David Abolafia — a writer from Fishkill, New York
Wilson Lee — a computer programmer from San Diego, California
Geoff Strain — an electronics broker from Imperial Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,155)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff | $1,600 | $3,000 | $11,400 |
$2,845
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Wilson | $4,000 | $5,800 | $8,600 |
$11,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
11 R, 0 W |
| David | $3,200 | $10,000 | $26,000 |
$27,000
New champion: $27,000 |
$30,200
34 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS | MOVIE PHONE | As | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS | EVERYONE'S TAKING SIDES | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$200
[2]
Thomas Stearns...
T.S. Eliot
David
|
$200
[7]
Keanu Reeves had a Nokia phone, but it took a land line to slip in & out of this, the title of a 1999 sci-fi flick
The Matrix
Wilson
|
$200
[17]
The baseball team that started in Philadelphia in 1901 is now the As of this city
Oakland
David
|
$200
[1]
To give the nominating speech for Al Smith in 1924, he rose from his wheelchair & made his way to the mike
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Geoff
David
|
$200
[23]
In Mexican cuisine, these are refried & served as a side dish
beans
Wilson
|
$200
[16]
The name of this colorless Russian spirit is a diminutive of the Russian word for "water", itself a colorless liquid
vodka
Geoff
|
|
$400
[3]
Herbert George...
H.G. Wells
David
|
$400
[8]
She played squeaky clean Jan, who shared a party line with playboy Rock Hudson in "Pillow Talk"
Doris Day
David
|
$400
[18]
As a prefix A- means "without"; in Thomas A Kempis, the middle "A" means this
of
David
|
$400
[12]
When President Kennedy was shot, Vice President Johnson was in this city
Dallas
Geoff
|
$400
[27]
Croutons or bread crumbs can be used to make this traditional Thanksgiving side dish
stuffing
David
|
$400
[22]
It was derived from 3 German words that meant "secret state police", & that certainly describes it
the Gestapo
Geoff
|
|
$600
[4]
Phyllis Dorothy...
P.D. James
David
|
$600
[9]
Colin Farrell is trapped by sniper (& caller) Kiefer Sutherland in this thriller
Phone Booth
David
|
$600
[19]
Usual number of volts in an AA battery
1.5
David
|
$600
[13]
He is the eldest of 4 children; he had 2 sisters, Gloria & Ruth, & one brother, Billy
Jimmy Carter
Geoff
|
$600
[28]
Simmer ground hominy in milk or water to make this Southern side dish
grits
David
|
$600
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) From the Old French for "crack", this V-shaped crack in a glacier may be up to 150 feet deep
crevasse
Wilson
|
|
$800
[5]
Henry Louis...
H.L. Mencken
Wilson
|
$800
[10]
Liz Taylor got an Oscar for playing Gloria Wandrous, model by day, call girl by night, reached at this title number
BUtterfield 8
David
|
$800
[20]
On March 4, 1902 it was formed in Chicago by 9 motor clubs
AAA (American Automobile Association)
David
|
$800
[14]
In 1962 he published a book on his career highlights to date--"Six Crises"
Richard Nixon
Geoff
|
$800
[29]
We're at liberty to tell you that during WWI this German side dish was known in the U.S. as Liberty cabbage
sauerkraut
Geoff
|
$800
[25]
First launched on October 4, 1957, its name is Russian for "fellow traveler"
Sputnik
David
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Wystan Hugh...
W.H. Auden
Wilson
|
$1,000
[11]
Whenever people watch a mysterious video in this 2002 film, a phone call informs them they will die in 7 days
The Ring
Wilson
|
$1,000
[21]
Put a little circle above an A & it stands for this unit of length used to express electromagnetic wavelengths
angstrom
Wilson
|
$1,000
[15]
He climbed the Matterhorn, explored Brazil & practiced judo
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
|
$1,000
[30]
Tzatziki is a Greek side dish made with cucumbers & this fermented milk product
yogurt
David
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
People who cultivated this fruit often used to make wine were said to live to a ripe old age; hence its name
elderberry
David
|
| SCIENTISTS | THEIR LAST TOP 10 HIT | U.S.A. | RELIGION | JOE, ANNES & JOANNES | "ONE", "TWO", "THREE" |
|
$400
[21]
In 1929 President Hoover presented her with a $50,000 check to purchase a gram of radium for a lab in Warsaw
Marie Curie
Geoff
|
$400
[1]
"Sexual Healing"(1982)
Marvin Gaye
Wilson
|
$400
[2]
In 2003 Burbank, Calif. posthumously thanked him for the memories by renaming its airport for him
Bob Hope
David
|
$400
[28]
Archaeological digs in 1996 indicate that Buddha was born in this country, about 145 miles SW of Katmandu
Nepal
David
|
$400
[12]
His marriage to Marilyn Monroe lasted only 9 months in 1954
Joe DiMaggio
David
|
$400
[7]
Popular with comedians, they're short, witty remarks
one-liners
Geoff
|
|
$800
[22]
In 1885 this French chemist first used his rabies vaccine, on a boy named Joseph Meister
Louis Pasteur
Geoff
|
$800
[3]
"I Can See for Miles"(1967)
The Who
David
|
$800
[17]
This state's Nihau Island has been privately owned since the 1860s
Hawaii
David
|
$800
[24]
In the Roman Catholic Church, several parishes in an area form this territorial district headed by a bishop
diocese
Wilson
David
|
$800
[13]
He retired from boxing in 1949, but returned only to be KOed by Rocky Marciano in 1951
Joe Louis
David
|
$800
[8]
In reference to animals, what biped means
having two feet
David
|
|
$1,600
[26]
7 years after publishing a paper on the Periodic Table, this Russian investigated the Pennsylvania oil fields
(Dmitri) Mendeleev
David
|
$1,200
[4]
"Got My Mind Set on You"(1987)
George Harrison
Geoff
|
$1,200
[18]
Popularly known as "The Oldest House", the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this Florida city dates from around 1723
St. Augustine
David
|
$1,200
[25]
This -ism named for Protestant reformer John is associated with the values of thrift & labor
Calvinism
David
|
$1,200
[14]
She played opposite her husband in the movies "The Drowning Pool" & "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge"
Joanne Woodward
David
|
$1,200
[9]
Crank up Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" & grab your partner; it's time for this dance
Two-step
David
|
|
$2,000
[27]
In 1794 this British chemist made a study of red-green color blindness, a visual deficiency now named for him
John Dalton (Daltonism)
|
$1,600
[5]
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"(1988)
Billy Ocean
David
|
$1,600
[19]
Its state song, "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away", was written by Paul Dresser, Theodore Dreiser's brother
Indiana
Wilson
|
$1,600
[29]
To avoid persecution by a tribe called the Quraysh, Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city
Medina
Geoff
|
$2,000
[16]
Her "Breathing Lessons" really paid off; in 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Anne Tyler
David
|
$1,600
[10]
It premiered at a Berlin theater in 1928 under the title "Die Dreigroschenoper"
The Threepenny Opera
David
|
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
Edmond Halley paid all the expenses to publish this man's 1687 masterpiece "Principia Mathematica"
Sir Isaac Newton
Geoff
|
$2,000
[6]
"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"(1974)
Jim Croce
David
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1934 a record wind speed of 231 MPH was recorded on the summit of Mt. Washington in this state
New Hampshire
David
|
$2,000
[30]
This Jewish festival is also called the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths
Sukkot
|
DD
$5,200
[15]
In 1533 she gave birth to future Queen Elizabeth I
Anne Boleyn
David
|
$2,000
[11]
This 1961 Jimmy Cagney comedy used a fake Brandenburg Gate when the real gate closed mid-shoot
One, Two, Three
David
|
From 1894 to 1896 this committee was headed by Dimitrios Vikelas
the International Olympic Committee