Janet Russell — a family physician from Scottsdale, Arizona
Jamie Santo — a freelance editor from Wilmington, Delaware
Megan Barnes — a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $37,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | $4,000 | $7,600 | $17,600 |
$32,401
2-day champion: $70,002 |
$17,600
26 R, 1 W |
| Jamie | $4,200 | $3,800 | $11,000 |
$21,001
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
12 R, 2 W |
| Janet | $800 | $7,800 | $16,200 |
$28,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
18 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| THE ARABIAN NIGHTS | WHO OWNS WHAT | OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS | FAMOUS PAIRS | SONGS IN MUSICALS | WE ALL NEED A "FRIEND" |
|
$200
[26]
Ali Baba takes his son to the cave & teaches him this 2-word password
open sesame
Megan
|
$200
[16]
Rice Krispies comes from this company's kitchen
Kellogg's
Janet
|
$200
[17]
This older name for tuberculosis referred to the disease's wasting away of the body
consumption
Megan
|
$200
[6]
Born just days apart in 1951, in 1976 they opened their first ice cream shop in a renovated gas station in Vermont
Ben & Jerry
Jamie
|
$200
[1]
"Memory" &"Mr. Mistoffelees"
Cats
Jamie
|
$200
[11]
It's what Casper is, according to his theme song
the friendly ghost
Megan
|
|
$400
[27]
An African magician claiming to be this boy's uncle traps him in a cave: a genie gets him out
Aladdin
Megan
|
$400
[22]
Kit Kat is part of this European chocolate company
Nestlé's
Jamie
|
$400
[18]
What was once referred to as mongolism is now called this
Down's syndrome
Janet
|
$400
[7]
In 1944 they won a special Pulitzer for their musical "Oklahoma!"
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Megan
|
$400
[2]
"Tradition" &"Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
Fiddler on the Roof
Megan
|
$400
[12]
In a song from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", diamonds are said to be this
a girl's best friend
Megan
|
|
$600
[28]
This sailor's first voyage begins, "My father left me a considerable estate"
Sinbad
Megan
|
$600
[23]
P&G for short, it owns Pampers & Pantene shampoo
Procter & Gamble
Megan
|
$600
[19]
In "Julius Caesar", Shakespeare mentions "falling sickness", this disorder characterized bv seizures
epilepsy
Megan
|
$600
[8]
Chang & Eng, born in May 1811 & died in January 1874, were known as this pair
Siamese twins
Megan
|
$600
[3]
"Johnny's Mambo" &"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"
Dirty Dancing
Megan
|
$600
[13]
"Meteorological" acquaintance who only hangs out with you when things are good
fair-weather friend
Megan
|
|
$800
[29]
Prince Houssain buys this transportation device at a bazaar for 40 purses of gold
a magic carpet
Janet
|
$800
[24]
Dockers are a product of the company named for this man
Levi Strauss
Janet
|
$800
[20]
An old name for influenza wasn't grab or clutch but this, from French for "seize"
the grippe
Jamie
Janet
|
$800
[9]
Seen here, "Bringing Home the Logs, Winter Landscape" is a 19th century lithograph from this pair
Currier & Ives
Janet
|
$800
[4]
"It's Raining On Prom Night" &"Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee"
Grease
Megan
|
$800
[14]
When describing themselves, the Quakers are this religious group
the Society of Friends
Jamie
|
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
To prevent her execution, this daughter of a vizier tells the king a story a night for 1,001 nights
Scheherazade
Janet
|
$1,000
[25]
Philadelphia cream cheese is from this company headquartered in Northfield, Illinois
Kraft
Megan
|
$1,000
[21]
Pens down, scrivener's palsy is an old term for this, also known as graphospasm
writer's cramp
Janet
|
$1,000
[10]
Their first map appeared in an 1872 issue of the "Railway Guide"
(William) Rand & (Andrew) McNally
Jamie
|
$1,000
[5]
"The Music And The Mirror" &"One"
A Chorus Line
Jamie
|
$1,000
[15]
The feeling must have been shared in 1865 when Charles Dickens published this novel
Our Mutual Friend
Jamie
|
| ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC | MAD TV | MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT | MIXED GREENS | MONUMENTALLY ODD | AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY |
|
$400
[19]
The largest natural lake on this North Atlantic island is Thingvallavatn near the capital
Iceland
Janet
|
$400
[11]
"Howling Mad" Murdock was part of this title TV group that also included Sgt. B.A. Baracus
the A-Team
Megan
|
$400
[1]
Like his dad, he made the big leagues, & his 1794 appointment as minister to the Netherlands pads his intl. stats
John Quincy Adams
Janet
|
$400
[24]
Makes you strong to the finish if you eat it all:CASH NIP
spinach
Megan
|
$400
[6]
Near Ulaanbaatar is the world's largest equestrian statue, a 131-foot-tall one of this Mongol leader
Genghis Khan
Janet
|
$400
[16]
After learning about the Intl. Red Cross while visiting Europe, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881
Clara Barton
Megan
|
|
$800
[20]
(Tom Ritchie of Lindblad Expeditions stands in front of a war monument in the Falkland Islands.) Stanley is the only city on the Falkland Islands, & underwent bombing during the 1982 conflict between Britain &this country
Argentina
Megan
|
$800
[12]
Peggy Olson & Joan Holloway are characters on this '60s-set series
Mad Men
Megan
|
$800
[2]
In saying there was no "right of secession" but not backing it up, his PTCWOL (push the Civil War onto Lincoln) is huge
(James) Buchanan
Janet
|
$800
[25]
It's a type of Chinese cabbage:BOY HOCK
bok choy
Megan
|
$800
[7]
A 25' headless shark monument was installed in England Aug. 9, 1986, anniversary of the dropping of one of these
the second atomic bomb
|
$800
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew describes a gray suit on a mannequin.) The suit here is typical of those worn by Red Cross nurses in the 1950s, who assisted in the conflict here, where Red Cross staff have been continuously since 1953
Korea
Janet
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Until 1995, the U.S. maintained an air base on St. David's Island in this British group off the coast of Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
Jamie
Janet
|
$1,200
[13]
On the '90s sitcom "Mad About You", he played Paul Buchman
(Paul) Reiser
Megan
|
$1,200
[3]
His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Minn. said no--& his I.G. (invade Grenada) stats are big, too
Ronald Reagan
Janet
|
$1,200
[26]
A pungent green:AURA LUG
arugula
Janet
|
$1,600
[9]
Careful--this American mobile artist's fountain in Barcelona has mercury coursing through it
(Alexander) Calder
Megan
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1889, in one of its earliest relief efforts, the Red Cross aided victims of the killer flood in this Pennsylvania city
Johnstown
Jamie
|
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
In antiquity this Spanish archipelago with an avian-sounding name was known as the Fortunate Isles
the Canary Islands
Janet
|
$1,600
[14]
This "SCTV" veteran became the Mad Hatter for a 1999 TV movie of "Alice in Wonderland"
Martin Short
|
$1,600
[4]
His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Mass. said no--but his TC (term completion) worries me
Nixon
Jamie
|
$1,600
[27]
Its name tells you it's an aquatic plant:REST ARC SEW
watercress
Jamie
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
Go to this European capital if you'd like to see a statue of Saint Wenceslas mounted atop the belly of a dead horse
Prague
Janet
|
$1,600
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with a grey uniform on a mannequin at the American Red Cross.) Named for their dresses, gray lady volunteers provided hospitality services, especially to sick & wounded soldiers beginning in 1918 at this Washington, D.C. hospital
Walter Reed
Megan
|
|
$2,000
[23]
This island was discovered on May 21, 1502, the feast day of the mother of Constantine the Great
St. Helena
|
$2,000
[15]
This fiery money manager literally rolls up his sleeves to host CNBC's "Mad Money"
(Jim) Cramer
Megan
|
$2,000
[5]
His O-LZT (out-living Zachary Taylor) looms large but I worry about his short pres. career of only 32 months
(Millard) Fillmore
Megan
Jamie
Janet
|
$2,000
[30]
Caesar salad is made with it:AUCTIONEER MELT
romaine lettuce
|
$2,000
[10]
Thebes in Egypt is home to a vast one of these, from the Greek for "city of the dead"
necropolis
Jamie
|
$2,000
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks through the American Red Cross headquarters.) Depicting the theme of ministry to the sick & wounded through sacrifice, the windows at the Red Cross headquarters were commissioned in 1917 & created by this man's studio
Tiffany
Megan
|
In his journals he described how he once set 2 groups of boys against each other, likely inspiring his 1954 novel
William Golding