Matt Lohr — a bookseller from Orange, California
Kate Charron — a courier from Burlington, Vermont
Frank Amanat — an attorney from South Orange, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $55,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank | $1,800 | $2,000 | $4,400 |
$4,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
13 R, 4 W |
| Kate | $1,400 | $2,000 | $12,800 |
$12,800
New champion: $12,800 |
$14,800
20 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $2,100 | $3,100 | $12,700 |
$4,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH | THE 2nd MRS. | IT'S A DATE! | LAKES & RIVERS | DON'T DO THE CRIME | STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" |
|
$200
[2]
Before becoming president, W. served this many terms as governor of Texas
2
Kate
|
$200
[12]
Tom Cruise
Nicole Kidman
Frank
|
$200
[3]
St. Patrick's Day & the feast of Joseph of Arimathea are both celebrated on this date
March 17
Frank
|
$200
[1]
Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal
Loch Ness
Matt
|
$200
[21]
In Wyoming, this crime is fourth degree when property worth less than $200 is purposely burned
arson
Matt
|
$200
[13]
From the Greek for "forgetfulness", it's a partial or total loss of memory
amnesia
Frank
Kate
|
|
$400
[20]
George W. Bush was born in this state while his father was in college there
Connecticut
Frank
|
$400
[16]
Billy Joel
Christie Brinkley
Matt
|
$400
[8]
On this date in 1929, 7 members of the Bugs Moran gang were massacred in Chicago
February 14 (Valentine's Day)
Kate
|
$400
[4]
In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy
the Jordan
Matt
|
$400
[26]
If the guy hired to throw unruly people out of bars writes a bad check, he's doubly one of these
a bouncer
Frank
|
$400
[14]
Polynomials & coefficients are used in this branch of math
algebra
Frank
|
|
$600
[24]
Now working for W, this Wyomingite was President George H.W. Bush's Secretary of Defense
(Dick) Cheney
Kate
|
$600
[17]
Nicolas Cage
Lisa Marie Presley
Kate
Matt
|
$600
[9]
Unless you receive an extension this is the usual due date for filing your Form 1040
April 15
Kate
|
DD
$500
[5]
About halfway along its course from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, it falls 167 feet
the Niagara River
Matt
|
$600
[27]
Term for a person who conceals himself on a ship to avoid paying for the passage
stowaway
Frank
|
$600
[15]
It's a solo vocal piece in an opera
aria
Kate
|
|
$800
[25]
At one time, W was the managing general partner of this baseball team
the Texas Rangers
Frank
|
$800
[18]
Will Smith
Jada Pinkett
Kate
|
$800
[10]
Featuring parades, dancing & lots of music, the biggest Mexican celebration in the U.S. occurs on this date
May 5 (Cinco de Mayo)
Kate
|
$800
[6]
It's the largest body of fresh water entirely within the U.S.
Lake Michigan
Frank
|
$800
[28]
This phrase refers to an auto accident in which the driver probably at fault fails to stay & identify himself
hit-and-run
Kate
|
$800
[22]
It's the food of the gods
ambrosia
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[29]
W is the first candidate since this man in 1888 to win the electoral vote & presidency while losing the popular vote
Benjamin Harrison
Frank
|
$1,000
[19]
Tommy Lee
Heather Locklear
Kate
|
$1,000
[11]
George Washington planned his Delaware crossing for this date in 1776, during a silent night
December 25
Matt
|
$1,000
[7]
After the Yukon, it's the longest river in the Western Hemisphere to "roll on" into the Pacific
the Columbia
Kate
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
From the Middle English for "to wander", it's the crime of a person without home or money wandering idly in public
vagrancy
Frank
Kate
Matt
|
$1,000
[23]
The fleece of this mammal, seen here, can be used for wool
alpaca
Kate
|
| ARCHITECTURE TERMS | POP LIT | THE ARABS | QUE SARAH, SARAH | SEEING THE FUTURE | QUESTIONS IN THE FORM OF A PHRASE |
|
$400
[13]
Miss this term for the main body of a church & it sounds like you don't know jack
the nave
|
$400
[12]
In a 1964 hit, the Reflections sang, "Our love's gonna be written down in history a-just like" these Shakespeare teens
Romeo & Juliet
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Arab forces conquered this Syrian capital in the 1600s, the 1100s & 1918
Damascus
Frank
|
$400
[7]
Sarah Josepha Hale wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" & advocated making this November day a national holiday
Thanksgiving
Matt
|
$400
[17]
M&Y Trading Co. of San Francisco prints almost all the little slips of paper put in these in the U.S.
fortune cookies
Kate
|
$400
[6]
This expression relates to a boxer who's being counted out when the round mercifully ends
saved by the bell
Kate
|
|
$800
[14]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art was designed as a vast temple in this style inspired by antiquity
Neoclassical
Frank
Matt
|
$800
[18]
Jackson Browne got the title "Tender is the Night" from this author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kate
|
$800
[2]
The first Gulf War caused a rift in this organization of which Iraq was 1 of 7 founding members in 1945
the Arab League
Frank
|
$800
[8]
In the tradition of "The Little Engine That Could", this royal wrote about a little helicopter named Budgie
Sarah Ferguson
Kate
|
$800
[22]
At the beginning of a tarot card reading, the subject should do this with his left hand
cut the cards
|
$800
[26]
This phrase for a move from poverty to wealth provides the title for a book about Horatio Alger
rags to riches
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[15]
This low wall on the top of a castle may feature crenellation
parapet/battlement
Frank
Matt
|
$1,200
[19]
Their No. 1 duet "Islands in the Stream" shares its name with a Hemingway title
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Kate
|
$1,200
[3]
Seen here is the name of this Persian Gulf country; it begins with the Arabic "Q" that requires no "U"
Qatar
Matt
|
$1,200
[9]
Her discography includes 1946's "The Divine Sarah" & 1956's "Sassy"
Sarah Vaughan
Kate
|
$1,200
[23]
The three main lines on your palm are usually designated life, head & this
heart
Kate
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Alaska) Often a bear, the base of the pole is the strongest position, so this English expression is inaccurate
low man on the totem pole
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Along with Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian & Composite, it's the fifth of the orders in ancient architecture
Doric
Frank
|
$1,600
[20]
Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this memoir of Vietnam by Ron Kovic
Born on the Fourth of July
Kate
|
$1,600
[4]
A traditional industry in Bahrain is building dhows, which are these
boats
Frank
|
$1,600
[10]
She was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
Sarah Caldwell
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In 1886 a newspaper dubbed this Pennsylvania resident the "Seer of Seers" & "Weather Prophet Extraordinary"
Punxsutawney Phil
Kate
|
$1,600
[29]
Experimentation by testing method after method, eliminating the faulty ones
trial and error
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[27]
The construction technique of vertical posts & crosspieces is called "post & lintel" or "post &" this
beam
Kate
|
$2,000
[21]
The title of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" refers to a path created by this author
L. Frank Baum
Matt
|
$2,000
[5]
The term for divinely revealed law in Islam, it's the basis of the legal system in much of Arabia
Sharia
|
$2,000
[11]
"The Country of the Pointed Firs", about life in a Maine seaport, is her masterpiece
Sarah Orne Jewett
|
$2,000
[25]
From the French for "clear seeing", it's a person who may see the future
clairvoyant
Kate
|
DD
$4,000
[30]
The last 4 words Blanche speaks in "A Streetcar Named Desire" make up this famous phrase
the kindness of strangers
Matt
|
Challenging the election of Calixtus in 217, Hippolytus declared himself the first one of these
an antipope