John Franklin — a sales manager from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Barbara Liu — an English professor from Tolland, Connecticut
Amanda Potocky — a senior clinical data coordinator from Cary, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda | $2,000 | $3,600 | $11,100 |
$15,800
3-day champion: $38,200 |
$13,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Barbara | $400 | $1,200 | $4,800 |
$7,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
5 R, 0 W |
| John | $5,200 | $8,000 | $15,800 |
$9,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,800
24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS | WE'VE GOT ISSUES | REPORTING THE NEWS | CAPITAL CITY UNIVERSITIES | ESOTERICA | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS |
|
$200
[18]
Tintoretto was in his 70s when he began painting his massive "Paradise" canvas for the doge's palace in this city
Venice
John
|
$200
[13]
In 2001 terrorism fears spurred calls to close Indian Point, this type of power plant near NYC
a nuclear power plant
Amanda
|
$200
[6]
In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage"
Dan Rather
John
|
$200
[1]
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
Amanda
|
$200
[11]
Foucault hung his pendulum from the dome of the Pantheon in this city
Paris
Amanda
John
|
$200
[23]
in geometry a lower case d represents this line segment
diameter
Amanda
|
|
$400
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from San Francisco.) Here at the Palace Hotel you'll find Maxfield Parrish's famous mural depicting this legendary character
the Pied Piper
Amanda
|
$400
[14]
In 1998 philanthropist George Soros pledged $1 million to distribute clean ones to prevent HIV spread
hypodermic needles
Amanda
|
$400
[7]
Until 1981, this CBS anchorman signed off with "And that's the way it is"
Walter Cronkite
John
|
$400
[2]
Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne
Rome
John
|
$400
[12]
The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these
glaciers
Barbara
|
$400
[24]
John 3:16 says of the son of God, "Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have" this type of "life"
everlasting
Amanda
|
|
$600
[20]
He lived for awhile at the Rue des Moulins bordello, & painted its ladies of the evening in their parlor
Toulouse-Lautrec
John
|
$600
[15]
In 1994 this state's voters approved a controversial measure allowing assisted suicide
Oregon
Amanda
|
$600
[8]
They signed off with "Good night, David. Good night, Chet. And good night from NBC News"
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley
John
|
$600
[3]
D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology
Moscow
John
|
$600
[28]
For Louis XV from 1769 to 1774 it was Marie DuBarry
a mistress
John
|
$600
[25]
For Colorado Springs, it's 6,000 feet
elevation
Amanda
|
|
$800
[21]
A pink line that resembles a scarf floats atop the abstract Robert Natkin painting named for this dancer
Isadora Duncan
Barbara
|
$1,000
[17]
This 2-word phrase for policies assisting minorities is found in a 1961 executive order
affirmative action
John
|
$800
[9]
"Good night and good luck" from this newsman who changed his name from Egbert to Edward in college
Edward R. Murrow
John
|
$800
[4]
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.
Amanda
|
$800
[29]
Pemba, one of the world's leading suppliers of clove oil, is an island near Zanzibar in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
John
|
$800
[26]
Whether you smell a rat or smell the roses, you're using this sense
olfactory
John
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Carlo Saraceni depicted this mythological woman seen here straining at her chains
Andromeda
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today
pharmaceuticals (or drug companies)
Amanda
|
$1,000
[10]
This gossip & radio man greeted audiences, "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. North & South America & all the ships at sea"
Walter Winchell
John
|
$1,000
[5]
Kyung Hee University
Seoul
John
|
$1,000
[30]
This number meridian was modified to make the International Date Line
the 180th meridian
Amanda
|
$1,000
[27]
Type of book, like Martin Gardner's edition of "Alice", that includes explanatory information as well as the text
annotated
Amanda
|
| RENAISSANCE MEN | TRAVEL EUROPE | "IN" THE MOVIES | OH, WHAT A YEAR! | ODD WORDS | AN EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI |
|
$400
[6]
His experiences as a slave for 5 years in Algiers became episodes in "Don Quixote"
Cervantes
Amanda
|
$400
[7]
Sampling local elixirs is one of the highlights of the Malt Whiskey Trail in this U.K. country
Scotland
John
|
$400
[1]
1967:Drifters Scott Wilson & Robert Blake have a killer time in Kansas
In Cold Blood
John
|
$400
[14]
Founded in 1845, the Naval Academy at Annapolis first admitted women in this U.S. bicentennial year
1976
Barbara
|
$400
[15]
Decennoval refers to this number, just before one score
19
John
|
$800
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from by a fire.) Come gather by the fire while I share this 1843 story about a murdered man who "took a licking and kept on ticking"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
John
|
|
$800
[12]
In 1532 this lord chancellor resigned because he wouldn't support Henry VIII's policies against the Pope
Sir Thomas More
|
$800
[8]
Les Deux Magots is in the very heart of this Parisian area known as "La Rive Gauche" in French
the Left Bank
Amanda
|
$800
[2]
1967:They called Sidney Poitier "Mister Tibbs"!
In the Heat of the Night
John
|
$800
[16]
It was the most recent year that was a leap year
2000
Amanda
|
$800
[20]
It's a spongy type of rubber, as well as a guy who recently played TV's Hercules
Sorbo
John
|
$1,200
[27]
One of Poe's stories is called "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of" this storytelling woman
Scheherazade
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[13]
This "Magnificent Medici" was a gifted poet & was the patron of Botticelli & Michelangelo
Lorenzo
Amanda
|
$1,200
[9]
What a pity if you leave this city without visiting the Pitti Palace
Florence
Amanda
|
$1,600
[4]
1993:Daniel Day-Lewis is accused of an IRA bombing he had nothing to do with
In the Name of the Father
Barbara
|
$1,200
[17]
A Va. court house hosted a meeting between a son of a "Light-Horse" & a victorious Union general in this year
1865 (to end the Civil War)
John
|
$1,200
[21]
It's a shallow section of a river with a fast current, or a type of shuffle for cards
riffle
|
DD
$1,500
[28]
A poem by Poe begins, "Hear the sledges with" these
the bells
Amanda
|
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1516 this Dutch humanist published the first Greek version of the New Testament since the original text
Erasmus
|
$1,600
[10]
In Jan. in Basel, Switzerland, see the Vogel Gryff, when a lion, a griffin & a wild man float down this river
the Rhine
|
$2,000
[5]
1967:James Coburn battles a secret society of women plotting to take over the world
In Like Flint
John
|
$1,600
[18]
The Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy ship torpedoed & sunk in WWII on Halloween of this year
1941
Amanda
|
$1,600
[22]
If Cleo shows some brio, she's showing this, also a synonym for "ghost"
spirit
Barbara
|
— |
|
$2,000
[25]
In "The Prince", Machiavelli used him as the model for the ruthless ruler who'd do anything to retain power
Cesare Borgia
|
$2,000
[11]
The Viennese summerhouse in which Mozart composed "The Magic Flute" is now in this city, his birthplace
Salzburg
Amanda
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
2001:Marisa Tomei is the "older woman"
In the Bedroom
John
|
$2,000
[19]
Napoleon sold the vast Louisiana Territory to the U.S. in this year
1803
John
|
$2,000
[23]
A cinerary is a place for these of the dead
ashes
John
|
— |
In the 20th c., one of the 2 men who've lost as both presidential & vice presidential nominee of a major party
Bob Dole or Walter Mondale