Dan Smith — a student from Chicago, Illinois
Bing Luke — a tax lawyer from Harlem, New York
Diane Trap — a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane | $0 | $2,400 | $4,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,000
9 R, 3 W |
| Bing | $2,600 | $7,800 | $16,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
18 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Dan | $5,000 | $7,000 | $17,800 |
$33,601
New champion: $33,601 |
$17,800
26 R, 1 W |
| 1909: 100 YEARS AGO | SEINFELD | GOVERNMENT ACRONYMS | AMERICANA | "CU" | LATER |
|
$200
[26]
On February 12 this important African-American organization was formed
NAACP
Dan
|
$200
[2]
This Jason Alexander character: "She doesn't deserve a baby shower. She deserves a baby monsoon"
George Costanza
Dan
|
$200
[21]
The "E" in FEMA(Do a heckuva job responding)
emergency
Dan
|
$200
[1]
This national memorial in the Black Hills is also called the "Shrine of Democracy"
Mount Rushmore
Dan
|
$200
[7]
The name of this bird is an imitation of its call
the cuckoo
Dan
|
$200
[11]
During the Reign of Terror, she made wax masks of severed heads; 4 decades later, she opened her own wax museum
Madame Tussaud
Dan
|
|
$400
[27]
On June 2 Alfred Deakin became prime minister of this Commonwealth country for the third time
Australia
Diane
Dan
|
$400
[3]
Hello, this character who said, "I'll tell you a little secret about ZIP codes--they're meaningless"
Newman
Dan
|
$400
[22]
The "O" in ROTC(Ten hut!)
officer
Diane
|
$400
[16]
The song "America, the Beautiful" says, "crown thy good with" this "from sea to shining sea"
brotherhood
Dan
|
$400
[8]
It's the horizontally pleated sash usually worn with a tuxedo
a cummerbund
Dan
|
$400
[12]
Mozart wrote variations on the melody to this "stellar" children's song; later, Jane Taylor wrote the words
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Dan
|
|
$600
[28]
A D.C. medical center founded in 1909 is named for this military surgeon
Walter Reed
Bing
|
$600
[4]
Her dance at an office party was described as "more like a full-bodied dry heave set to music"
Elaine
Dan
|
$600
[23]
The "D" in FDIC (Don't withdraw, you can do it)
deposit
Bing
|
$600
[17]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Crayola factory in Easton, Pennsylvania.) In 1958, the 64-color assortment of Crayolas debuted; the box had this new built-in feature that later earned it a place in the Smithsonian
a sharpener
Diane
|
$600
[9]
For 64, it's 4
a cube root
Diane
Dan
|
$600
[13]
In 2 B.C. Emperor Augustus was given this title, "Pater Patriae"; 1,800 years later, Geo. Washington was known by it
Father of the Country
Diane
|
|
$1,000
[30]
On July 25 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first to cross this body of water in a plane
the English Channel
Diane
|
$800
[5]
This "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star provided the voice of George Steinbrenner
Larry David
Dan
|
$800
[24]
The 2 A's in FAA (They rhyme)
aviation administration
Dan
|
$800
[18]
This 4-word inscription first appeared on U.S. coins during the Civil War
In God We Trust
Dan
|
$800
[10]
From the Latin for "to till", it means to work land in order to raise crops
cultivate
Bing
|
$800
[14]
He took over Alger Hiss' job at the State Department in 1947; 14 years later he was Secretary of State for JFK
Dean Rusk
Bing
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt
Taft
Bing
|
$1,000
[6]
It took 97 episodes to finally reveal that this was Kramer's first name; it was also that of "Topper"
Cosmo
Dan
|
$1,000
[25]
The 3 words that put some "zip" in ZIP code
zone improvement plan
|
$1,000
[19]
She wrote the poem that says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
Emma Lazarus
Bing
|
$1,000
[20]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a cloud on the monitor.) Recognizable by the anvil shape of its upper portion, this cloud produces heavy rain & thunder
cumulonimbus
Bing
|
$1,000
[15]
Cavemen chipped this dark quartz rock into sharp tools & weapons; thousands of years later, it was used in firearms
flint
Bing
|
| INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS | TCMWITH ROBERT OSBORNE | GAMES IN OTHER WORDS | I PROBABLY COULDN'T PAINT THAT | LET'S VISIT CYPRUS | CONTRONYMS |
|
$400
[7]
Chikamatsu, who wrote more than 100 plays, is so revered he is known as this British bard "of Japan"
Shakespeare
Dan
|
$400
[21]
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) Called "Selznick's Folly", this 1939 Oscar winner cost an unprecedented $4 million to produce, had multiple directors, 50 speaking roles & 2,400 extras
Gone with the Wind
Diane
|
$400
[12]
A structure that crosses a river
a bridge
Diane
|
$400
[1]
"Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe" is one of his best-known works
Van Gogh
Bing
|
$400
[26]
Reflecting Cyprus' split personality & politics, these are the 2 official languages of Cyprus besides English
Greek & Turkish
Diane
Bing
|
$400
[6]
It's the mildest type of burn but the harshest type of murder
first-degree
Dan
|
|
$800
[8]
Collier's Ency. says his 1858 play "The Vikings at Helgeland" was "bad; but...in a new and interesting way"
Ibsen
Dan
|
$800
[22]
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) For this 1993 film, Brad Pitt practiced fly-fishing on the roof of his Hollywood apartment building, sometimes catching the hook in his head
A River Runs Through It
Dan
|
$800
[13]
One in Spanish
Uno
Dan
|
$800
[2]
In 1938 this Mexican woman raised some eyebrows with her "Self-portrait with Monkey"
Frida Kahlo
Diane
|
$800
[27]
Until 1960 Cyprus was a colony of this European nation
Great Britain
Diane
|
$800
[17]
It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons
clip
Dan
|
|
$1,200
[9]
This Brit called his comedy "Hay Fever" "One of the most difficult plays to perform that I have ever encountered"
Noel Coward
Diane
Bing
|
$1,200
[23]
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) During the filming of "My Left Foot", this actor spent the entire time in a wheelchair & learned how to paint with his left foot
Daniel Day-Lewis
Dan
|
$1,200
[14]
A surgical procedure
Operation
Bing
|
$1,200
[3]
Both Manet & this close friend had works titled "Luncheon on the Grass", but the friend's painting was 15 x 20 feet
Monet
Bing
|
$1,200
[28]
The Famagusta Gate area is a nightlife center in this capital city
Nicosia
Bing
|
$1,200
[18]
If you get it on your food, it's a little bonus: if a court does it to your wages, it's anything but
garnish
Bing
|
|
$1,600
[10]
The Berliner Ensemble founded by this man in the 1940s finally made its U.S. debut in '99 with a staging of his "Arturo Ui"
Bertolt Brecht
Dan
|
$1,600
[24]
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) Judy Holliday, reprising her stage role as ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, beat Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson for Best Actress inthis1950 George Cukor film
Born Yesterday
Bing
|
$1,600
[15]
Tornado
Twister
Bing
|
$2,000
[5]
What an Antwerp! He painted "Het Pelsken" around 1638; how him-esque!
Rubens
Bing
|
$1,600
[29]
This king stopped crusading long enough to marry Princess Berengaria of Navarre on Cyprus in 1191
Richard the Lion-hearted
Bing
|
$1,600
[19]
This adjective describes both something that moves quickly & something that doesn't move at all
fast
|
|
$2,000
[11]
A N.Y. production of his play "People Are Living There" moved the setting from his native South Africa to N.J.
Athol Fugard
|
$2,000
[25]
(Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) This 1951 Kurosawa film famously told the story of a crime from the viewpoints of a priest, a peasant & a woodcutter
Rashomon
Dan
|
$2,000
[16]
Famished famished river horses
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Dan
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
During WWII posters of his paintings of "The Four Freedoms" were distributed by the Office of War Information
(Norman) Rockwell
Bing
|
$2,000
[30]
This archbishop was the first president of modern Cyprus, off & on from 1959 to 1977
Archbishop Makarios
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
It can mean to withstand something (a storm, for instance) as well as to erode under it
weather
Bing
|
Also the title of one of the best-selling albums of all time, it was first seen in Russian photos taken in 1959
the dark side of the Moon