Avi Schwartz — a student from Atlanta, Georgia
Suzan Hyssen — a stay-at-home mom from Livonia, Michigan
Valerie Takacs — an accounting assistant from Hudson, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie | $5,000 | $4,400 | $6,800 |
$13,000
2-day champion: $31,400 |
$6,800
16 R, 3 W |
| Suzan | $1,400 | $1,200 | $9,400 |
$5,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Avi | $-1,600 | $-1,600 | $12,000 |
$5,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,000
16 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| ANCIENT HISTORY | GAMES | PLAYWRONGS | IT'S UNREAL | THE FIFTH DIMENSION | NEW MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S LISTINGS |
|
$200
[21]
Around 965 B.C., cedar trees from Lebanon were used to build this city's temple to house the Ark of the Covenant
Jerusalem
Valerie
|
$200
[6]
Each year millions of people participate in this indoor game using special shoes & Brunswick equipment
bowling
Valerie
|
$200
[1]
Sophocles:"Octopus Wrecks"
Oedipus Rex
Valerie
|
$200
[11]
In 1966 Clark & Gollan performed experiments that led to artificial this, probably exciting news to artificial vampires
artificial blood
Valerie
|
$200
[30]
"From Russia with Love" was the fifth novel to feature this hero
James Bond
Suzan
|
$200
[16]
2-word term for the illegal use of someone's personal information to obtain money or credit
identity theft
Avi
|
|
$400
[22]
Lysander tried & failed to make this militaristic ancient Greek city-state an elective monarchy
Sparta
Suzan
|
$400
[7]
The Cup of the Americas is up for grabs in matches between the U.S. & Argentina in this mounted game
polo
Suzan
|
$400
[2]
Oliver Goldsmith:"She Stops to Conquer"
She Stoops to Conquer
Suzan
|
$400
[12]
On April 8, 1966 the L.A. Dodgers played on this surface for the first time (it was during an away game)
astroturf
Valerie
|
$400
[29]
His Fifth Symphony was the first major symphonic work to use the trombone
Beethoven
Avi
|
$400
[17]
An MTV series bears the name of this newly listed definition for a musical instrument not amplified
Unplugged
Valerie
Suzan
|
|
$600
[23]
In this Yucatan culture, caves were the portal between our world & Xibalba, the world of the gods
the Mayan
Valerie
|
$600
[8]
5,6 jackstraws, no, 5,6 spillikins, no, 5,6 this; yeah, that's it, same game
pick up sticks
Valerie
|
$600
[3]
Sam Shepard:"Tool for Glove"
Fool for Love
Valerie
|
$600
[13]
Lee makes them in active length in such colors as Joyful & Fascinating
artificial nails
Suzan
Avi
|
$600
[26]
On his fifth voyage, his ship is destroyed by giant angry mythical birds called rocs
Sinbad
Avi
|
$600
[18]
"Monstrous" name for genetically engineered vittles
"Frankenfood"
Suzan
|
|
$800
[24]
In 621 B.C. this Greek lawmaker introduced a code of law so harsh it was said to be written in blood
Draco
Valerie
Suzan
Avi
|
$800
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bronx, New York) A broomstick & a Spaldeen were all you needed for this street game; Willie Mays was famous for joining in
stickball
Avi
|
$800
[4]
Harold Pinter:"The Birthday Pastry"
The Birthday Party
Valerie
|
$800
[14]
Pam Anderson is a supporter of pleather, which is short for this
plastic leather
Avi
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
It's the fifth book of the Bible's New Testament
the Acts of the Apostles
Avi
|
$800
[19]
An arrangement of hair on a bald man in which hair from the side is used to cover the bald spot
comb over
Suzan
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Alexander the Great routed this Persian king at the Battle of Issus & captured his wife, mother & daughters
Darius (the III)
Avi
|
$1,000
[10]
Around Japan you'll find parlors filled with these games that are a cross between pinball & slot machines
pachinko
Valerie
|
$1,000
[5]
Aeschylus:"Steven Again Thebes"
Seven Against Thebes
Valerie
|
$1,000
[15]
This company is putting the kibosh on sellers of those Jelly Kelly knock-offs of its Kelly bags
Hermes
Avi
|
$1,000
[28]
This African-American was elected to his fifth term as Los Angeles mayor in 1989
Tom Bradley
Valerie
Suzan
|
$1,000
[20]
A restaurant or bar decorated in a simulated Polynesian theme
tiki bar
|
| SCIENTISTS | NAME THAT BIOPIC | BRAND NAMES | THERE ARE PLACES | "I" REMEMBER | ALL MY LIFE |
|
$400
[1]
Born June 23, 1894 were Edward VIII, who gave up a throne for love, & this biologist who gave his career to sex
Alfred Kinsey
Suzan
|
$400
[20]
With Mel Gibson as Scottish hero William Wallace
Braveheart
Suzan
|
$400
[30]
Hungry? Grab this candy bar that's "Packed with Peanuts"
Snickers
Avi
|
$400
[14]
Abbreviated Est., this former Soviet republic was est. (established) as an independent country in 1991
Estonia
Suzan
|
$400
[6]
This tax shelter for later in your life was created in 1974 to assist those without company pension plans
IRA
Valerie
|
$400
[11]
Unpacked 1913 in NYC, led the Packers to 5 championships, packed it in, 1970
Vince Lombardi
Avi
|
|
$800
[2]
Richard Schultes, the father of ethnobotany, studied & sampled this cactus sacred to some Native Americans
peyote
Avi
|
$800
[21]
With Salma Hayek as the artist-wife of Diego Rivera
Frida
Suzan
Avi
|
$800
[26]
A classic model from this company is seen here
Fender
Suzan
Avi
|
$1,200
[16]
If you want to be a lady tonight in Lucknow, head to this country
India
|
$800
[7]
Name of Admiral Richard Byrd's pet fox terrier or the Arctic house he could keep him in
Igloo
Avi
|
$800
[12]
Born 1485 in Spain, thought a god in Mexico, died in Spain in 1547
Cortes
Suzan
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity & was the first to liquefy this light gas, in 1908
helium
Avi
|
$1,200
[22]
With Ray Liotta as mobster turned FBI informant Henry Hill
Goodfellas
Suzan
|
$1,200
[27]
In TV ads in the '60s, Josephine the Plumber used this "out of this world" cleanser
Comet
Valerie
|
$1,600
[17]
A Montagnais is a Native American in Quebec; a Monegasque is a resident of this country
Monaco
|
$1,200
[8]
This metal that's cast & wrought is even found in the sun
iron
Valerie
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Born in Connecticut in 1800, helped capture an arsenal in 1859, died a martyr that same year
John Brown
Suzan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Before marrying Marie, Pierre Curie made discoveries in crystallography with this frere of his
Jacques Curie
|
$1,600
[23]
With Leonardo DiCaprio as con man Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Catch Me If You Can
Suzan
|
$1,600
[28]
John Lloyd Wright, Frank's son, invented this classic toy, notched lengths of wood
Lincoln Logs
Suzan
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Universities founded in the 12th & 19th centuries are in cities named this in England & Mississippi
Oxford
Suzan
|
$1,600
[9]
Io, a priestess at Argos in Greek myth, is identified with this Egyptian goddess
Isis
Avi
|
$1,600
[19]
Born 1925 in Chicago, made 'em laugh, talked to a mule, shuffled off in 2003
Donald O'Connor
Valerie
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This electricity investigator is a hero in the Balkans & a museum in Belgrade was named for him
Tesla
Avi
|
$2,000
[24]
With Greg Kinnear as actor Bob Crane
Auto Focus
Suzan
|
$2,000
[29]
The name of this brand comes from the Greek for "all" & the Latin for "sound"
Panasonic
Valerie
Avi
|
$2,000
[18]
These 2 countries have coasts on the Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden & Finland
Avi
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1541 he was elected general of the Jesuits, a new order he had founded
Ignatius of Loyola
Avi
|
$2,000
[25]
Born in 1820, found the manifesto of his dreams in 1848, put up das kapital for a Marx work, died 1895
Engels
Suzan
Avi
|
In 1924 he succeeded William J. Burns who had resigned; he remained in his position for the next 48 years
J. Edgar Hoover