Arthur Gandolfi game 2.
Deborah Walsh — a travel agent from Belchertown, Massachusetts
Matt McDonell — a high school math teacher from San Francisco, California
Arthur Gandolfi — a commercial real estate executive from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $39,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | $5,600 | $7,800 | $24,200 |
$34,200
2-day champion: $73,700 |
$23,400
27 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Matt | $1,800 | $3,600 | $6,000 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
10 R, 3 W |
| Deborah | $1,800 | $3,400 | $4,200 |
$2,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
11 R, 3 W |
| NONFICTION | COLLEGE BASKETBALL | SO. CAL. | "C" FOOD | ROYALTY | POSTAL ABBREVIATION SPELLING |
|
$200
[17]
Gavin Menzies makes a big claim for Admiral Zheng He in "1421: The Year" this nation "Discovered America"
China
Matt
|
$200
[9]
In 1991 at LSU, this current Lakers center & part-time rapper led the NCAA in rebounds with 14.7 per game
Shaquille O'Neal
Arthur
|
$200
[16]
Specialty of Rubin's Red Hots & Tail O' The Pup
hot dogs
Deborah
|
$200
[5]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Spain.) The first thing little Pablo Picasso drew was one of these sugary treats eaten for breakfast in Spain
churros
Deborah
|
$200
[1]
In 1973 Carl XVI Gustaf became the king of this country
Sweden
Arthur
Matt
|
$200
[26]
Colorado, Oklahoma
cook
Arthur
|
|
$400
[22]
It's the eating implement on the cover of Adam Bellow's "In Praise of Nepotism"
a silver spoon
|
$400
[10]
In 1932 he was College Player of the Year at Purdue; in the 1970s he coached UCLA to a record 88 straight wins
(John) Wooden
Arthur
|
$400
[18]
On the Warner Bros. lot tour you can see the water tower that this cartoon trio calls home
the Animaniacs
Matt
|
$400
[6]
Salad dish that's a side at KFC
coleslaw
Matt
|
$400
[2]
Dying in 1989 at the age of 87, he was the longest-reigning & longest-living emperor in Japanese history
Hirohito
Arthur
|
$400
[28]
Virginia, Nebraska
vane
Arthur
Matt
|
|
$600
[23]
"The Art of Happiness" is a dialogue between Dr. Howard Cutler & this Buddhist
the Dalai Lama
Matt
|
$600
[11]
The NCAA basketball tournament is known by this "crazy" monthly name
March Madness
Matt
|
$600
[19]
In 1929 most of the canals Abbot Kinney added to this community were filled in
Venice
Deborah
|
$600
[7]
It's the French fromage in the foreground
Camembert
Arthur
|
$800
[4]
Queen Noor, whom he married in 1978, was his fourth wife
King Hussein (of Jordan)
Deborah
|
$600
[29]
Michigan, Maine
mime
Arthur
|
|
$800
[24]
In 1961 Julia Child started a culinary revolution when she published "Mastering the Art of" this
French Cooking
Deborah
|
$800
[12]
Only 2 men have won 3 NCAA scoring titles--Pete Maravich & this Cincinnati player known as the "Big O"
Oscar Robertson
Arthur
|
$800
[20]
The original & current homes of the Oscar ceremony are on opposite sides of this street
Hollywood Blvd.
|
$800
[14]
It's a clarified meat or fish broth; flavor it with tomato juice & it becomes madrilene
consommé
Deborah
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
A Canadian province is named for this son of King George III
Prince Edward (Island)
Arthur
|
$800
[30]
Pennsylvania, Connecticut
pact
Arthur
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Her books include "Treason" & "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right"
(Ann) Coulter
Arthur
|
$1,000
[13]
(Hi, I'm Bill Walton.) This award for college player of the year is named for the inventor of basketball; I won it 3 times in the 1970s
(James) Naismith
Arthur
|
$1,000
[21]
Every spring the Toyota Grand Prix races through the downtown streets of this city
Long Beach
|
$1,000
[15]
The lemons seen here are studded with these
cloves
Matt
|
$1,000
[8]
Previously married to her bodyguard, in September 2003 this 38-year-old princess married a Portuguese circus acrobat
Princess Stephanie (of Monaco)
Arthur
|
$1,000
[27]
California, North Dakota, Oregon
candor
Matt
|
| 1953 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN | TREES | HOMOPHONIC PROPER NAMES | BE ON YOUR KIERKEGAARD | HERE "WE" COME! |
|
$400
[1]
In 1953 the U.S. completed its air base at Thule on this island, causing the resettlement of over 100 Eskimos
Greenland
|
$400
[6]
James Cagney played Bottom & Mickey Rooney was Puck in a 1935 adaptation of this Shakespeare comedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Arthur
Deborah
|
$400
[11]
The Black Hills Spruce is its state tree
South Dakota
Arthur
|
$400
[21]
A narrow opening in rock, or the last name of a "Star Wars" character
fissure/Fisher
Arthur
|
$400
[26]
From the Latin for "stern one", it was Kierkegaard's first name
Søren
Arthur
|
$400
[14]
To make cloth by interlacing threads
weave
Deborah
|
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Alaska.) Overfishing has such bad effects that in 1953 Ike declared Alaska this, like in the aftermath of a flood or quake
a (federal) disaster area
Arthur
|
$800
[7]
This Amy Tan novel became a movie with Ming-Na & Tamlyn Tomita
The Joy Luck Club
Matt
|
$800
[12]
Because of its durability in wet soil, this "spreading" tree is used to make fenceposts
chestnut
|
$800
[22]
Hey, man, what's the capital of Switzerland? This, baby, this
Bern/burn
Deborah
|
$800
[27]
"The Father of Existentialism", Kierkegaard said that human life requires a "leap of" this
faith
Matt
|
$800
[15]
To ease a baby animal off its mother's milk
wean
Arthur
|
|
$1,200
[3]
On December 12 this U.S. Air Force pilot set a speed record by flying his Bell X-1A rocket plane over 1600 MPH
(Chuck) Yeager
Arthur
|
$1,200
[8]
Alan Alda starred as George Plimpton playing football for Detroit in this film based on Plimpton's book
Paper Lion
Deborah
|
$1,200
[13]
The Douglas fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family
pine
Arthur
Matt
Deborah
|
$1,200
[23]
The type of road seen here, or a Southern university
two-lane/Tulane
Deborah
|
$1,200
[28]
The European country in which Kierkegaard was born
Denmark
|
$1,200
[16]
In basketball, it's the side away from the ball
the weak side
Arthur
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Concerning this, Ike said, "We have won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world"
the Korean War
Arthur
|
$1,600
[9]
(Hi, I'm CCH Pounder from The Shield.) I starred in a TV movie of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", based on a novel by this African-American author
James Baldwin
|
$1,600
[19]
The inner bark of the slippery species of this tree has been used as a thirst quencher & for medicinal purposes
elm
Arthur
|
$1,600
[24]
Detectives in this city in West Yorkshire follow these to solve cases
Leeds/leads
Arthur
|
$1,600
[29]
Kierkegaard's powerful work "Frygt og Baeven" is usually translated into English as "Fear and" this
Trembling
Deborah
|
$1,600
[17]
A sly & underhanded person, or a black-footed ferret, for example
weasel
Arthur
|
|
DD
$2,400
[5]
On April 7, he was elected by a vote of 57-1 to succeed Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjöld
Arthur
|
$2,000
[10]
The Lady Chablis, a Savannah drag queen, played herself in this John Cusack film based on a bestseller
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
The nuts from this tree are also called green almonds
pistachios
Arthur
|
$2,000
[25]
This important French naval city is a homophone of an anatomical English word
Brest/breast
Arthur
|
— |
$2,000
[18]
From 1919 to 1933 Germany was known as this republic
the Weimar Republic
Deborah
|
Since 1820, 1 of 3 men to lose a presidential election but win the rematch with the same individual 4 years later
(1 of 3) Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison or Grover Cleveland