Dan Rowley — an aerospace engineer from Westchester, California
Nancy Fink — a casino worker from Norwich, Connecticut
David Abolafia — a writer from Fishkill, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $4,000 | $6,600 | $20,000 |
$15,000
2-day champion: $42,000 |
$23,000
31 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Nancy | $0 | $2,200 | $3,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
5 R, 0 W |
| Dan | $2,200 | $2,200 | $7,400 |
$8,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
16 R, 4 W |
| INSIDE SCIENCE | CELEBRITY BOOKS | INTERNET HISTORY | OFFICIAL STATE CREATURES | SLOGANEERING | BACK IN "BLACK" |
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$200
[1]
It's not pulp fiction, it's a fact that you have pulp cavities inside these body parts
teeth
David
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[9]
In 2000 this host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" shared some funny moments in his "Who Wants to Be Me?"
Regis Philbin
David
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$200
[4]
It's believed that in 1994 WXYC in Chapel Hill in this state became the 1st radio station to webcast
North Carolina
David
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$200
[6]
Its state insect is the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
Maryland
Dan
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$200
[22]
A youth organization:"Do a good turn daily"
the Boy Scouts
David
Dan
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$200
[17]
Put the hammer down on this repairer of horseshoes
blacksmith
Dan
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$400
[2]
Inside the heart there are 4 of these; 2 semilunar, a bicuspid & a tricuspid
valves
David
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[10]
"Call Me Crazy" is what this former companion of Ellen DeGeneres called her 2001 tell-all book
Anne Heche
David
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$400
[27]
On May 3, 1978 Gary Thuerk sent the first of this irritating type of communication to 600 users
spam
Nancy
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$400
[7]
Though Utah's not on the ocean, this is its state bird
seagull
David
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$400
[23]
A brand of beer:"Tastes great, less filling"
Miller Lite
David
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$400
[18]
Thorny bush of the rose family with small purplish fruits
blackberry
Dan
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$600
[3]
This sac in a bird's egg is there to provide nourishment to the embryo
yolk
Dan
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$600
[11]
"Naked Pictures of Famous People" is a collection of comic essays by this host of "The Daily Show"
Jon Stewart
David
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$600
[28]
Hacker Robert Morris' 1988 program with the name of this slithery creature crashed a tenth of the Internet
worm
David
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$600
[14]
It's not odd that its state fish is the cod
Massachusetts
David
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$800
[25]
A restaurant:"I want my baby back baby back baby back ribs"
Chili's
Nancy
Dan
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$600
[19]
From an item once used as a ballot, it means to exclude someone socially, or vote against him for membership
blackball
David
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$800
[5]
Mycologists know these are what a puffball puffs out
spores
Dan
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$800
[12]
This beloved actor wrote about his "Lust for Life" & his frustrations with it in "My Stroke of Luck"
Kirk Douglas
Dan
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$800
[29]
The first search engine had this comic book name; the original "Archives" was too long of a filename
Archie
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$800
[15]
The beaver is a "dam" fine choice as its state animal
Oregon
Dan
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$1,000
[26]
An airline:"You are now free to move about the country"
Southwest
David
Nancy
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$800
[20]
A road surface such as asphalt
blacktop
David
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$1,000
[8]
Scientists figure Mars isn't creme-filled, but has a liquid core made of this
iron
David
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$1,000
[13]
"Today" this "Inside Edition" & MSNBC host moonlights as a children's author with books like "I Can Fly!"
Deborah Norville
Dan
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$1,000
[30]
The 411 is that this 4-letter domain name went live in late 2001
info
David
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$1,000
[16]
The dolphin & the manatee are in the swim as its state marine mammals
Florida
David
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DD
$1,600
[24]
For preschool consumers:"Our work is child's play"
Fisher-Price
David
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$1,000
[21]
Fashionable nickname for Italy's Fascists
the Blackshirts
David
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| HINDU LIFE | THE TV CHARACTER IN COMMON | ART IN OMAHA | THEY ALL WENT TO YALE | UR | "N" CHARGE |
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$400
[26]
Hindus disapprove of killing animals, but they regard the slaying of this animal as the worst offense
cow
David
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$400
[1]
Ed O'Neill & Jack Webb
Joe Friday
David
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[4]
Abstract Expressionist:"Galaxy"(1947)
Jackson Pollock
Nancy
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$400
[7]
Aaaaaay! He earned a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama 4 years before playing "The Fonz"
Henry Winkler
Nancy
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$400
[18]
Chapter 11 of Genesis says that this Biblical patriarch hailed from Ur
Abraham
Dan
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$400
[12]
Not welcome; it usually follows "persona"
non grata
David
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$800
[27]
Many in India idolize this Hindu sitar virtuoso & today they idolize his daughter Norah Jones
Ravi Shankar
David
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$800
[2]
Dick York & Dick Sargent
Darrin Stephens
David
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$800
[17]
French:"Little Dancer, 14 Years Old"(1881)
(Edgar) Degas
Dan
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$800
[8]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut) This blue-eyed icon spent his salad days studying drama at Yale, long before making his own salad dressing
Paul Newman
David
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$800
[19]
Ur's extensive foreign trade was documented on tablets made of this found in the residential section of the city
clay
David
Dan
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$800
[13]
A person born in America from parents who emigrated from Japan, it means "second generation"
Nisei
David
|
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$1,600
[29]
On a visit to Cambodia you can visit this large Hindu temple complex that dates from the 12th century
Angkor Wat
Dan
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$1,200
[3]
Cathy Lee Crosby (the TV movie) & Lynda Carter (the series)
Wonder Woman
Dan
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$1,200
[23]
From an American woman:"Woman Reading"(1878-79)
Mary Cassatt
David
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$1,200
[9]
This Broadway composer known for "Kiss Me Kate" wrote some of Yale's fight songs while he was a student at Yale
Cole Porter
David
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$1,200
[20]
Ur was located on this river important to its commerce & irrigation; today, the ruins are 10 miles west
the Euphrates
Dan
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$1,200
[14]
This London gaol appears in "Tom Jones" & in Charles Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge"
Newgate Prison
|
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
A good Hindu knows the 3 main gods of Hinduism are Shiva, Vishnu & this creator god
Brahma
David
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$1,600
[5]
Dean Cain & Tom Welling
Clark Kent
David
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$1,600
[24]
From an immigrant to Spain:"St. Francis in Prayer"(1580-1585)
El Greco
David
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$1,600
[10]
This Yale grad's play "The Skin of Our Teeth" premiered in New Haven in 1942 (& later won him his 3rd Pulitzer Prize)
Thornton Wilder
David
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$1,600
[21]
This king who threw Shadrach, Meschach & Abednego into the fiery furnace rebuilt Ur after years of neglect
Nebuchadnezzar
Dan
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$1,600
[15]
Dimlang Peak, this country's highest point, lies near its border with Cameroon
Nigeria
Dan
|
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$2,000
[30]
This important Hindu religious scripture's name means "Song of the Lord"
the Bhagavad Gita
Dan
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$2,000
[6]
Audrey Meadows & Sheila MacRae
Alice Kramden
David
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$2,000
[25]
Impressionist:"Small Country Farm at Bordighera"(1884)
Claude Monet
Dan
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DD
$2,200
[11]
Of our last 6 U.S. presidents, the 4 who are alumni of Yale
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush & Gerald Ford
David
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$2,000
[22]
Though built over 4,000 years ago, much of this great terraced, pyramid-shaped temple tower still exists
the ziggurat
David
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$2,000
[16]
Now the capital of China's Jiangsu province, it was once the capital of all China under Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
David
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This 1908 work that was followed by several sequels is the bestselling book ever written by a Canadian
Anne of Green Gables