Carolyn Zsoldos — a clinical support specialist from Wilmington, Delaware
Clay Wilson — a newspaper reporter from Hampton, Georgia
Frank Amanat — an attorney from South Orange, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,250)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank | $7,800 | $11,800 | $23,200 |
$28,850
2-day champion: $44,100 |
$24,200
34 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Clay | $0 | $400 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$0
5 R, 5 W |
| Carolyn | $-400 | $3,000 | $14,400 |
$28,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | OUR NATIONAL PASTIME | BESTSELLERS BY DECADE | WHAT DID I DO WITH MY KEYS? | INVENTIVE MINDS | THE "END" |
|
$200
[1]
Before he was president, George W. Bush occupied the governor's mansion in this city
Austin, Texas
Clay
|
$200
[7]
Other teams have worn them but it's this "Northern" team one usually refers to when speaking of "pinstripes"
the New York Yankees
Frank
|
$200
[2]
"Looking for Mr. Goodbar" &"All the President's Men"
the 1970s
Frank
|
$200
[18]
They were in the pocket of those Red Tab jeans from this company--you know, the ones we just took to Goodwill
Levi's
Carolyn
|
$200
[12]
In 1891 this man of Menlo Park got a patent for a "means of transmitting signals electrically"
Thomas Edison
Clay
|
$200
[23]
It means to make a change to something, especially to the Constitution
amend
Frank
|
|
$400
[3]
It's home to the NHL's Avalanche & also to a U.S. Mint
Denver
Frank
|
$400
[8]
He had 46 home runs in 2002, 27 fewer than the previous season
Barry Bonds
Frank
|
$400
[13]
"From Here to Eternity" &"Peyton Place"
the 1950s
Frank
Clay
Carolyn
|
$400
[19]
They fell into this pot that's also a term for one who makes his money growing cotton
planter
Carolyn
|
$400
[14]
A team headed by Seymour Cray introduced the first "super" one of these in 1963
computer
Frank
|
$400
[24]
It's to grasp mentally; understand?
comprehend
Frank
|
|
$800
[5]
Anthony Trollope called this capital "on the River Kentucky" "As quietly dull a little town as I ever entered"
Frankfort
Frank
|
$600
[9]
Dodger manager Walter Alston was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983; this man, his successor, was inducted in 1997
Tommy Lasorda
Frank
|
$600
[28]
"Airport" &"Valley of the Dolls"
the 1960s
Clay
Carolyn
|
$600
[20]
They turned up in the bottom of the neighbors' jetted bath--as Emile Zola might say, this brand
Jacuzzi
Carolyn
|
$600
[15]
In 1931 Harold Edgerton synched a strobe light's flash to this device
camera
Frank
|
$600
[25]
This Indiana city is home to the College Football Hall of Fame
South Bend
Frank
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
2 of the 4 state capitals with the word "City" in their names
(2 of) Carson City, Jefferson City, Oklahoma City & Salt Lake City
Frank
|
$800
[10]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Louisville Slugger Museum.) Forests in Pennsylvania & New York provide the white type of this wood, used in most of today's Major League bats
ash
Frank
|
$800
[29]
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" &"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
the 1940s
Frank
Carolyn
|
$800
[21]
One of these crow relatives famous for their love of shiny objects flew off with them
magpie
Carolyn
|
$800
[16]
Dr. Thomas Starzl transplanted this organ in 1963 & went on to write "Experience in Hepatic Transplantation"
the liver
Frank
|
$800
[26]
It's a bonus paid by a company to its stockholders, often on a quarterly basis
dividend
Frank
|
|
$1,000
[6]
This capital is also the seat of Kennebec County
Augusta, Maine
Frank
|
$1,000
[11]
Tony Gwynn's 1994 batting average of .394 was the highest since this man's .406 in 1941
Ted Williams
Frank
|
$1,000
[30]
"Elmer Gantry" &"All Quiet on the Western Front"
the 1920s
Frank
|
$1,000
[22]
You left them in this (from the Latin for "fire"), you fool (from the Latin for "fool")
the ignition
|
$1,000
[17]
Dr. Louis Fieser is special as he synthesized this vitamin in 1939
vitamin K
Frank
|
$1,000
[27]
Take a suspect into custody
apprehend
Clay
|
| MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS | MUSICIANS | WAXES | PEOPLE | FROM A TO Y | THE END |
|
$400
[1]
Apaintingby Paul Cezanne shows "Leda and" this bird
the Swan
Carolyn
|
$400
[7]
This conga drum player married Lucille Ball after starring opposite her in the movie "Too Many Girls"
Desi Arnaz
Frank
|
$400
[24]
One use for this insect-created wax is the manufacture of artificial fruit & flowers
beeswax
Frank
Clay
|
$400
[17]
This Asian-American woman once co-anchored the "CBS Evening News"
Connie Chung
Frank
|
$400
[4]
It's an allowance paid to a former spouse for maintenance
alimony
Clay
|
$400
[12]
There was no escaping death for this magician; he died on Halloween night in 1926
Harry Houdini
Frank
|
|
$800
[2]
Heads up! She's the subject in the Caravaggio painting seen here
Medusa
Frank
Carolyn
|
$800
[21]
He's the trumpeter featuredhereon an oldie but goodie
Herb Alpert
Frank
Clay
|
$800
[25]
Montan wax is a mineral wax extracted from this; when rubbed or heated, it emits a bituminous odor
coal
Frank
|
$800
[18]
He's the cookie maker seen here
(Wally) "Famous" Amos
Carolyn
|
$800
[8]
It's the only state capital on the Hudson River
Albany (New York)
Frank
|
$800
[13]
He was having his portrait done in 1945 when he declared, "I have a terrific headache"; within hours he was dead
FDR
Frank
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Apaintingby Friedrich-Heinrich Fuger shows this Greek god seated nude with his trident
Poseidon
Frank
|
$1,200
[22]
His love of his native Greece inspired such New Age pieces as "Santorini" & "Acroyali"
Yanni
Frank
|
$1,200
[26]
An ingredient in many products including sealing wax & hair spray, it's derived from the secretions of the lac insect
shellac
Carolyn
|
$1,200
[19]
Aah, the life of a billionaire: this Microsoft co-founder owns the Seattle Seahawks & the Portland Trail Blazers
Paul Allen
Clay
|
$1,200
[9]
To waste away, like a muscle from disuse
atrophy
Frank
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1584 it was checkmate for this cruel czar who died while playing chess
Ivan the Terrible
Carolyn
|
|
$1,600
[5]
It's the title event depicted in the famous 15th century painting seen here
the birth of Venus
Clay
|
DD
$1,400
[30]
Friends of this Israeli-born violin virtuoso call him Pinky
Pinchas Zukerman
Frank
|
$1,600
[27]
The name of this wax is from the Latin for "wool oil"
lanolin
Frank
|
$1,600
[20]
The team of Mark Badgley & him has dressed stars like Halle Berry for the Oscars
James Mischka
|
$1,600
[10]
From the Latin for "handy", it's another word for skill or talent
ability
Frank
|
$2,000
[16]
This poet of "The Bridge" jumped ship in 1932
Hart Crane
|
|
$2,000
[6]
In apaintingby Agnolo Bronzino, Cosimo I de Medici is portrayed as this poet & lyre player
Orpheus
Carolyn
|
$1,600
[29]
For some "Entertainment Tonight", turn on one of his CDs like "Live at Red Rocks" or "Winter Song"
John Tesh
Frank
|
$2,000
[28]
It's thought that this wax obtained from the head of a certain whale helps the whale focus sounds to locate prey
spermaceti
|
$2,000
[23]
As a Democrat he won 94% of the vote in Texas' 6th Congressional District in 1982; 55% as a Republican in 1983
Phil Gramm
|
$2,000
[11]
Independence or self-government
autonomy
Frank
|
DD
$5,000
[15]
All the money in the world couldn't save him from dying on a plane en route to a Houston hospital in 1976
Howard Hughes
Carolyn
|
They're the 2 2-letter abbreviations in the titles of movies directed by Steven Spielberg
E.T. ( E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ) & A.I. ( Artificial Intelligence )