Mike Smith — a litigation technology specialist from Washington, D.C.
Monica Shafer — an environmental scientist from San Antonio, Texas
Jack Rosenzweig — a government attorney from Honolulu, Hawaii (whose 2-day cash winnings total $50,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack | $2,000 | $3,000 | $9,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Monica | $600 | $5,600 | $8,000 |
$500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
14 R, 3 W |
| Mike | $2,600 | $5,400 | $17,900 |
$16,100
New champion: $16,100 |
$19,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE | BIRD, REPTILE OR FELINE | MIND YOUR MANNERS | PEABODY AWARD WINNERS | NOTABLE WOMEN | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$200
[1]
The name of this religion predominant in Haiti is an African-derived word for "god" or "spirit"
Voodoo
Jack
|
$200
[9]
The Gila monster
reptile
Mike
|
$200
[6]
When "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played, foreigners as well as Americans should do this
stand
Mike
|
$200
[26]
1996 was a good year for Fox as 2 of its shows won: "The X-Files" & this animated series
The Simpsons
Monica
|
$200
[14]
In 1994 a Liberty ship was named in honor of this Underground Railroad leader
Harriet Tubman
Jack
|
$200
[16]
If your command of the German language is poor, it wouldn't hurt to ask, "Sprechen sie Englisch?", which means this
Do you speak English?
Mike
|
|
$400
[2]
This small Mexican state's "saucy" name is Indian for "damp earth", not "hot pepper"
Tabasco
Jack
Monica
Mike
|
$400
[10]
The catamount
feline
Mike
|
$400
[7]
Etiquette experts say it's okay between courses or after the meal to put these body parts on the table
your elbows
Mike
|
$400
[27]
This show whose theme is heard here copped an award for 1981
Hill Street Blues
Mike
|
$400
[15]
Dorothy Hansine Andersen identified this disease abbreviated CF & devised a test to diagnose it
cystic fibrosis
Jack
|
$400
[19]
Literally meaning "little woman", it once meant "Miss", but many modern German women now find it offensive
fraulein
Jack
Monica
|
|
$800
[4]
Argentines call residents of this port city "Portenos", which means "people of the port"
Buenos Aires
|
$600
[11]
The auk
bird
Mike
|
$600
[8]
"Etiquette for Dummies" says an index finger flat & firm against your upper lip may forestall one of these
a sneeze
Jack
Mike
|
$600
[28]
A tour she gave of her home in 1962 won a Peabody
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jack
|
$600
[17]
Reaching for the stars, in 1865 Maria Mitchell became Vassar's first professor of this science
astronomy
Mike
|
$600
[20]
Germans call this holiday Neujahrstag
New Year's Day
Mike
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Canada's southernmost point lies on Middle Island in this Great Lake
Erie
Jack
|
$800
[12]
The adder
reptile
Mike
|
$800
[24]
If you have ESP or your phone has this, it's okay to answer the phone greeting the person by name
caller ID
Monica
|
$800
[29]
The Program for Youth Award for 1960 went to this game show sponsored by GE
College Bowl
Jack
|
$800
[18]
While living in Europe, she was asked to help introduce the Red Cross to America, & she did
Clara Barton
Monica
|
$800
[22]
If you order schwarzen kaffee mit sahne in a restaurant, you'll get coffee with this
cream
Monica
|
|
$1,000
[5]
The West Indian island of Aruba is a self-governing part of this European country
the Netherlands
Mike
|
$1,000
[13]
The pintail
bird
Monica
|
$1,000
[25]
At a formal dinner, don't sit until the host, hostess or this person does
the guest of honor
|
$1,000
[30]
She produced & starred in 1974's Peabody Award-winning "Free to Be...You & Me"
Marlo Thomas
Mike
|
$1,000
[21]
Grace Hopper was perhaps best-known for co-developing this computer language used in business
COBOL
Monica
|
$1,000
[23]
You'd better not drive the wrong direction down an einbahnstrasse, which is this
a one-way street
Monica
|
| U.S. GOVERNMENT | NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS | BIG SCREEN TITLE PAIRS | NEFERTITI TIME | WHAT A BODY! | "Z"OWEE! |
|
$400
[1]
A president "shall have the power to grant reprieves and" these "for offenses against the United States"
pardons
Mike
|
$400
[19]
The shield on this country's coat of arms is supported by a European woman & a Maori chieftain
New Zealand
Jack
|
$400
[2]
1989:"...and Misdemeanors"
Crimes
Monica
|
$400
[26]
Nefertiti's stepson was this boy king who became pharaoh at about the age of 9
Tut
Jack
|
$400
[16]
As a prefix, this facial feature means "fat"; so maybe giving someone a fat one is redundant
lip
Monica
|
$400
[11]
This German count launched his first airship in 1900
Zeppelin
Jack
|
|
$800
[7]
Border & Transportation Security is 1 of the 5 divisions of this department headed by Tom Ridge
Homeland Security
Mike
|
$800
[20]
This object appears on Switzerland's coat of arms as well as its flag
a cross
Mike
|
$800
[3]
1971:"...and Broomsticks"
Bedknobs
Monica
|
$800
[27]
An inscribed golden one of these bugs suggests that Nefertiti briefly ruled in her own right
a scarab
Mike
|
$800
[17]
3 cuneiform bones along with the metatarsals help form each of these foot parts that may leave you flat
the arches
Monica
|
$800
[12]
Anthony Quinn won an Oscar for playing the brother of this Mexican revolutionary
Zapata
Monica
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Article 7 of the U.S. Constitution requires that this many of the 13 states ratify it to put it into effect
9 states
|
$1,200
[23]
Its coat of arms bears the motto "Unity Through Diversity", not "Beware of the Komodo Dragon"
Indonesia
Mike
|
$1,200
[4]
1989:"...and Sheba"
Solomon
Jack
|
$1,200
[28]
Some historians speculated that a mummy found at Location KV35 in this valley may prove to be Nefertiti
the Valley of the Kings
Monica
Mike
|
$1,200
[18]
If you want to make a protein, the instructions can be found in this in your genes
DNA
Jack
|
$1,200
[13]
Wearing the traditional garb of his people, a chief of this 8 million strong group is seen here
Zulu
Jack
|
|
DD
$1,500
[10]
This standing committee in the House of Representatives deals with tax bills
the Ways and Means Committee
Mike
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Its coat of arms shows the isthmus of Panama, which was once a part of it
Colombia
Mike
|
$1,600
[5]
1992:"...and Away"
Far
Mike
|
$1,600
[29]
The famous painted bust of Nefertiti is housed in the Egyptian Museum of this German capital city
Berlin
Monica
|
$1,600
[21]
Vitamin D is activated when the skin is exposed to this radiation
ultraviolet
Mike
|
$1,600
[14]
Though they might have called her "Buttons", this was Moses' wife's name
Zipporah
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Of the current Supreme Court justices, he has served the longest--32 years
Rehnquist
Mike
|
$2,000
[25]
Costa Rica's coat of arms features these 2 bodies of water
the Caribbean Sea & the Pacific Ocean
Mike
|
$2,000
[6]
1982:"...and Treacle"
Brimstone
Jack
|
$2,000
[30]
Nefertiti's husband was this pharaoh, one of the 1st in history to establish a monotheistic religion
Akhenaten
|
$2,000
[22]
Bradycardia refers to a slow resting heartbeat; this is the opposite, a fast one
tachycardia
Monica
Mike
|
$2,000
[15]
Marilyn Sitzman, this man's secretary, braced him as he filmed JFK's assassination
Abraham Zapruder
Mike
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Yale Repertory Theatre) During apartheid, this man chose to premiere several of his plays, including "A Place with the Pigs", here at Yale
Athol Fugard