Omar Shokeir — a pathologist from Bellingham, Washington
Willie Costley — an administrative assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
Lisa Osterman — a geologist from Bethesda, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $2,000 | $5,000 | $9,400 |
$9,400
2-day champion: $13,000 |
$9,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Willie | $600 | $800 | $11,000 |
$399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Omar | $400 | $600 | $10,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| ISAAC | "HAY"ES | A BAD MOTHER | SHUT YOUR MOUTH! | BUT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT SHAQ | THEN WE CAN DIG IT |
|
$200
[8]
In the Bible Isaac was the first to have this procedure done at the age of 8 days, still a Jewish custom
circumcision
Lisa
|
$200
[6]
A type of allergic rhinitis affecting the mucous membranes of the eyes
hay fever
Lisa
|
$200
[1]
In the movie "Gone with the Wind", Rhett Butler tells her, "A cat's a better mother than you"
Scarlett O'Hara
Lisa
|
$200
[16]
"I will remain silent. Neither I, nor my wife, will leave Krypton", says Marlon Brando in this 1978 film
Superman
Lisa
|
$200
[21]
In 2004 Shaq was fined $295,000 for using some salty language in a TV interview; it was this many games' pay
1
Willie
|
$200
[23]
The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds
their bones
Lisa
|
|
$400
[9]
Despite a famine, God told Isaac to "go not down unto" this land of the Pharaohs but to stay put in Gerar
Egypt
Omar
|
$400
[7]
A huge punch that usually results in a knockout
a haymaker
Omar
|
$400
[2]
She fed her children "some broth without... bread" then "whipped them all soundly and put them to bed"
the old woman who lived in a shoe
Omar
|
$400
[17]
"Factor" in the idea that this Fox commentator has been known to tell guests in his "No Spin Zone" to "Shut up!"
Bill O'Reilly
Willie
|
$400
[22]
In his first 12 years in the NBA, Shaq made only one of these "behind the arc" shots, on Feb. 16, 1996
a three-pointer
Lisa
|
$400
[24]
Ironically, an "aquatic civilization" has been unearthed in this area that covers much of North Africa
the Sahara Desert
Willie
|
|
$600
[10]
Abraham was ready to sacrifice Isaac as commanded, but God provided this adult animal caught in a thicket
a ram
Lisa
Omar
|
$600
[13]
Out of control, disordered, crazy
haywire
Omar
|
$600
[3]
She not only condoned the crimes committed by sons Herman, Lloyd, Arthur & Fred, she may have participated
Ma Barker
Lisa
|
$600
[18]
This comic was silenced by obscenity charges in the '60s; in 2003 Gov. Pataki gave him a posthumous pardon
Lenny Bruce
Lisa
|
$600
[28]
Appropriately, Mr. O'Neal did ads for this co. whose slogan works for us--"You've got questions, we've got answers"
RadioShack
Omar
|
$600
[25]
Some skulls from colonial America show wear on a tooth from sucking on the stem of this artifact
a pipe
Lisa
|
|
$800
[11]
God said this elderly mother of Isaac "shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her"
Sarah
Omar
|
$800
[14]
To glide or move nonchalantly across the floor
sashay
Lisa
Willie
Omar
|
$800
[4]
In the 8th century Irene ruled alone over this empire after she had her son Constantine VI deposed & blinded
the Byzantine Empire
Willie
|
$800
[19]
If you're arrested, you have the right to remain silent thanks to this arrestee's 1966 case
Miranda
Omar
|
$800
[29]
On March 6, 2000 Shaq dropped a career-high 61 points on this team that calls Staples Center home
the Clippers
Willie
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
Finds at Whitehall Villa in Britain reveal that this ancient people ate dormice & really loved oysters
the Romans
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Isaac & his wife Rebekah had twin sons: Jacob & this one who sold his birthright to Jacob
Esau
Lisa
|
$1,000
[15]
This revolt, chiefly by farmers, took place in Massachusetts in 1786
Shays' Rebellion
Lisa
Willie
|
$1,000
[5]
In mythology, after Jason walked out on her, she murdered their children
Medea
Lisa
|
$1,000
[20]
"'Are you lost, Daddy?' I arsked... 'Shut up,' he explained" is from this "circular" sportswriter's "Young Immigrunts"
Ring Lardner
Lisa
|
— |
$1,000
[27]
Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad"
the Bronze Age
Lisa
|
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | POTENT POTABLES | THE INDIAN OCEAN | SEASONAL MOVIES | HENCE THE TITLE | "VE" DAY |
|
$400
[26]
Schubert wrote one of these in C for the unusual grouping of 2 violins, 1 viola & 2 cellos
a quintet
Lisa
Willie
Omar
|
$400
[11]
In Amsterdam a Bruine Kroeg or "brown cafe", specializes in this potent potable
beer
Willie
|
$400
[6]
The Indian Ocean's longest north-south distance measures about 6,100 miles from Pakistan to this continent
Antarctica
Willie
|
$400
[21]
"The Lion in ___"
winter
Lisa
|
$400
[16]
The first paragraph of this Ralph Ellison novel says, "People refuse to see me"
Invisible Man
Lisa
|
$400
[1]
It was once known as New Connecticut
Vermont
Omar
|
|
DD
$600
[30]
A swan and tortoises are among the creatures depicted in this Saint-Saens suite
Carnival of the Animals
Willie
|
$800
[12]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a drink in a tall glass.) A whiskey & soda is one example of this type of cocktail, also the relatively tall glass in which it is served
a highball
Willie
|
$800
[7]
On May 20, 1498, he arrived at India's Malabar Coast, completing the first voyage from Western Europe to India
Vasco da Gama
Omar
|
$800
[22]
"Corvette ____"
Summer
Omar
|
$800
[17]
The title of this 1994 John Grisham novel refers to the gas one
The Chamber
Willie
|
$800
[2]
November 11th
Veterans Day
Omar
|
|
$800
[27]
Piano sonatas were a specialty of Johann Christian, youngest surviving son of this man
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lisa
|
$1,200
[13]
Asking for a "perfect martini" isn't an impossible demand; it means to use both the dry & sweet types of this
vermouth
Omar
|
$1,200
[8]
To practice your Sinhala, a language of Indo-European extraction, your best bet is to go to this island
Sri Lanka
Willie
|
$1,200
[23]
"The Roman ____ of Mrs. Stone"
Spring
Lisa
|
$1,200
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the brightly-lit nighttime streets of New York.) John Rechy wrote, "I would think of America as one vast city of" this "stretching gaudily from Times Square"
night
Willie
Omar
|
$1,200
[3]
Any dummy could tell you it's from the Latin for "speaking from the stomach"
ventriloquism
Willie
|
|
$1,200
[28]
He was working on his 3rd symphony when he died in England in 1934; it premiered in 1998 amid much "pomp"
(Sir Edward) Elgar
Willie
Omar
|
$2,000
[15]
New Orleanians know the Peychaud's brand of this liquid adds a necessary taste to a Sazerac cocktail
bitters
|
$1,600
[9]
This Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean was founded by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1862 as a trading post
Dar es Salaam
Omar
|
$1,600
[24]
"____ of Sam"
Summer
Willie
|
$1,600
[19]
A character in this 1933 Erskine Caldwell novel sets aside land for the church--the poorest piece at a given time
God's Little Acre
|
$1,600
[4]
Traditional adjective for saintly 8th century historian Bede
the Venerable
Willie
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The composition Carl Orff titled this has been heardon many movie soundtracks
"Carmina Burana"
Willie
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
In the 1850s Manet painted thedrinkerof this dangerous liqueur
absinthe
Omar
|
$2,000
[10]
This gulf, an extension of the Indian Ocean, separates Africa's Somalia from Asia's Yemen
the Gulf of Aden
Omar
|
$2,000
[25]
"____ Sonata"
Autumn
Lisa
|
$2,000
[20]
The title of this Tennyson poem refers to passing over a sandbar into open water, heading for the unknown
"Crossing the Bar"
Willie
|
$2,000
[5]
It's his 17th century work seen here
Velázquez
Willie
|
This type of roadside establishment got its name & original design from a Pullman product
a diner