Mike Weaver — a real estate developer from Glencoe, Illinois
Laura Simandl — a homemaker from New York, New York
Beth Graham — a library public relations manager from San Antonio, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth | $3,600 | $4,600 | $15,200 |
$15,200
2-day champion: $36,401 |
$17,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Laura | $1,000 | $2,600 | $4,200 |
$5,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
11 R, 5 W |
| Mike | $3,600 | $5,400 | $3,800 |
$4,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| MOUNTAINS | MAGAZINE DEBUTS BY DECADE | COLORFUL ROCK | PHOTO OP | MYTHICAL MENAGERIE | DOUBLE "F" |
|
$200
[16]
In 1792 explorer George Vancouver saw this mountain near present-day Seattle & named it for a friend
Mount Rainier
Laura
|
$200
[21]
Mad, TV Guide, Playboy
the 1950s
Beth
|
$200
[22]
The soundtrack to this animated feature included such songs as "Pepperland" & "March of the Meanies"
Yellow Submarine
Beth
|
$200
[11]
It's the small North Carolina town famous for this groundbreaking event
Kitty Hawk
Mike
|
$200
[1]
After Argus the hundred-eyed giant died, Hera set his eyes in the tail of this bird
the peacock
Beth
|
$200
[6]
Looking at one of these you may ponder, wow, that's the tallest living quadruped
the giraffe
Beth
|
|
$400
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew flying over Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii) Kilauea Volcano isn't classified as extinct, dormant or intermittent, but is this type, so we'll stay alert
active
Laura
|
$400
[24]
Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, New York
the 1960s
Laura
|
$400
[23]
"Fleamail" is the e-mailed updates to this group's website by one of its members
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Laura
|
$400
[12]
Born in the Netherlands, she was executed as a German spy in 1917
Mata Hari
Laura
|
$400
[2]
In some accounts, Orion is killed by the sting of this creature which becomes a constellation as well
the scorpion
Mike
|
$400
[7]
In 1869 Cornelius Swarthout got a patent on an iron to make these
waffles
Beth
|
|
$600
[18]
Aneto in the Pyrenees is this country's highest point
Spain
Beth
Laura
|
$600
[25]
Money, Ms., Games
the 1970s
Laura
|
$600
[28]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) In 1990 at the site of the Berlin Wall an all-star version of "The Wall" was presented by Roger Waters of this band
Pink Floyd
Beth
|
$600
[13]
Part of this important Biblical discovery of the 1940s is seen here
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Laura
|
$600
[3]
When Medusa's head was cut off, this winged horse sprang from her blood
Pegasus
Mike
|
$600
[8]
They're the children of a particular parent
offspring
Mike
|
|
$800
[19]
Tanzania has 2 mountains over 14,000 feet: Meru & this one
Kilimanjaro
Mike
|
$800
[26]
Reader's Digest, Business Week, Time
the 1920s
Beth
Mike
|
$800
[29]
In 1968 O.C. Smith sang, "God didn't make" these "and it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes"
little green apples
Mike
|
$800
[14]
A famous military figure is seen here making his historic arrival in this country
the Philippines
Beth
|
$800
[4]
The most dangerous of Hercules' labors was to drag this 3-headed dog up from Hades
Cerberus
Mike
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Begun in 1935, it means "air weapon" in German
Luftwaffe
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This pyramid-shaped Alpine peak was first climbed on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper & 6 companions
the Matterhorn
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
Newsweek, Esquire, Consumer Reports
the 1930s
Beth
Laura
|
$1,000
[30]
Rolling Stones song that contains the line "I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes"
"Paint It, Black"
|
$1,000
[15]
He's the Bombay-born literary giant seen here
Rudyard Kipling
|
$1,000
[5]
The hide of this fearsome beast of Nemea was so tough that no weapon could pierce it
a lion
Beth
|
$1,000
[10]
This 8-letter term for someone who flouts the rules dates back to the Roaring '20s
scofflaw
Beth
|
| AMERICAN LITERATURE | JOHNNY DEPP ROLES | 4-LETTER WOODS | "DAL" US | DYNASTY | NAUGHT'S LANDING |
|
$400
[1]
The Joad family in "The Grapes of Wrath" leaves this Dust Bowl state & heads to California
Oklahoma
Mike
|
$400
[7]
Police constable Ichabod Crane
Sleepy Hollow
Beth
Laura
|
$400
[13]
Ayan, also called Nigerian satinwood, has shown some resistance to these wood-eating insects
termites
Beth
|
$400
[6]
This dog breed was first spotted in the Yugoslavia region several hundred years ago
the Dalmatian
Mike
|
$400
[18]
The Holstein-Gottorp family, including Nicholas I, ruled Russia under this name
Romanov
Beth
|
$400
[23]
Slang for "nothing", it's also a company that's produced over 300 million waterproof lighters
Zippo
Beth
|
|
$800
[2]
In one scene in this 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, Daisy Buchanan hits Myrtle Wilson with her car
The Great Gatsby
Mike
|
$800
[8]
Murderous CIA agent Sands who goes south of the border
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
|
$800
[14]
A hardwood, agba is used as a substitute for oak for church furniture & these burial items
coffins
Laura
|
$800
[9]
The U.S. military may award one for distinguished service
a medal
Laura
Mike
|
$800
[19]
Habsburg is a contraction of Habichtsburg, the name of the family's one of these in Switzerland
castle
Beth
|
$800
[24]
We hope you're not missing--missing this CBS series with Anthony LaPaglia
Without A Trace
Laura
|
|
DD
$800
[4]
In "Following the Equator", this humorist wrote, "Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it"
Mark Twain
Beth
|
$1,200
[26]
Gonzo journalist Raoul Duke
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
|
$1,200
[15]
This evergreen tree is valued for pitch, tar, resin & turpentine, as well as for its wood
pine
Beth
|
$1,200
[10]
This clue won't kill you, but this type of maniac will
homicidal
Mike
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
The House of Savoy-Carignano was shuttered up in this country in 1946 when Humbert II left the throne
Italy
Beth
|
$1,200
[25]
One story says a Spanish explorer, when asked what he saw there, answered aca nada, "nothing there"
Canada
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In the midst of writing his 5 Natty Bumppo tales, he paused to write a "History of the Navy of the United States"
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Beth
|
$1,600
[27]
Undercover high school policeman Tom Hanson
21 Jump Street
Laura
|
$1,600
[16]
The trees that provide this wood favored by carvers in the Middle Ages are not the same-named citrus ones
lime
Beth
|
$1,600
[11]
Playwright Richard Sheridan's "The School for" this didn't cover Enron
Scandal
Laura
|
$1,200
[20]
The king of France in 1604 & the king of Spain in 2004 are members of this family
the Bourbons
Beth
|
$1,600
[29]
For the Beach Boys, "nothing can catch" this Chevy muscle car
the Chevy 409
Mike
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1964 he won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur"
John Updike
|
$2,000
[28]
Undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone
Donnie Brasco
|
$2,000
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Gunpowder sparks on metal, so the decks of the Missouri are made of this 4-letter wood
teak
|
$2,000
[12]
After leading him up this "path", a woman puts the reins on her intended
The Bridal Path
Beth
|
$2,000
[22]
Getting crowned emperor on December 25, 800 made him a Christmas Carolingian
Charlemagne
Beth
Mike
|
$2,000
[30]
The title of the Gary Oldman movie this 'by Mouth" refers to a medical order about patient nutrition
Nil by Mouth
Laura
|
The Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 between the U.S. & Great Britain limited naval power on these bodies of water
the Great Lakes or Lake Champlain