Amy Tyszkiewicz — a Ph.D. student in chemical biology from Sayreville, New Jersey
Anne Damon — a box office manager from Medford, Massachusetts
Ben Auer — a law clerk from Savannah, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,810)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $3,000 | $5,000 | $6,600 |
$12,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
16 R, 4 W |
| Anne | $400 | $1,400 | $6,200 |
$12,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
11 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Amy | $4,000 | $7,800 | $17,200 |
$14,200
New champion: $14,200 |
$15,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| MARCH 1 | ROLLING STONE'S 20 MOST ANNOYING SONGS | 3 OF A KIND | MULTIPLE DIAGNOSES | ATTACK OF THE TAX | JUST HIT "PLAY" |
|
$200
[6]
On March 1, 1692 Sarah Good didn't have a good day as she was interrogated as a possible witch in this town
Salem (Mass.)
Ben
|
$200
[26]
"I'll tell ya what I want, what I really, really want"--never to hear this group's 1996 song ever again!
the Spice Girls
Ben
|
$200
[21]
Sardo, Stilton, Tilsit
cheeses
Amy
|
$200
[11]
A stiff this, very serious--clearly meningitis. Make that whiplash. Cervical arthritis. You slept wrong
a stiff neck
Ben
|
$200
[16]
Providing most of government revenues, it's the tax on individual & business earnings
the income tax
Ben
|
$200
[1]
You don't need to tickle the ivories on this device that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
a player piano
Amy
|
|
$400
[7]
On March 1, 2006 this online encyclopedia reached its 1 millionth user-submitted article
Wikipedia
Ben
|
$400
[27]
Maybe it would have been better if this Oscar-winning song from a 1997 movie froze to death in the Atlantic as well
"My Heart Will Go On"
Ben
Anne
|
$400
[22]
"The Searchers","The Shootist","The Quiet Man"
John Wayne movies
Ben
Anne
|
$400
[12]
A rash? It's hives. Scratch that. Allergic purpura. No, hidradenitis suppurativa, inflammation of these glands
sweat
Amy
|
$400
[17]
In 1978 California's Proposition 13 lowered the rates of this tax by 57%
property
Amy
|
$400
[2]
This soft modeling clay for kids was introduced in 1955
Play-Doh
Anne
|
|
$600
[8]
On March 1, 1781 Maryland ratified this document & the U.S. had its first stab at a Constitution
the Articles of Confederation
Ben
|
$600
[28]
"Come & find me, my name is" this, "always at the party con las chicas que son buena"
"Macarena"
Ben
|
$800
[24]
Egbert, Canute, Edward III
Kings of England
Ben
|
$600
[13]
Shortness of breath--must be a heart attack. No, histoplasmosis. Of course!--this red blood cell insufficiency
anemia
Amy
|
$600
[18]
It's the tax on earnings from the disposition of securities & investment
capital gains
Amy
|
$600
[3]
This 2-word TV innovation premiered in the 1963 Army-Navy game
instant replay
Ben
|
|
$800
[9]
Injuring several representatives, nationalists from this U.S. territory opened fire on Congress on March 1, 1954
Puerto Rico
|
$800
[29]
"Life is brilliant" & sure, your "love is pure", but let's be blunt, James: this "pretty" song of yours is on the list
"You're Beautiful"
Ben
Amy
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Draco, Lyra, Mensa
constellations
Anne
|
$800
[14]
You have acoustic neuroma. Actually, presbycusis. No, ceruminosis, that's why this is reduced
your hearing
Amy
|
$800
[19]
When this is levied on the purchase or consumption of a specific commodity, it's called an excise tax
a sales tax
Amy
|
$800
[4]
How often a particular song is broadcast on the radio
airplay
|
|
$1,000
[10]
The first contact of a manmade object with another planet came March 1, 1966, when a Soviet probe landed here
Venus
Amy
|
$1,000
[30]
This Sisqo song about a piece of clothing mentioned another song on the list, "Livin' La Vida Loca"
"Thong Song"
Ben
|
$1,000
[25]
Stede Bonnet,"Calico" Jack Rackham, Henry Morgan
pirates
|
$1,000
[15]
The fever clearly indicates mono--oops, colitis. No, TB. Of course, this bacterial ailment aka septic sore throat
strep throat
Amy
|
$1,000
[20]
Also called a capitation tax, it's an illegal tax levied for the right to vote
a poll tax
Amy
|
$1,000
[5]
To pretend to be asleep or dead, like a New World marsupial
play possum
Ben
|
| 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY | HODGE PODGE | GOING TO THE LOO-VRE | COMPLETES THE POETRY LINE | "RR" CROSSING |
|
$400
[6]
10 years after Newman & Redford, Tom Berenger & William Katt played this duo in their early days
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Anne
|
$400
[14]
In 1961 Nikita Khrushchev changed its name to Volgograd; this name had lasted almost 40 years
Stalingrad
Anne
|
$400
[11]
In 1874 Charles Hodge argued that the perfection of this human sense organ makes it obvious we were designed
the eye
Amy
|
$400
[10]
If vou're in the entrance hall named for this emperor & need to see a man about a horse, relax--it has 2 loos
Napoléon Bonaparte
|
$400
[1]
Gray:"The curfew tolls the knell of parting" this
day
|
$400
[17]
A 2-seated pleasure carriage, with or without "the fringe on top"
a surrey
Ben
|
|
$800
[7]
In "History of the World, Part I" he plays a waiter at the Last Supper & asks if the diners want separate checks
Mel Brooks
Anne
|
$800
[18]
This grassy plain covers Russia from its border with Ukraine east to the Altai Mountains in Siberia
a steppe
Ben
|
$800
[22]
Hodge is a village in this state's Jackson Parish
Louisiana
Amy
|
— |
$800
[2]
Masefield:"All I ask is a tall ship / And" this "to steer her by"
a star
Anne
|
$800
[12]
A rapid stream of water, or a violent downpour of rain
a torrent
Amy
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The bombing of Pearl Harbor is featured in this Richard Fleischer epic! epic! epic!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Amy
|
$1,200
[19]
Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest point at 18,510 feet, rises in this range along the border with Georgia
the Caucasus
Ben
Anne
|
$1,200
[23]
Comic book supervillain Cameron Hodge is an arch-foe of this group of mutant superheroes
the X-Men
Ben
Amy
|
— |
$1,200
[3]
Blake:"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the" these "of the night"
forests (forest accepted)
Anne
|
$1,200
[13]
Short pistol named for gunsmith Henry
a Derringer
Ben
|
|
$2,000
[26]
In this 1952 film assassins gun down the title Mexican revolutionary but miss his horse
Viva Zapata!
Anne
|
$1,600
[20]
The Lena River, one of Russia's longest, rises 10 miles from this deep Siberian lake & flows 2,734 miles to the Arctic Ocean
Lake Baikal
Ben
|
$2,000
[25]
"Drummer Hodge", a poem by this "Mayor of Casterbridge" author, recounts a young soldier's burial
(Thomas) Hardy
Anne
|
— |
$1,600
[4]
Pope:"Hope springs eternal in" this; "Man never is, but always to be, blest"
the human breast
|
$1,600
[15]
Containing iron
ferrous
Amy
|
|
DD
$2,400
[8]
The bombing of the city of Darwin is featured in this Baz Luhrmann epic
Australia
Anne
|
$2,000
[21]
In 1949 the Ainu people were expelled from this largest Russian island & relocated to Hokkaido
Sakhalin
Anne
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
In 1994, Member of Parliament Margaret Hodge nominated this man as leader of Britain's Labour Party
Tony Blair
Amy
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
Service:"...the queerest they ever did see / Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge / I cremated" him
Sam McGee
|
$2,000
[16]
A small ear then ware casserole dish, or the pate made in it
terrine
Anne
|
Often described as a redhead, this accused killer called her hair light brown on her 1890 passport application
Lizzie Borden