Heather Ross-Arters — a high school teacher from Ashton, Pennsylvania
Gadi Ben-Yehuda — a university professor from Washington, D.C.
Willie Holmes — a truck loader and bartender from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie | $800 | $3,400 | $9,000 |
$17,000
2-day champion: $39,000 |
$11,800
24 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Gadi | $0 | $2,800 | $6,400 |
$393
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
11 R, 4 W |
| Heather | $2,400 | $2,400 | $3,600 |
$3,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS | '70s MUSIC | WHAT'S IN A NAME? | THE HUMAN BODY | CHAT ROOM LINGO | MOIST THINGS |
|
$200
[6]
She introduced Hercule Poirot in her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
Agatha Christie
Willie
|
$200
[1]
This jazz-rock group gave us the songs "25 or 6 to 4" & "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Chicago
Willie
|
$200
[11]
A 1932 federal kidnapping law bears the name of this man whose child was kidnapped in 1932
Charles Lindbergh
Willie
|
$200
[21]
Also called an articulation, it's the place where 2 or more bones meet
joint
Willie
|
$200
[16]
The apathetic "DKDC" means "don't know, don't" this
care
Gadi
|
$200
[13]
This 9-letter word for a small piece of paper used for cleansing often follows "moist"
towelette
Heather
|
|
$400
[7]
Ungrateful daughters are featured in an 1870 Turgenev story inspired by & named for this Shakespeare play
King Lear
Heather
|
$400
[2]
That's Mick Jagger singing backup on her hit "You're So Vain"
Carly Simon
Willie
|
$400
[12]
Last name of the Brit whose gift to the U.S. helped create the world's largest museum complex
(James) Smithson
Willie
|
$400
[22]
Of its 22 bones, 8 form the cranium
skull
Willie
|
$400
[17]
"SITCOM" indicates "single income, two children, oppressive" one of these payments
mortgage
Heather
|
$400
[14]
In chapter I of Dickens' "Bleak House" this is "everywhere... up the river... down the river... in the eyes & throats..."
fog
|
|
$600
[8]
Try to un"earth" a copy of "Imperial Woman", this American woman's 1956 novel about the last empress of China
Pearl S. Buck
Heather
|
$600
[3]
It's the potent potable in the title of the story song, heard here, that topped the charts in 1979
piña colada
Heather
|
$600
[23]
In 1853 this man founded a piano business in NYC with his "Sons" that stayed family owned until 1972
Henry E. Steinway
Heather
|
$600
[27]
Of 13, 14 or 15, the total number of phalanges, or toe bones, in each human foot
14
Willie
Gadi
|
$600
[18]
This "Star Wars" catchphrase is signified by "MTFBWY"
"May the force be with you"
Willie
|
$600
[15]
This Iberian plant seenherehanging from a tree needs to be in a moist habitat
Spanish moss
Gadi
|
|
DD
$600
[10]
The heroine of her 1923 novel "A Lost Lady" is based on Mrs. Silas Garber, wife of a governor of Nebraska
Willa Cather
Heather
|
$800
[4]
Eddie Money asked, "Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight" in this 1978 song
"Two Tickets To Paradise"
|
$800
[24]
A DeLand, Florida college got this present name after a large donation from a famed hatmaker
Stetson
Gadi
|
$800
[26]
A "blind spot" is created at the point where this nerve enters the eye
optic nerve
|
$800
[19]
"OOTB" means you should think this way
outside the box
Gadi
|
$800
[29]
This moist cake with cream cheese icing is probably the most popular cake named for a garden root veggie
carrot cake
Willie
|
|
$800
[9]
Tom Clancy continued the adventures of Jack Ryan in the 2000 thriller entitled "The Bear and" this
the Dragon
Willie
|
$1,000
[5]
His No. 1 hit "I Wish" says, "Sneaking out the back door to hang out with those hoodlum friends of mine"
Stevie Wonder
Willie
|
$1,000
[28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew writes the series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.) The series I've begun writing is named for this Italian
Leonardo Fibonacci (the "Fibonacci Sequence")
Gadi
|
$1,000
[25]
Each day the liver produces about 2 pints of bile, which is then stored here
gallbladder
Gadi
Heather
|
$1,000
[20]
To indicate a joke, use "HHOK", "ha ha" this
only kidding
Gadi
|
— |
| THE DIAMOND | BASES LOADED | HEADING FOR HOME | REIGN DELAY | ALL "STAR"s | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL |
|
$400
[1]
Introduced in 1886, the diamond setting named for this New York City jewelry store has become a standard for solitaires
Tiffany's
Willie
|
$400
[8]
The U.S. has leased this important naval base on the island of Cuba since 1903
Guantanamo Bay
Willie
|
$400
[14]
These floor coverings can be Berber or pile
carpets
Willie
|
$400
[3]
Now living in the U.S., Reza Pahlavi II is the heir to this country's "Peacock Throne"
Iran
Willie
|
$400
[2]
As a youngster, Britney Spears appeared on this Ed McMahon-hosted TV show
Star Search
Gadi
|
$400
[17]
Since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, only this Reds player has exceeded 40 straight games
Pete Rose
Willie
|
|
$800
[24]
This seaport & second-largest Belgian city is a world leader in diamond-cutting & industrial diamonds
Antwerp
Gadi
|
$800
[9]
During WWII the Declaration of Independence was moved to this Kentucky military base for safety
Fort Knox
Willie
Gadi
|
$800
[15]
There are solid & cored varieties of these fired clay materials you'll need to wall in you backyard
bricks
Heather
|
$800
[13]
King David II of this country, who spent decades in exile & in prison, was Robert the Bruce's eldest son
Scotland
Willie
|
$800
[4]
Last name of Bowie persona Ziggy
Stardust
Willie
|
$1,200
[19]
In 1982 he set a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887
Rickey Henderson
Willie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
When it was stolen in 1792, the Hope Diamond was part of this country's crown jewels
France
Willie
|
$1,200
[10]
This island at the southern tip of South Carolina is a major Marine Corps training base
Parris Island
Gadi
Heather
|
$1,200
[16]
Bobvila.com says that for a 19th century look, you can add these decorative wood strips to the bottom of a wall
moldings
Willie
Gadi
|
$1,200
[25]
He returned to the throne in Ethiopia in 1941 after 5 years in exile
Haile Selassie
Willie
|
$1,200
[5]
It begins many track & field events
starter's pistol
Gadi
|
$1,600
[20]
This pitcher has won 6 Cy Young Awards: 1 with New York, 2 with Toronto & 3 with Boston
Roger Clemens
Willie
|
|
$1,600
[27]
The 727-carat Presidente Vargas Diamond bears the name of the head of state of this nation where it was found
Brazil
|
$1,600
[11]
If the space shuttle can't land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it can land at this Calif. air force base
Edwards Air Force Base
Heather
|
$1,600
[22]
HQ'd in Scarborough, Ontario, this 'bare" furniture chain sells semifinished wood home furnishings
Naked Furniture
Willie
|
— |
$1,600
[6]
Noisy European creature heard here
starling
Willie
|
DD
$1,800
[18]
Alphabetically, he's the first player listed in Baseball's Hall of Fame
Henry (Hank) Aaron
Willie
|
| — |
$2,000
[12]
In 1776 the Spanish founded this military base that overlooks the entrance to San Francisco Bay
the Presidio
Gadi
|
$2,000
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew) These interlocking woodworking joints often used to make drawers are known by this "avian" name
dovetail joints
Willie
|
— |
$2,000
[7]
1960 Hugo Award winner for Robert Heinlein
Starship Troopers
Willie
|
$2,000
[21]
He said, "Nice guys finish last", & proved it; he took over the Cubs in 1966 & managed them to last place in the NL
Leo Durocher
Willie
|
He's the last person to win the Best Director Oscar for a film in which he also starred
Mel Gibson (for Braveheart )