Robin Alvares — a university professor from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Matt Caruso — a director of market research from Los Angeles, California
Sarah Conrad — a senior program associate from Columbia, South Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $200 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
$3,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
11 R, 3 W |
| Matt | $3,400 | $8,600 | $12,600 |
$22,201
New champion: $22,201 |
$14,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Robin | $800 | $2,400 | $10,600 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| EXPLORATION | GOULASH | 1980s CINEPLEX | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" | MANLY MEN KNOW... | BALLET |
|
$200
[11]
On a plateau in central Asia, Marco Polo noted a wild, horned type of this animal, later named for him
sheep
Sarah
Robin
|
$200
[16]
Adopted in 1906 by international agreement, this became the telegraph's standard distress signal
SOS
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Dudley Moore played this wealthy & lovable sot in 1981 & again in 1988
Arthur
Robin
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$200
[6]
Military marquis(9)
Lafayette
|
$200
[24]
It's a short, circular blow from the side delivered by a boxer with the elbow bent & rigid
hook
|
$200
[14]
This Cubist did set designs for 1917's "Parade" & had designs on its ballerina Olga Khoklova, later his wife
Pablo Picasso
Sarah
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1519 he explored Mexico & won allies among Indians who were subservient to the Aztecs
Hernando Cortez
Matt
|
$400
[17]
Bigfoot 5, the biggest monster one of these, is 15 feet 6 inches high, weighs 38,000 pounds & has 10-foot tires
monster truck
Matt
|
$400
[2]
It's the 1988 Dustin Hoffman movie containing the line "K Mart sucks"
Rain Man
Sarah
|
$400
[7]
One-seventh of the "Deadly Sins"(4)
lust
Sarah
|
$400
[25]
Consisting of large lead pellets, this hunting supply gets its name from the male of animals like deer
buckshot
Matt
|
$400
[15]
If the original play is too long for you, you might like "The Dream", a 1-act ballet based on this Shakespeare play
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Robin
|
|
$600
[13]
Sailing on behalf of Spain, he explored the S. entrance of Puget Sound, where a strait is now named for him
Juan de Fuca
Sarah
Robin
|
$600
[18]
In this classic board game, the kitchen is connected to the study via a secret passage
Clue
Matt
|
$600
[3]
Jeremy Irons played twin gynecologists in this 1988 David Cronenberg film
Dead Ringers
Matt
|
$600
[8]
Mario, of movie musicals(5)
Lanza
Matt
|
$600
[26]
The prized fish seen here, or the adjective for the smell of some fishermen who haven't bathed
muskie/musky
|
$600
[20]
In ballet terminology, it's a full complete turn of the body on one foot
pirouette
Robin
|
|
$800
[22]
In 1897 Roald Amundsen was first mate aboard the Belgica, a Belgian ship exploring this continent
Antarctica
Matt
|
$800
[19]
Freedom One was the name given to the Air Force plane that brought these 52 people back to the U.S. in Jan. '81
the Iranian hostages
Sarah
|
$800
[4]
This 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci film won 9 Oscars & was based on Pu Yi's autobiography
The Last Emperor
Matt
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
A whip, or a mascaraed hair(4)
lash
Matt
|
$800
[27]
It connects your car's crankshaft to a piston; if you "throw" it, you've got a problem
rod
Sarah
|
$800
[28]
A releve is the raising of the body by lifting these
heels
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Around 480 B.C. Himilco of this powerful north African city sailed the Atlantic, maybe as far north as Ireland
Carthage
Matt
|
$1,000
[21]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from along the banks of the Thames in London.) Big Ben doesn't properly refer to the clock or the tower, but to a 13-ton one of these inside
bell
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
A pregnant Demi Moore saves the world from the apocalypse in this 1988 flick
The Seventh Sign
Matt
Robin
|
$1,000
[10]
The front section of a lower balcony(4)
loge
Matt
|
$1,000
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) Commonly used in wood flooring, this type of joint is named for 2 parts that fit together
tongue & groove
Robin
|
— |
| PHILOSOPHY | GOOD SPORTS | ANNUAL EVENTS | LAKES & RIVERS | AN ARM | A "LEG" |
|
$400
[7]
Much of Chinese philosophy of the 300s B.C. was based on these 2 forces meaning "shaded" & "sunny"
yin & yang
Sarah
|
$400
[12]
This former L.A. Laker holds the NBA record for career points in the playoffs
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Robin
|
$400
[22]
In an Indian festival every September 17, people enjoy flying these & cutting others' strings
kites
Sarah
|
$400
[17]
In 1811 the New Orleans became the first steamboat to sail down this river
Mississippi River
Matt
|
$400
[6]
This prince made the evening news when he broke his right arm playing polo on June 28, 1990
Prince Charles
Sarah
|
$400
[1]
To give someone one of these lifts is to give him an advantage over others
a leg up
Sarah
|
|
$800
[8]
Kierkegaard's "Fear & Trembling" deals with the ethical problem of this Biblical man asked to sacrifice his son
Abraham
Sarah
Robin
|
$800
[13]
(I'm Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett) In 1983 I set this record for the longest run from scrimmage & I don't think it'll ever be broken
99 yards
Matt
|
$800
[23]
A winged monkey & these little Oz folks are part of the Chesterton, Indiana Oz Fantasy Parade
Munchkins
Sarah
|
$800
[18]
During a religious festival called the Kumbh Mela, millions of pilgrims bathe in this holy river
Ganges
Matt
|
$800
[27]
This famous statue from 1880 is of a naked man with his arm on his knee & his chin resting on his hand
"The Thinker"
Matt
|
$800
[2]
Sadistic Simon of Stowe's bestseller
Legree
Robin
|
|
$1,200
[9]
One who makes a practice of challenging supposed knowledge; Pyrrho was said to be the first one
skeptic
Matt
|
DD
$1,600
[14]
Alexander Popov was the first man to win Olympic swimming's 100-meter freestyle twice since this man in the 1920s
Johnny Weissmuller
Matt
|
$1,200
[24]
This country has an annual Haydn festival in Eisenstadt & a Schubert festival in Feldkirch
Austria
Matt
|
$1,200
[19]
This largest Alpine lake straddles the border between Switzerland & France
Lake Geneva
Robin
|
$1,200
[28]
This British admiral lost an eye in 1794 & his right arm in 1797
Lord Nelson
Robin
|
$1,200
[3]
Hoo ha! It's a variety of chicken
leghorn
Matt
Robin
|
|
$1,600
[10]
This -ism can mean the pursuit of noble, impractical goals or, in philosophy, the belief that reality is in one's mind
idealism
Matt
|
$1,600
[15]
This giant of the game was the first pro golfer to win 5 Masters titles
Jack Nicklaus
Robin
|
$1,600
[25]
In Chengdu, China you can see an ancient festival of these, & perhaps "raise the red" one
lanterns
Matt
|
$2,000
[21]
Noted for its turquoise waters, it's the pearl of the Canadian Rockies seen here
Lake Louise
Robin
|
$1,600
[29]
It's the largest bone in the human arm
humerus
Matt
|
$1,600
[4]
An overseas emissary of the Pope
legate
Robin
|
|
$2,000
[11]
This founder of utilitarianism turned to philosophy out of disgust with British law
Jeremy Bentham
Sarah
Matt
|
$2,000
[16]
Lance Armstrong & this man are the only 2 Americans ever to win cycling's Tour de France
Greg LeMond
|
$2,000
[26]
Every spring horses make 30 jumps in Britain's annual Grand National one of these races
steeplechases
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
The Straits of Mackinac connect these 2 Great Lakes
Lake Michigan & Lake Huron
Robin
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
Frenchman who composed "The Windmills of Your Mind"
Michel Legrand
Robin
|
The 2 longest-running musicals in Broadway history; Cameron Mackintosh produced both of them
Cats & Les Miserables