Stephanie Monaghan — a high school humanities teacher from Seattle, Washington
Andrew Gonzalez — a student originally from Houston, Texas
Donna Brutkoski — a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna | $4,400 | $6,500 | $18,300 |
$9,300
2-day champion: $30,900 |
$18,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andrew | $1,600 | $2,600 | $13,400 |
$5,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Stephanie | $1,000 | $2,800 | $10,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
12 R, 0 W |
| NOTABLE NAMES | BLACK & WHITE CINEMA | TOM, DICK OR HARRY | ALLITERATION | BAR EXAM | BOOK ENDS |
|
$200
[16]
This German composer, no slouch himself, said that Handel was "the greatest composer who ever lived"
Beethoven
Donna
|
$200
[1]
The Bates Motel is the location of the intrigue in this thriller from 1960
Psycho
Andrew
|
$200
[26]
Slang for a private detective
a dick
Stephanie
|
$200
[2]
Football, baseball & water polo when watched rather than played
a spectator sport
Andrew
|
$200
[5]
The majority of tequila poured in the U.S. goes into making this cocktail
a margarita
Donna
|
$200
[21]
The "Adventures" of this character end when he tells us Tom's okay & he doesn't want to be adopted
Huckleberry Finn
Donna
|
|
$400
[17]
In the '50s one of his running mates was Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
|
$400
[4]
In the 1998 movie starring Tobey Maguire, black & white characters begin living very colorful lives
Pleasantville
Andrew
|
$400
[27]
To raid or ravage
to harry
Donna
Stephanie
|
$400
[3]
When learning to swim, little kids wear these inflatable devices on their arms
water wings
Donna
|
$400
[6]
Tanqueray, Gilbey's & Boodles are famous brands of this spirit often partnered with tonic
gin
Donna
|
$400
[22]
"Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved" the Gardiners is found in the final paragraph of this 1813 novel
Pride and Prejudice
Donna
|
|
$600
[18]
It wasn't yellow fever but chronic appendicitis that killed this army surgeon in 1902
Walter Reed
Stephanie
|
$600
[10]
It's the 1925 black & white classic of Soviet cinema seen here
( The Battleship ) Potemkin
Donna
|
$600
[28]
"Long" swiveling navy cannon
a tom
Stephanie
|
$600
[13]
Grossinger's & the Concord were part of this hotel circuit nicknamed for a soup served there
the Borscht Belt
Donna
|
$600
[7]
Add 1 1/2 ounces of vodka to 5 ounces of orange juice & you'll have this classic cocktail
a screwdriver
Donna
|
$600
[23]
The last paragraph of this 1908 novel mentions "the gallant water rat" & "the famous Mr. Mole"
The Wind in the Willows
Donna
|
|
$800
[19]
During the Civil War, this American painter known for his seascapes made drawings at the front for Harper's Weekly
Winslow Homer
Donna
|
$800
[11]
This European director sealed his reputation with black & white classics like "Persona" & "The Seventh Seal"
(Ingmar) Bergman
Andrew
|
$800
[29]
A deep-sided drum
a tom (tom-tom accepted)
Donna
|
$800
[14]
There are 120,000 of these young ladies in Canada & yes, they sell cookies too
the Girl Guides
Donna
|
$800
[8]
This French liqueur was invented in 1880 by blending cognac & orange
Grand Marnier
Donna
|
$1,000
[25]
This classic ends with the narrator on a river pier in New Jersey, with thoughts of God, Pooh Bear, & Old Dean Moriarty
On the Road
|
|
$1,000
[20]
As president of the Royal Society, this diarist's imprimatur is on the title page of Newton's "Principia"
Samuel Pepys
Donna
|
$1,000
[12]
Family name of the creators of the 1895 treasure seen here
Lumière
|
$1,000
[30]
A British "spotted" pudding
spotted dick
Andrew
|
$1,000
[15]
An item that's sold retail for less than it cost wholesale as a way to lure customers
a loss leader
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[9]
"The drink that satisfies", it's made from fine aged scotch, heather honey & secret ingredients
drambuie
|
DD
$1,500
[24]
"They found... a splendid portrait of their master", him, "in all the wonder of his exquisite youth and beauty"
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Donna
|
| THE POPES | JOHN/PAUL | URBAN | LEO | "LINE" US | INNOCENT |
|
$400
[12]
A papal edict or decree isn't called a papal cow but this
a papal bull
Donna
|
$400
[6]
For this Beatles song, Paul rhymed "She was just 17, never been a beauty queen"; John made it "you know what I mean"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Stephanie
|
$400
[21]
This Australian city was founded in 1788 as a penal colony
Sydney
Stephanie
|
$400
[11]
One reason male lions hunt less than females is that this feature makes them too conspicuous to sneak
their mane
Andrew
|
$400
[1]
Henry Ford introduced this manufacturing system in 1913
the assembly line
Donna
|
$800
[26]
Representing innocence, the ceremonial aprons worn by this largest fraternal order are often made of lambskin
the Freemasons
|
|
$800
[13]
The last non-Italian Pope before John Paul II was Adrian VI from this low country
the Netherlands
Andrew
|
$800
[7]
Paul wrote this paean to Soviet women while in India with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
Andrew
|
$800
[22]
A downtown area of this major city is named for "the loop" formed by its elevated train tracks
Chicago
Andrew
|
$800
[17]
When Leo, who represented this company, roared his last, his trainer buried him in Gellette, New Jersey
MGM
Andrew
|
$800
[2]
A direct telephone connection between heads of government
the hot line
Donna
Stephanie
|
$1,200
[27]
By a 1782 govt. resolution, this trio represents courage, justice & innocence on the U.S. seal
the three colors: red, blue & white
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Pius X's original name was Giuseppe Sarto; sarto means this, one of the first craftsmen a new pope sees
tailor
Stephanie
|
DD
$1,600
[8]
This 1966 No. 1 hit is written in the form of a letter
"Paperback Writer"
Andrew
|
$1,200
[23]
In 930 A.D. Karmathian Muslim rebels stormed & destroyed this holy city, carrying off the sacred black stone
Mecca
Stephanie
|
$1,200
[18]
Male lions form groups called coalitions to try to join these larger groups where the females are
prides
Donna
|
$1,200
[3]
A bookie begins his day with this "timely" list of entries & their probable odds for races later that same day
the morning line
|
$1,600
[28]
The tagline for this 1986 multiple Oscar-winning film was "the first casualty of war is innocence
Platoon
Donna
Stephanie
|
|
$1,600
[15]
This doctrine of papal non-errancy was first promulgated in 1870
infallibility
Andrew
|
$1,600
[9]
John & Paul wrote this hit June 26, 1963; Paul flipped the angle from 3 earlier songs all had the word "me" in the title
"She Loves You"
|
$1,600
[24]
By the end of 1999 the transfer of the Bundestag back to Berlin from this city was largely complete
Bonn
Donna
|
$2,000
[20]
A lion's teeth are spaced to slip between these when biting through a spinal column
vertebrae
Donna
|
$1,600
[4]
The altitude above which large perennials will not grow
the tree line
Donna
|
$2,000
[29]
This 18th century visionary poet penned the "Songs of Innocence" & the "Songs of Experience"
William Blake
Donna
|
|
$2,000
[16]
It's the "national" name of the small military unit that escorts & protects the Pope
the Swiss Guards
Donna
|
$2,000
[10]
The jarring chord that opens this Lennon-McCartney composition is a G7 with an added ninth & suspended fourth
"A Hard Day's Night"
Andrew
|
$2,000
[25]
Site of a famous commando raid, it was the capital of Uganda until 1962
Entebbe
Stephanie
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
An 1898 rampage by man-eating lions halted construction of a railway from this body of water to Mombasa
Lake Victoria
Donna
|
$2,000
[5]
The Surpreme Court ultimately determined in 1998 that this kind of veto was unconstitutional
a line-item veto
Andrew
|
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The official insignia of this profession includes a serpent on a staff, a Greek delta & 32 leaves
dentistry