Mikalen Howe — a law student from Boston, Massachusetts
Chris Espe — a writer and television extra from Hollywood, California
Matt Caruso — a director of market research from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,600 | $9,400 | $31,400 |
$48,799
3-day champion: $79,399 |
$23,000
30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Chris | $2,600 | $4,200 | $7,000 |
$7,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Mikalen | $-800 | $-800 | $100 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,600
8 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENCE | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | BEATLES HITS IN OTHER WORDS | REALLY GRIMM FAIRY TALES | BRIDGES | THE QUESTION IS... |
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$200
[1]
The leatherback variety of this reptile is one of the few animals that primarily eat jellyfish
turtle/tortoise
Matt
|
$200
[21]
Nevada Day is celebrated on this date; how spooky!
October 31
Matt
Mikalen
|
$200
[7]
"Cent Street"
"Penny Lane"
Mikalen
|
$200
[16]
She shoved the wicked old witch of the gingerbread house into the oven & bolted the door
Gretel
Chris
|
$200
[6]
The Middle East's first suspension bridge, the Mubarak Peace Bridge, opened in 2001 & crosses this canal
Suez Canal
Chris
|
$200
[26]
Question that traditionally produces the answer "Only when I laugh"
(When) Does it hurt?
Mikalen
|
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$400
[2]
This "prefrontal" medical procedure involves the destruction of sections of the brain's cortex
lobotomy
Matt
|
$400
[22]
By an act of Congress, in 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this
Veterans Day
Matt
|
$400
[8]
"Rotate, Then Yell"
"Twist and Shout"
Mikalen
|
$400
[17]
A character in this tale cut off her big toe so that a golden slipper would fit her foot
"Cinderella"
Chris
|
$400
[12]
In December 2001 this country opened its first bridge over the Mekong
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
Matt
Chris
Mikalen
|
$400
[27]
Question posed by Virginia O'Hanlon, age 8, in a letter to a newspaper in 1897
Is there a Santa Claus?
Matt
Chris
|
|
$600
[3]
This process of making rubber harder & more elastic by heating it with sulfur bears the name of a Roman god
vulcanization
Matt
|
$600
[23]
"Harambee!" & "Habari Gani!" are phrases used by African Americans during this 7-day celebration
Kwanzaa
Matt
|
$600
[9]
"Coupon for Travel"
"Ticket to Ride"
Chris
|
$600
[18]
It's the response to "But Grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!"
"The better to eat you, my dear!"
Matt
|
$600
[13]
The Oresund Bridge links Sweden to this country to which it had been unconnected by land for 7,000 yrs.
Denmark
Chris
|
$600
[28]
It's the meteorological question that really tall people get really tired of hearing
How's the weather up there?
Chris
|
|
$800
[4]
His 1543 book "Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" started an astronomical revolution
Nicholas Copernicus
Chris
|
$800
[24]
Think "fast"--in 2002 this Muslim holy month began on November 6
Ramadan
Chris
|
$800
[10]
"One Difficult 24-Hour Period's Evening"
"A Hard Day's Night"
Matt
|
$800
[19]
Her parents gave her to a witch as a newborn; the witch shut her up in a tower at the age of 12
Rapunzel
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1998 the U.K. lost out to this Asian country for the longest suspension bridge in the world record
Japan
Matt
Chris
|
$800
[29]
The last 3 words of the song "Over the Rainbow"
Why can't I?
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[5]
The process by which neutral atoms become electrically charged is called this
ionization
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in front of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam) The Anne Frank House here in Amsterdam is open daily except for this holiday
Yom Kippur
Matt
|
$1,000
[11]
"Mistress Ciccone"
"Lady Madonna"
Mikalen
|
$1,000
[20]
To marry a princess, Hans had to pluck a feather from the tail of this beast that was part lion, part eagle
griffin
Matt
|
DD
$1,800
[14]
The Chain & Elizabeth Bridges cross this river to connect Buda & Pest
Danube
Chris
|
$1,000
[30]
When Jesus said, "Every one that is of the truth hearest my voice", Pilate asked him this
What is truth?
|
| ASIA | COFFEE DRINKS | THAT '70s NEWS | FAMOUS FILMS | MENTAL HOSPITALS | AD-JECTIVES |
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$400
[16]
The August 1883 volcanic eruption on this island blew away 2/3 of the island; the sound was heard 3,000 miles away
Krakatoa
Chris
|
$400
[17]
It's the potent potable found in Irish Coffee
whiskey
Matt
Mikalen
|
$400
[1]
It luxuriously set out in 1975 on its first-ever round-the-world cruise including a visit to New York
QE2
Chris
|
$400
[6]
In France, this ever-popular film is known as "Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains"
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Matt
|
$400
[27]
After studying dermatology at the Vienna General Hospital, he moved on to Paris' Salpetriere Mental Clinic
Sigmund Freud
Matt
|
$400
[11]
In other words, this common pair of adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated"
new and improved
Mikalen
|
|
$800
[18]
This country occupies & claims the Kuril Islands, but Japan claims the southernmost island in the group
Russia
Matt
|
$800
[22]
Cafe Mocha is made from espresso & this flavor syrup
chocolate
Matt
|
$800
[2]
He won hearts in 1974 when he took his first Grand Slam title at age 18
Bjorn Borg
Chris
Mikalen
|
$800
[7]
A long-awaited snow begins to fall at a ski lodge at the end of this 1954 yuletide classic
White Christmas
Chris
Mikalen
|
$800
[28]
This religious group started Friends Hospital as an "asylum for persons deprived of the use of their reason"
Quakers (Society of Friends)
Mikalen
|
$800
[12]
Taking this adjective literally, the ads say that BMW is the last driving machine that'll be made
"The Ultimate Driving Machine"
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[19]
This road's "fabric" once stretched about 4,000 miles, from Chang'an, China to the Mediterranean Sea
the Silk Road
Matt
|
$1,200
[23]
Sidney Perkowitz' book "Universal Foam" is subtitled "From" this hip coffee "to the Cosmos"
Cappuccino
|
$1,200
[3]
One of history's largest tank battles ever was fought in 1973 in the Golan Heights between these 2 countries
Israel & Syria
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
Oliver Stone dedicated this 1987 film to his late father, who had been a stockbroker
Wall Street
Mikalen
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
Here's an 18th century look at England's Bethlem Hospital, whose name was corrupted to this
Bedlam
Mikalen
|
$1,200
[13]
This column may precede "tingling" in ad copy for haunted houses & mystery novels
spine
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[21]
This valley makes up about 40% of Lebanon's arable land
Bekaa Valley
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
A man wearing a sombrero is on the label of this coffee liqueur from Mexico
Kahlua
Mikalen
|
$1,600
[4]
Rhyming name of either of 2 1972 Chinese immigrants, one of them is shown here
Ling-Ling or Hsing-Hsing
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
This 1995 film seen here won an Oscar for its screenplay, which was really quite "novel"
Sense and Sensibility
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
Last name of Dr. Karl, founder of a Kansas clinic & the first psychiatrist to get the Medal of Freedom
Menninger
Mikalen
|
$1,600
[14]
6-letter synonym for "robust" that's applied in ads to Chunky Soup
hearty
Matt
|
|
DD
$10,000
[20]
Now a special administrative region of China, its legal system is based on Portuguese civil law
Macao
Matt
|
$2,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at a cafe in Rome) Italian for "spotted", to espresso drinkers, it means having a drop of milk on top
macchiato
Chris
|
$2,000
[5]
It's the name of the probe that sent back the 1976 images seen here
Viking
Matt
|
$2,000
[10]
This 1962 classic was narrated by Kim Stanley, who provided the grown-up voice of Scout
To Kill a Mockingbird
Matt
|
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$2,000
[15]
It's applied to juicy steaks or, botanically, to cacti & other water-retaining plants
succulent
Matt
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This 2-word term was first used to describe advisors who spoke to the press after a 1984 Reagan-Mondale debate
spin doctors