Charles Rosenthal — a manager for an executive search firm from Coral Springs, Florida
Kerry Halpern — a law student from Arlington, Virginia
Mark Epstein — an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $1,400 | $2,800 | $8,800 |
$17,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
10 R, 2 W |
| Kerry | $1,000 | $2,400 | $10,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Charles | $4,600 | $12,000 | $24,400 |
$28,000
New champion: $28,000 |
$19,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| 1870s AMERICA | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME | HEALTH MATTERS | THE NEW YORK YANKEES | GO FLY A KITE! | "D" TIME |
|
$200
[26]
In 1871 the federal government arrested this Mormon leader for polygamy
Brigham Young
Mark
Charles
|
$200
[1]
Jung or Sandburg
Carl
Kerry
|
$200
[16]
Before the use of insulin as a treatment, the Type 1 form of this disease was usually fatal
diabetes
Charles
|
$200
[6]
(With the clue here's Yankee manager Joe Torre) The White Construction Company put up Yankee Stadium, but it's called "The House That" this man "Built"
(Babe) Ruth
Kerry
|
$200
[21]
A kite-eating tree is often the nemesis of this comic strip boy
Charlie Brown
Kerry
Charles
|
$200
[7]
The soda fountain used to be a common feature in this type of commercial establishment
drugstore
Charles
|
|
$400
[27]
In 1870, a year after he wrote "The Innocents Abroad", he married Olivia Langdon
Mark Twain
Mark
|
$400
[2]
Faulk or McLuhan
Marshall
Kerry
|
$400
[17]
Hypertension is the medical term for this common 3-word phrase
high blood pressure
Charles
|
$400
[8]
In 1973 he said he wouldn't interfere with the Yankees' management & he'd stick to building ships--uh-huh
George Steinbrenner
Charles
|
$400
[22]
The song "Let's Go Fly a Kite" is featured in this movie about a flying nanny
Mary Poppins
Charles
|
$400
[10]
If you don't think Laurel & Hardy co-star James Finlayson was a master of this reaction, look again
doubletake
Kerry
Charles
|
|
$600
[28]
The focus of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in this city was Machinery Hall, which displayed American inventions
Philadelphia
Charles
|
$600
[3]
Glitter or Hart
Gary
Mark
|
$600
[18]
Characterized by chills & swollen lymph glands, this illness earned Ted Nugent his only Top 40 hit
"Cat Scratch Fever"
|
$600
[9]
(Joe Torre) As seen in a well-known clip, July 4, 1939 was appreciation day for this ailing man at Yankee Stadium
Lou Gehrig
Kerry
|
$600
[23]
Brothers in this family invented a man-lifting kite & also founded the Boy Scouts
Baden-Powell
Kerry
|
$600
[13]
This current slang term for something excellent can also mean illegal substances or a stupid person
dope
Charles
|
|
$800
[29]
On March 15, 1875 archbishop John McCloskey became America's first cardinal; he was invested at this NYC church
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Charles
|
$800
[4]
Boulle or Salinger
Pierre
Mark
|
$800
[19]
More accurate than a tine test, the Mantoux skin test is used for screening & diagnosing this infectious disease
tuberculosis
Charles
|
$800
[11]
When robbed by Al Gionfriddo's famous catch in 1947, this Yankee went crazy--he actually kicked the dirt
Joe DiMaggio
Charles
|
$800
[24]
The box kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave in the 1890s, is so stable that it doesn't need this usual kite feature
tail
Mark
|
$800
[14]
This word meaning "to make insane" sounds like where a warped cowboy might be "home on"
derange
Charles
|
|
DD
$3,200
[30]
In October 1879 he discovered that a thread of carbonized cotton will burn for 13 hours in a vacuum
Thomas Edison
Charles
|
$1,000
[5]
McGillicuddy or Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Charles
|
$1,000
[20]
The FDA advises pregnant women not to eat shark & swordfish; they contain high levels of this element
mercury
Kerry
|
$1,000
[12]
(Joe Torre) In my first World Series in 1996, I managed the Yankees to victory against this team I once played for
Atlanta Braves
Charles
|
$1,000
[25]
He used a kite to raise an antenna when he sent his first transatlantic wireless message in 1901
Guglielmo Marconi
Charles
|
$1,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Amsterdam) In the early 1600s, one tulip bulb could pay for a house or be given by a bride's family as this
dowry
Charles
|
| MUSIC | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES | FOREIGN FILMS | FROM THE GREEK | BRITANNICA | "WORLD" BOOK |
|
$400
[1]
An odd subject for an opera, but composer John Adams wrote one about this president's 1972 trip to China
Richard Nixon
Kerry
|
$400
[6]
Of Bangla, Glad, or Ladesh, the official language of Bangladesh
Bangla
|
$400
[21]
This 1980s submarine classic starred Jurgen Prochnow as the captain
Das Boot
Kerry
|
$400
[12]
The term "atom" comes from the Greek "atomos", meaning this, the word that follows "One Nation, Under God"
indivisible
Mark
Charles
|
$400
[27]
Ancient Romans founded this English city as Aquae Sulis, named for its mineral hot springs
Bath
Kerry
|
$400
[11]
A savage named John has educated himself by reading Shakespeare in this futuristic novel by Aldous Huxley
"Brave New World"
Charles
|
|
$800
[2]
On the soundtrack to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he plays the cello solos
Yo-Yo Ma
Kerry
|
$800
[7]
Official language in common to the Central African Republic & Canada
French
Charles
|
$800
[22]
Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" is partly dedicated to this man who directed Clint in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Sergio Leone
Mark
|
$800
[13]
From the Greek peda, "leader", it's the helmsman on a ship or the operator of a plane
pilot
Charles
|
$800
[29]
This song says, "Send her victorious, happy and glorious, long to reign over us"
"God Save the Queen"
Kerry
|
$800
[17]
This thriller by Michael Crichton is a follow-up to "Jurassic Park"
"The Lost World"
Kerry
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Franz Schubert was probably the best-known composer of these German songs
lieder
|
$1,200
[8]
Khmer is this country's official language
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
Charles
|
$1,200
[23]
A Foreign Language Oscar went to Menshov's 1979 film called this city "Does Not Believe in Tears"
Moscow
|
$1,600
[15]
Originally a shopkeeper, this older term for a pharmacist is from the Greek for "to put away"
apothecary
Mark
|
$1,200
[26]
Cambridge University dates back to this century; so does the Magna Carta
the 13th century
Charles
|
$1,600
[19]
John Irving established his reputation with this 1978 book about the life of a novelist
"The World According to Garp"
Charles
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Many a wedding procession has featured the following canon by this composer
Johann Pachelbel
Mark
|
$1,600
[9]
It's the official language of Antigua, as well as Barbuda
English
Charles
|
$1,600
[24]
Truffaut's musician's tale "Tirez sur le pianiste" is known as this in English
Shoot the Piano Player
Mark
|
$2,000
[16]
From the Greek for "a point in time", Eocene & Paleocene were 2 of these periods of geologic time
epochs
Mark
|
$1,600
[28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) After St. Paul's was destroyed by fire in 1666, this man was commissioned to design a new building
Sir Christopher Wren
Charles
|
$2,000
[20]
Sixth grader Karen Newman deals with her parents' divorce in this novel by Judy Blume
"It's Not the End of the World"
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This instrument is Latin America's equivalent of the xylophone
marimba
Charles
|
$2,000
[10]
Turkish is an official language of this island whose highest peak is called Mount Olympus
Cyprus
Mark
|
$2,000
[25]
Ingmar Bergman announced his retirement from moviemaking after the early '80s film about these 2 title characters
Fanny and Alexander
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
This powerful pain reliever & sedative derives its name from the Greek god of dreams
morphine (from Morpheus)
Charles
|
$2,000
[30]
Running from Charing Cross to Parliament, this street has lent its name to the British civil service
Whitehall
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
Published serially in Le Temps in 1872, this globetrotting work made a novel debut in 1873
"Around the World in Eighty Days"
Kerry
|
Starting in the 1860s, this cartoonist gave us the modern image of Santa Claus
Thomas Nast