weldon Johnson poem says, "Young man--young man--your arm's too short to" do this
box with God
Mat
|
$1,600
[18]
A type of adhesive tape is named for this job, the chief electrician on the set
gaffer
Katie
|
$1,600
[24]
In Greek mythology, she was transformed into a laurel tree by her father to protect her from Apollo's advances
Daphne
Mat
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1619 this representative body in Virginia met for the very first time
House of Burgesses
Mat
|
$2,000
[30]
1948:Henry Wallace
Progressive
Mat
|
$1,600
[4]
It's the city where you'll find the main campus of the University of South Africa
Pretoria
Warren
|
|
$2,000
[10]
T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Waste Land" to this poet & critic who helped revise it
Ezra Pound
Mat
|
$2,000
[19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) As opposed to backlight or fill light, the main spotlight in a scene is usually called this light
key light
Katie
|
$2,000
[25]
This 1943 Betty Smith novel told the story of Francie Nolan, a child living in NYC's slums
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
Katie
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
Debuting in 1690, Boston's Publick Occurrences, the first one of these in America, was quickly suppressed
newspaper (it only lasted one issue)
Mat
|
DD
$2,200
[29]
1996:Ross Perot
Reform
Mat
|
$2,000
[5]
Clowns attempt rape, cheat on each other & eventually commit murder in this Leoncavallo opera
Pagliacci
Mat
|
It's the largest U.S. city in population that's named for an American individual
Houston