3rd regular play game in 14 seasons that didn't have a winner.
Marion Arkin — a former editor originally from New York City, New York
Robert Levy — an optometrist from Alexandria, Virginia
Steve Sosnick — an options trader from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $4,000 | $4,600 | $7,600 |
$0
Loser: a trip to Portugal |
$6,900
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Robert | $400 | $0 | $7,600 |
$0
Loser: a trip to Portugal |
$8,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Marion | $-200 | $400 | $-400 |
$-400
Loser: a Panasonic digital video disc player |
$-400
7 R, 5 W |
| ANIMATION | EXPLORATION | CONSERVATION | TRANSPORTATION | APPROBATION | VILIFICATION |
|
$100
[1]
Character seen here:("---------- a-doop!")
Betty Boop
Steve
|
$100
[4]
The famous greeting "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" is attributed to him
Henry Stanley
Steve
|
$100
[11]
It's the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth & at current use may run out in 200-300 years
coal
Steve
|
$100
[16]
This alliterative term for a car with low fuel efficiency became common in the 1970s
a gas guzzler
Robert
|
$100
[26]
In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river
Potomac
Marion
|
$100
[21]
Rossini said of this "Ring" leader, "He has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour"
Richard Wagner
Robert
|
|
$200
[2]
Yogi Bear stole pic-a-nic baskets fron vacationers at this national park
Jellystone
Steve
|
$200
[5]
A city in what is now this state was named to honor Julien Dubuque, 23 years after his death
Iowa
Steve
|
$200
[12]
The Marine Mammal Protection Act bars the import of ivory from the tusks of these
walruses
Steve
Marion
|
$200
[17]
Found on many sport utility vehicles, it's a system where both axles provide propulsion
4-wheel drive (or all-wheel drive)
Steve
|
$200
[27]
Fittingly, CNN broke the news in 1997 when this man decided to give $1 billion to the U.N.
Ted Turner
Robert
|
$200
[22]
Mario Puzo wrote that one of these men "with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns"
a lawyer
Marion
|
|
$300
[3]
"Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks"
Felix the Cat
Marion
|
$300
[6]
This man, whose expedition was second to the South Pole, joined the Royal Navy in 1880, the year he turned 12
Robert Scott
Steve
Marion
|
$400
[14]
TCDD is the dioxin in this herbicide used during the Vietnam War
Agent Orange
Steve
|
$300
[18]
Transport that helped the Finns in the 1939-40 Winter War & helped Finn Matti Nykaenen finnish with Olympic gold
skis
Robert
Marion
|
$300
[28]
Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons
land mines
Robert
|
$300
[23]
In 1984 Barbara Bush said of this woman, "I can't say it, but it rhymes with rich"; she later apologized
Geraldine Ferraro
Steve
Robert
|
|
$400
[9]
Kenny gets killed on nearly every episode of this Comedy Central cartoon
South Park
Steve
|
$400
[7]
In 1498, this Portuguese explorer recruited a pilot in east Africa to help him find India
Vasco da Gama
Robert
|
$500
[15]
After escaping from a lab in Massachusetts, this European moth spread & damaged trees in the Northeast
the gypsy moth
Steve
|
$400
[19]
This device increases a jet plane's thrust by burning exhaust gases
afterburners
Steve
Marion
|
$400
[29]
In 1997, 5 decades late, 7 black soldiers received this highest award for bravery during WWII
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Marion
|
$400
[24]
Dorothy Parker's comment on this actress, "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B", was a joke
Katharine Hepburn
|
|
$500
[10]
Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Freddy, Daphne & Velma traveled around in a van with this name
The Mystery Machine
Steve
|
$500
[8]
Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded Bogota between 2 trips to find this mythical golden city
El Dorado
Steve
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
(Hi, I'm environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.) In 1970 it was this president who established the Environmental Protection Agency
Richard Nixon
Steve
|
$500
[20]
It's the high-speed train that runs between NYC & Washington, D.C.
the Metroliner
Steve
Robert
|
$500
[30]
Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved hundreds of Jews in WWII, bears the title "Righteous" this
Gentile
|
$500
[25]
Herman Mankiewicz said of this director, "There, but for the grace of God, goes God"
Orson Welles
Steve
|
| CELEBRATIONS | LIBATIONS | ASSASSINATIONS | CREATIONS | ADAPTATIONS | CRUSTACEANS |
|
$200
[12]
November 3 is the national day to celebrate this, be it tuna fish or peanut butter & jelly
Sandwich Day
Steve
|
$200
[7]
It's the most famous cocktail we know with Singapore in its name
a Singapore Sling
Robert
|
$200
[22]
James Garfield died of a gunshot wound in September 1881, as did this president in September 1901
William McKinley
Steve
|
$200
[3]
In Chicago in 1885, William Jenney rose to new heights when he built the first structure called this
the skyscraper
Steve
|
$200
[15]
The 2-word title of this Carl Hiaasen novel became one word when Demi Moore disrobed on film
Strip Tease
Steve
|
$200
[1]
The peneid type of this is the one most often served in the U.S.; have a cocktail
shrimp
Robert
|
|
$400
[13]
Confederate Heroes Day is celebrated January 19, the birthday of this general
Robert E. Lee
Steve
Robert
|
$400
[8]
To make a Canadian cocktail, add curacao, bitters & powdered sugar to this Canadian liquor
Canadian Whiskey
Robert
|
$400
[23]
Executed in 1918, this czar has since been made a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church abroad
Nicholas II
Robert
|
$400
[26]
In 1843 Samuel Morse & Alfred Vail received $30,000 to build this between Baltimore & Washington, D.C.
a telegraph line
Robert
|
$400
[16]
This Bogart-Bergman film is better remembered than its source, the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's"
Casablanca
Robert
|
$400
[2]
Watch out for the goose type of these; they may grow attached to the hull of your ship
barnacles
Marion
|
|
$600
[14]
Appropriately, National Stress Awareness Day is observed on this date, one day after "Tax Day"
April 16
Steve
|
$600
[9]
According to Alexis Lichine, this Orwellian year was not a vintage year for champagne
1984
Robert
|
$600
[24]
U.S. flags flew at half staff after this Israeli prime minister was slain in 1995
Yitzhak Rabin
Steve
|
$600
[27]
In the early 1900s, Frank Fleer first introduced this, under the name Blibber-Blubber
bubble gum
Robert
|
$600
[17]
Kevin Kline & Joan Allen were moody indeed in this 1997 drama from a Rick Moody novel
The Ice Storm
Steve
|
$600
[4]
Crustacean that's the title of the 1979 song heard here:"Everybody had..."
"Rock Lobster"
Robert
|
|
$800
[20]
Dictionary Day, October 16, celebrates the birthday of this American lexicographer; look it up!
Noah Webster
Robert
|
$800
[10]
Pour gin or vodka over ice in a salt-rimmed glass & add grapefruit juice to make this "canine" drink
a salty dog
Robert
|
$800
[25]
Confirming this rebel's death in 1967, Fidel Castro said it was "sadly true"
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Marion
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
In 1975, 30 years after introducing the Bic pen, Baron Marcel Bich introduced this disposable item
the disposable razor
Robert
|
$800
[18]
This film about a dying catcher, based on a Mark Harris novel, took its title from "The Streets of Laredo"
Bang the Drum Slowly
Robert
|
$800
[5]
The ghost type of this crustacean burrows in the sand by day & scavenges on the beach at night
the crab
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[21]
This date on which WWII ended in Europe is a legal holiday in France
May 8, 1945
Steve
Marion
|
$1,000
[11]
This yellow, anise-flavored liqueur is an essential ingredient in a Harvey Wallbanger
Galliano
Robert
|
$1,000
[28]
A Praetorian guard had enough of this insane Roman emperor & murdered him in 41 A.D.
Caligula
Robert
Marion
|
$1,000
[30]
Lasers are used to read this type of musical album first sold in Japan in 1982... sure beats a needle
the compact disc
Robert
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
1951's "A Place in the Sun" adapts this classic "American" novel by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy
Robert
|
$1,000
[6]
Blue whales eat tons of these tiny crustaceans whose name is from the Norwegian for a fish's young
krill
Steve
|
This women's organization founded in 1890 was chartered by Congress in 1896
the Daughters of the American Revolution